[600MRG] CW redux, Thursday/Friday AM 1/19,1/20

[John Langridge]

An addendum:

KD0VBR in Colorado was strong on 474.0 as I was leaving the ham shack.
I called him and sent him a 559 report, receiving the same.  Band was
stable out west and nice to see activity out that way.  Tom noted that
it was his first 472 Q in a few years.  Keep your ears out for him.
It can be lonely out in the West.  He also seems to be a night owl by
many standards here in the East HI!

73,

John..

On 1/20/23, John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com> wrote:
> The band felt like it was back to normal on Thursday morning with arm
> chair stable copy all through QSO's with N9RU and W3TS.  Signal were
> strong enough and the low noise helped a lot.  I was QRT about 10
> minutes before W8JI made it to the op position I think.
>
> I was QRT Thursday night but it looks like KD0VBR and WU2D made a
> night of it...KD0VBR was consistently into my RBN node.  Sounds like
> it was a good evening session.
>
> Today (Friday) the band seemed quite good for shorter hops up to 800
> miles.  N9RU was good copy with a 15 minute rag chew with a bit of QSB
> that we fought through and mostly managed.  Tom's first CQ had a bit
> of echo on it, oddly enough.  I don't think it was brain fog or me
> hearing things.
>
> W8JI called me with a good signal, peaking 559 around 1044z.  We
> chatted for a few minutes before he had to go tend to the dogs...
>
> W3TS and I had a go at 1115z and while he received his report, there
> was not enough meat on the bone for the peak we were given so busted
> Q...  Very different from Thursday when Mike was Hi-Fi....
>
> Looks a little better all the way around.  Looking forward to whether
> W0YSE/7 completed any crossband QSO's last night with his ground in
> the SLC area...
>
> 73!
>
> John..
>