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Steve - WB3HUZ
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« on: February 08, 2009, 02:53:11 PM »
Conditions were about as good as it gets on 160 meters last night. The band was as quiet as I've heard it all winter and signals were propagating in from longer distances well.

Listen to the clip of Chuck, W3FJJ. There is  almost no noise. And this was recorded with a 16 kHz bandwidth. Just before this, Chuck was working a station in Chicago that was rolling into the east coast nicely. Later we had a group with stations from Maine to Tennessee.
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WB2YGF
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 04:06:53 PM »
All I hear on 160 is S9 noise.  Cry
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 04:36:12 PM »
160 was open last nite out west as well...Local (200 mi) stations were in and out and mostly PW but I was hearing the mid west , Montana and Calif as well as KYV don on 1885....75 meters had an opening to the midwest and east coast as well around 0430 Z I worked  syracuse, NY  as well as Tn and AR.. all were low power stations ...The band stayed open for about 1 hr and then faded out...
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 04:39:01 PM »
I repaired the antenna today, leave the RF gain up and I'll fire up on 1885 this evening.
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 07:51:09 PM »
Great..A line of severe t'storms popped up on the NM-TX state line.
QRN like summer here- LOL.

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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2009, 08:46:28 PM »
..i agree steve..160 has been great this winter...sometimes though, i have problems, due to hearing stations from east of me, as well as west, at the same signal strength...as well, there is a bunch out in michigan/ohio, etc. that get on in the mornings, and i can still hear them as late as 11am...

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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2009, 09:17:16 PM »
Quote from: ve6pg on February 08, 2009, 08:46:28 PM
..i agree steve..160 has been great this winter...sometimes though, i have problems, due to hearing stations from east of me, as well as west, at the same signal strength...as well, there is a bunch out in michigan/ohio, etc. that get on in the mornings, and i can still hear them as late as 11am...

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And this is a problem... how?

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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2009, 11:14:09 PM »
..kinda difficult when there are guys all on the same frequency, at the same time...they cant hear each other, but i hear them at the same signal strength...

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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2009, 11:27:17 PM »
Quote from: ve6pg on February 08, 2009, 11:14:09 PM
..kinda difficult when there are guys all on the same frequency, at the same time...they cant hear each other, but i hear them at the same signal strength...

..sk..

I get it! 

"Clowns to the left of me! Jokers to the right! Here I am... Stuck in the middle with you!"

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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2009, 09:13:47 AM »
Hey Steve thanks for the off the air check, you were coming
in equally well, great conditions!

 
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Steve - WB3HUZ
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 12:06:06 PM »
No problem Chuck. You were sounding great. You always strap but the other night was exceptional. I have some longer clip I can email to you, if you'd like.
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 02:13:13 PM »
I'll be listening for you guys tonight with the spaghetti noodle inside wire ant. Was 75 and sunny here yesterday, never got around to the radio.

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