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KX5JT and K4HX in QSO. Good signals. Come and join us.
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 01:19:11 PM » |
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Things have gotten busy! Now there are QSOs on 21420, 21430 and 21440. Hearing VE6CQ coming through loud and clear.
W0VMC is 20-over-9 at times on 21420!
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 01:22:29 PM » |
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No one will talk to me, but I still have value.
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2012, 02:15:59 PM » |
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I did not work KB2WIG this morning... but he still has value!
I just got back from errands... are you still on somewhere?
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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 02:24:17 PM » |
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K1GUP and W0LS on 21.420 now.
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 02:24:55 PM » |
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Robert was working W0LS when I left. Worked 'VMC for the better part of an hour with a few deep fades, the rest of the time he was LOUD. The grid drive started acting up in the 32V so I signed. It tuned up pretty easily into the 40m dipole, though.
First 15m contact I can recall in about 20 years. TNX to Steve for the alert.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 02:45:03 PM » |
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Its all dead here, now. everyone just fadded awayy.....
klc
@@@@ Well, I heard you that time @@@@
Now its making a liar out of me.... (21.430) W6PSS is 40/9 into C NY and thars Gary, w3am on .440
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 11:42:14 AM » |
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Wellll its open again. 11:30 est Which is something like 1630 hrs gmt or usb
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 01:52:22 PM » |
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It's opened up just about every morning and afternoon lately sometimes with fading, sometimes pretty solid.
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 04:52:48 PM » |
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Who picked that spot .420?
Timtron?
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2012, 09:22:18 PM » |
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Wassa matter w- 420?
You don't like freqs that end in a "0" or maybe a "5" ?
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2012, 03:11:19 PM » |
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It's ON like DONKEY KONG on 15 AM today!
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2012, 04:13:36 PM » |
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Not too strong of signals this afternoon... I can hear Clark TRP with a station that is unheard.... I tried with WA0FDV but it was difficult at best with signals on the "edge" of being received with fades in and out.
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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2012, 05:30:34 PM » |
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Funny how it can go.... W0VMC and I had an armchair copy QSO right after the difficulty with the other stations... but he was not his usual 30 over the entire time... there was some fading today.
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2012, 10:31:56 AM » |
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I am monitoring and occasionally calling for AM on 21.420 this morning.
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« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2012, 08:36:00 PM » |
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15 meter early evening activity may be something to check out with the slowly improving solar numbers. This evening I worked WA1OIR from 23:15 to about 23:50 GMT. He was running a barefoot DX-60 into his A4S beam. He was peaking S-7 into my simple 1/4 wave vertical.
There was plenty of elbow room without any slopbucket QRM. Nice "quiet" condx. It was a real treat and I think I'll be spending more early evening time on 15 as opposed to 40 since today saw an SFI of 140 with a sunspot count of 162.
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« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2012, 08:59:36 PM » |
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Lots of TEP action (North/South direction) on both 15 and 10 meters late this afternoon. Now 15 and 10 are open from the west coast to the Far East and Australia and still some TEP action down into South America.
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« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2012, 01:14:52 PM » |
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Calling CQ now on 21.420. Band appears open but no takers after 10 minutes. Would love some company/nice ragchew!
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« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2012, 10:04:02 PM » |
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FYI, 15 has been in really good shape in the late afternoon and seems to be peaking near sundown. I have been on the past few nights on .420 and .425 working "first time AMers" who respond to my CQs. Condx seem to be running north/south at that time with ZERO noise level. Please check out!
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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2012, 12:27:42 PM » |
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I just tried calling on 21.420 and got nuttin. It's not the end of the world, but I was hoping someone would have come back to me. Never talked on 15 before. That reminds me: I have a 15 meter dipole that came with my first 735. Never have put it up, but maybe I will.
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« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2012, 11:51:56 PM » |
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No one will talk to me, but I still have value.
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« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2012, 12:27:49 PM » |
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I just tried calling on 21.420 and got nuttin. It's not the end of the world, but I was hoping someone would have come back to me. Never talked on 15 before. That reminds me: I have a 15 meter dipole that came with my first 735. Never have put it up, but maybe I will.
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« Reply #22 on: July 20, 2012, 07:38:23 PM » |
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Yeah. I picked a heckuva time to get into AM. Band conditions have been really bad lately. Still, I'm not letting that deter me.
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2012, 12:36:09 PM » |
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15m is open.
Now.
Itsa bubblin.
21.420 or are you square?
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« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2012, 10:03:55 PM » |
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I was on 21.427 Mhz today mid afternoon. Worked several stations including Brad WS4B in Florida. My diagonal loop is getting out fairly well, 16' Horiz, 8' vertical, fed at a top corner. Zero RFI and low RCV noise. Same antenna on 20m does well with corner opposite feedpoint open circuit. Feeding with RG-8X + common mode choke. SWR on 15M is 2.5:1 about 15' away from feedpoint. On 20m it is higher, but the 'Z' is 75 ohms, easily matched with tuner. On 40m, the antenna as configured for 20m is an excellent RCV antenna as the noise is down about 40DB from my 80m Windom, but the signal is down only about 10 db from the Windom.
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