[600MRG] QSB, not Grease, is the word!

[John Langridge]

It was a very fade-heavy morning today on CW but overall signals were
way up compared to recent sessions.  In fact, propagation and overall
band conditions felt more like I would say it should be but hasn't
over the course of this season, at least here in North Texas.

The last week has been a mixed bag, good enough one day, terrible the
next and great the next.  A day or two prior to today was mired in
storms so maybe propagation was better but didn't get a fair shake, I
don't know.

N9RU started the morning with 579 signals, peaking to 599+ at times
but even with QSB he was still easy copy.

W8JI called while I was listening for W3TS down the band but Mike told
me that Tom was calling me closer to my frequency in SLACK so I opened
up the filters and moved up the rx freq and chatted with Tom for a few
rounds.  Good signals with QSB taking him from an initial 539 to 589+
by the time he was signing.

W3TS was calling around 474.18 and we exchanged 339 reports but Mike
was headed up on a peak and was easy copy "off frequency" following
our QSO for 15 minutes or more so there was some improvement as the
morning progressed.

Steve, VK5SFA, was looking for someone in NA to watch his signal on
FST4W concurrent with CW ops this morning.  I never saw a trace from
him on the waterfall between calls but if you are so inclined, it
might be worth listening for those guys as we start to approach
seasonal transitions...

Also sounds like W0YSE had a good session as well...

It was an enjoyable, albeit short, morning session here... Hopefully
more good days ahead and less roller coaster sessions.

73!

John..