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you gotta be kidding me, right? 12 am 9 Oct thursday - nothing from one end of the band to the other. this sux.  |
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Ed/KB1HYS
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2008, 07:48:54 AM » |
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Well Looks like I just missed you. The band was EMPTY aside from some static last night. I think it's going long early and people are just signing.
I was on between 9 and 945 local calling CQ between 3880-3890kcs with no takers. I finally picked up some faint carriers on 3880 +/- and tried there. I got a short QSB ridden QSO with W9SWR out of Chicago. The QSB was from S9 to inaudible on a two minute cycle. We kept it brief.
I dropped to 160 and there wasn't much happening there either, aside from some SSB ops scattered across the band.
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2008, 12:31:20 PM » |
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Brent W1IA was strapping in here full quieting last night. But the guys he was talking to were just barely above the QRN. I listened for a while, but didn't join in, knowing that even if Brent and I got into a one-on-one on 3885, in no time there would be piss-weak "breakers" and the QSO would deteriorate to attempting to hear pissweakers through the ear-splitting noise. Besides, my transmitter was tuned to the vicinity of 3700 and I was feeling too scroteless to run down to the tower and reset the ATU.
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N3DRB The Derb
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2008, 11:36:15 PM » |
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I'm drilling the holes for the W7FG feeders thru the wall today --- aax-ually a set of 4 so I can have some other wires out there. I know a way I could put up a 700ft+ wire in the clear. @ 60 ft...... might be fun.
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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2008, 09:14:03 AM » |
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It's been like this for the past few weeks Derb. Even on this morning's Midwest Classic Radio Net on 3885 (going on at the present time), I'm only hearing about 5% of the stations. I can't even hear N9WQ, net control. It would sure be nice at this time to have a 600m ham band!
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Ellen - AF9J
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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2008, 09:50:50 AM » |
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Last night I worked a weak station in PA down on 3685. He threw on an amplifier and that helped. Then Jack, K9ACT joined in. But a little while later the band went long and Jack began to fade, and I signed out.
The only AM activity in the Ghetto was some weak signals out of 5-land on 3880. Pitiful for a Friday night. There was QRN, but it was not devastating.
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2008, 09:19:02 PM » |
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" worst conditions ever"  "i think i will go start a slopbucket net...." |
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2008, 09:44:40 PM » |
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" i think i will go start a slopbucket net...." "
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 04:34:00 PM » |
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Today was really bad with all the QRM from the PA QSO party. The ghetto was packed full of slopbuckets, and there were still AMers in there too. I found a clear spot wide enough to run AM on up at 3900 and called CQ and managed to work W2ISB on 3900.
Shelby KB3OUK
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 04:52:11 PM » |
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i went looking fer the AWA sunday afternoon net ( finally got some wire up) and all I heard were angry ducks.............. klc
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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 05:02:48 PM » |
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I think i heard the awa net(barely). Idoes it meet on 3835 or in that area?
Shelby kb3ouk
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 05:36:01 PM » |
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yeah 3830's at 4P eastern on Sunday
klc
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 05:45:14 PM » |
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Even in the wee hours of the morning the band stinks. The DX window is even quiet.
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« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2008, 06:04:24 PM » |
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I'm yellowfied. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but there's nobody to talk to. 5 nights in a row the same conditions.
oh well, the gear will outlast me so it will be good to go for someone else when I hit the mortality highway. It's about all like new now, except for amp #2.
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« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2008, 06:05:12 PM » |
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I tuned up to 3965 and heard one of the european 75 meter broadcast stations up there about 10 or 15 minutes ago.
Shelby Kb3ouk
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« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2008, 06:06:14 PM » |
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i just heard some guys on 3885 a few minutes ago.
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« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2008, 06:17:36 PM » |
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I'm in a antenna transition now - no wire from inside to out. the new antenna has to go up before I'm back in business. Figures things would start to get better now.  |
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« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2008, 06:23:11 PM » |
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there won't be as much qrm as soon as the pa qso party ends.
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2008, 06:38:39 PM » |
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oh thank allah, buddah, and the Holy Ghostie that I am missing that. That makes me feel better, thanks shelby.  |
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« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2008, 08:02:11 PM » |
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The Penislyvania QSO Party has traditionally been one of the most obnoxious of the QRMtests. But this time, what activity there was in the Ghetto seemed normal, with little QRM. Below 3700, there was no QRMtest activity at all, and very little in 3700-3800. I ended up talking with Jay, W5JAY and Jack, K9ACT on 3700.0 from about 0500 GMT to the wee hours Sunday morning.
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