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« Reply #50 on: July 03, 2013, 12:20:43 PM »

NO  PROPAGATION Sad IN THE CENTRAL STATES LAST NIGHT Sad  SLOPBUCKETS OR AM

I got on .330 early and spoke briefly with John, WA4NJY and Norm, W7IUC, but the noise level and QSB were bad.

I did hear David, W9AD, Tim WA1HLR, Phil KA4KOE, and Joe, N1VIV but no joy trying to get them.

At one point some SSB'er came and on and I went to SSB and announced there was an ongoing AM QSO, but overall, conditions here in the midwest were terrible.

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« Reply #51 on: July 08, 2013, 10:29:14 PM »


We had a nice turn out tonight. The band was better then last week.

The check-ins included:

WA1HLR, Tim
W8GPA, Rupe
N2XD, John
W0HRO, Ken
WA3SXX, Rich
WB0SND, Mike, "SND Tubes"
WA2ROC, Dick
AC0OB, Phil
WD5JKO

We all said fond things about Dave, W6PSS who cannot get on the air at his new QTH. Dave had always put out a good signal from the St. Louis area.

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« Reply #52 on: July 15, 2013, 11:49:36 PM »


The Monday Evening 20M AM Net (get together?) Report, (7-15-2013), 14,330 Khz @ ~4 PM West Coast time, 7 PM Eastern.

Tonight's get together was really interesting. At first I had poor copy of the W4's, while some other QSO's ocurred in the NE at the same time, all  on 14,330. As time passed, things got better, and we had a huge group. Here is a sampling:

K4BKC
KA4KOE
KB1NFS
W9AD
WA1HLR
K7GUD, Idaho
W0VMC
W1GUD
K1KW, The tall ship tonight
W0HRO
WA2S
KD0OZS, Wyoming
WA2CWA
NILG
KI4GMH
W0LS
WA2ROC
WD5JKO

  There was some discussion about whether we should be more into net mode, or more into QSO mode where folks talk, and then turn it to whoever they hear that hasn't talked in a while. Unfortunately, some folks got left out, and with the propagation varying, it was hard to keep things moving without occasional missing someone.

  Perhaps with a group growing this large, we should have instead splintered off +/- 10 Khz either side. Comments welcome.

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« Reply #53 on: July 15, 2013, 11:58:23 PM »

A index was 27. That makes for terrible conditions.
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« Reply #54 on: July 23, 2013, 12:45:27 PM »

22 July 2013 Net:

I mentioned that K4SMN was ditch fishing at her parents, due to heavy rains overflowing ponds, etc. See the attached photo. No joking on this one.

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« Reply #55 on: July 23, 2013, 07:32:53 PM »


Last nights "Monday Evening 20M AM "Gathering":

I got in for a while last night. It was going when I checked in, and still going when I checked out. Initially we were on 14,326 and later moved back to 14,330.

Some of the stations last night include, but are not limited to:

The big 4:

W0VMC
WA1HLR
K1KW
N2X2

Others:

KB1VWC
KA4KOE
WB0SND
KD6OS
WA2ROC
W0LS
VE6CQ
W5JAY
WD5JKO

And several others....

One thing, Chuck K1KW suggested we consider 20M AM more then just Monday evening. From my perspective, it seems that 14,286 is pretty void of AM, and often crowded with nearby SSB stations. Therefore I wonder how 14,330 is on other nights, and weekends? Maybe folks can add 14,330 to their radio presets, and check it once in a while as well as call that occasional CQ.

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« Reply #56 on: July 23, 2013, 10:34:34 PM »

Dern it. I hate being a peanut whistle station.
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« Reply #57 on: July 30, 2013, 07:14:27 AM »

Dern it. I hate being a peanut whistle station.

   Phillip, before the band crapped out last night, your signal peaked into the "Tall Ship" category.  We did miss the Valiant's shifty VFO though.  Tongue

Last night (7/29) we had a good turn out again, although propagation resulted in several stations hearing only one person (me).

Logins included:

KA4KOE*
WA1HLR
W0VMC*
W8GPA*
W9AD
W0LS*
KB1VWC
N2XD*
W3FDK
W5JAY
WD5JKO

* Tall Ships at my QTH in Round Rock, Texas

Stations were in there until at least 10:30PM EST, that is over 3 1/2 hours!

Jim
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« Reply #58 on: July 30, 2013, 08:04:14 AM »

Mother Propagation makes giants of us all from time to time.

Equipment in use last night:

Flex 5000a @ 19w carrier
SGC SG500 running 100-110W carrier
Samson Gtrack Condenser Microphone
All band "L", 60' high, 85' long, 6-50' radials over very conductive ground (near swamp here)

Got the RF shield over the VFO and replaced filament filter caps for the 2nd time, and now the mudulator in the Valiant has up and quit again. I think the dern microphone connector is acting up.

A squall line forced me off the air. Timmy and I were both hammered last night.

Philip
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« Reply #59 on: July 30, 2013, 10:45:09 AM »

Timmy and I were both hammered last night.

Philip
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Aspirin and a large glass of tomato juice can help that condition.
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« Reply #60 on: July 30, 2013, 11:26:14 AM »

Timmy and I were both hammered last night.

Philip
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Aspirin and a large glass of tomato juice can help that condition.

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« Reply #61 on: July 30, 2013, 12:19:41 PM »

Again, I had no value on 20m last night.

Propigation has been suspect. Last week, W0vmc was the channel master and last night he was an S9. W1gud was peaking at 50/9 on my Icom, W6tsj was around an S3 and didn't seem to be able to break in. wa1HLR has been so/so the last few weeks. I just don't know.


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« Reply #62 on: July 30, 2013, 03:04:22 PM »

Again, I had no value on 20m last night.

Propigation has been suspect. Last week, W0vmc was the channel master and last night he was an S9. W1gud was peaking at 50/9 on my Icom, W6tsj was around an S3 and didn't seem to be able to break in. wa1HLR has been so/so the last few weeks. I just don't know.
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The only station I could hear that even moved my S-meter was WD5JKO. All the rest were either so far into the noise even with the product detector on, or there was nothing to hear when they were transmitting.
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« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2013, 05:44:41 PM »

Again, I had no value on 20m last night.

Propigation has been suspect. Last week, W0vmc was the channel master and last night he was an S9. W1gud was peaking at 50/9 on my Icom, W6tsj was around an S3 and didn't seem to be able to break in. wa1HLR has been so/so the last few weeks. I just don't know.
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The only station I could hear that even moved my S-meter was WD5JKO. All the rest were either so far into the noise even with the product detector on, or there was nothing to hear when they were transmitting.


Listened here for a while and heard a carrier or 2. Nothing with enough to demodulate.
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« Reply #64 on: July 31, 2013, 07:09:46 AM »

Listened here for a while and heard a carrier or 2. Nothing with enough to demodulate.

  I have two antennas here. One is an OCF drooping dipole (135' long) up about 35' in the center, and the other is a 16' wide X 8' high rectangular loop orientated as a vertical loop and  fed at the top left corner with OWL.

 The plane of both antennas is east-west. The noise floor on the OCF is about 'S5', and the loop is about 'S1'. Several stations like Rupe (W8GPA) hear me 1-2 'S' units stronger on the loop. The founder of this "Net", Brad WS4B heard me 1-2 "S' units stronger on the OCF from his Florida QTH. His location was in the plane of the loop, and therefore at the "null".

  The reason I can hear so many of the stations is my location, and the low noise floor with that simple loop. The bottom of the loop is only 8' off the ground. If I had to use the OCF exclusively, then I might only copy a third of the stations that I have been copying with the loop.

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« Reply #65 on: August 05, 2013, 07:53:13 PM »

Listening around 14.330 now and only one weak carrier heard
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« Reply #66 on: August 05, 2013, 09:01:45 PM »

just came up from the shack and heard the same weak carrier, I thought it might have been just a spur.
I heard a few SSB signals on the band and few CW sigs, but that's about it.
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« Reply #67 on: August 05, 2013, 11:03:46 PM »



Monday Evening 20m AM Gathering, August 5th, 2013

   I got in late, and had about a 45 minute contact with Timmy, WA1HLR. Signals varied from S1 to S9, but mostly S3-4. Still Tim was Q5. Tim said he worked a few stations before I got on.

  20M was really poor tonight for stateside contacts.

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« Reply #68 on: August 06, 2013, 08:29:44 AM »

Only thing I was able to hear last night was Jim JKO, the carrier which was on a long time and a few crickets.
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« Reply #69 on: August 06, 2013, 09:06:27 AM »

Band seems dead out west.....only static and very few sigs....
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« Reply #70 on: August 07, 2013, 10:35:48 AM »

Been reading most of these posts..very interesting indeed!..used this same freq or thereabouts with contacts with G3YPZ quite awhile ago..as a matter of fact I talked to the local "gang" this morning and it was agreed we would give this a shot this evening..Wednesday the 7th at 7:00pm EST 14.330 give or take..posting here as it would be neat to have others join in as well..will be on solid state as the connecting cables for the Heath/National not ready yet.....maybe c ya there!     73 de DAVE
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« Reply #71 on: August 07, 2013, 11:21:48 AM »

I will try to be listening at 7:30 EDST on 14.330 AM, maybe a bit later.  Viking II and HQ-170 or my Apache/Mohawk combo
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« Reply #72 on: August 07, 2013, 12:13:04 PM »

I will give a listen from the west side.....My homebrew rig is xtal controlled and I usually operate on 14286 kcs......I have a crystal for 14332 kcs that is prolly close enuf for others to hear me if condx exist.....
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« Reply #73 on: August 08, 2013, 11:41:49 AM »

It was a tuff go..I was late as the XYL took me out for supper..however I did manage to listen from 7:35 EST on..just a horrendous noise coming from static crashes and a very distorted spanish station and company..I moved up and down from 14.330 and discovered 14.340 and up to the edge were VERY quite..so I gave a shout several times but no luk..the rest of the local "gang" did manage to have a 'Q" on 330 earlier but left b/4 I got on..did hear K1KW Chuck calling CQ on 14.286..at 10 to 20 over here..didn't hear me but he did pick up a N1CQ op in his home state and carried on.......we will try once more this evening with a peek at 14.340 if 330 is busy agn............73 de DAVE
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« Reply #74 on: August 12, 2013, 10:15:33 PM »

Listening now....Iheard  w9ad...wa1hlr...w5jay...ve6cq...All PW lots of static crashes...I broke in..Dave heard me and turned it to me....I blew a fuse in the dx 40 driver..You guys prolly wouldn't hear me any how...I am xtal controlled on 14.332...Next Monday...
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