[50mhz] Re: 50mhz EL29-EN23

[W9FS@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/2002 8:08:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, 
vk4cp@bigpond.com writes:


> DX clusters like OH DX Summit and the 50MHz Prop Logger pages are the 
> appropriate places to make spots.
> "Chasing all of the web".  Are you kidding, what's hard about checking?
> 

If you want real time (within 5 min) information (necessary if you want to 
work DX) the DX clusters are the only way to go. If you want history then the 
reflector will work, it will tell you of the opening you have missed more 
often than not. The e-mail can be held up by your ISP up to 8 hours waiting 
for a packet big enough to send out. Then the routing may present more delays 
if networks are down. So the e-mail may even get lost for a day.

I have seen a couple of band openings that were close by and where I was just 
on the edge and made a contact or two only in 5 min of opening in my area. 
Could not have done this by checking e-mail.

just my 2 cents worth.

73,

Jerry W9FS


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