[Boatanchors] [AMRadio] 40M Phone?
Warren Elly
w1gud4 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 7 13:59:23 EDT 2010
what time of nite weeknights Pete? I know we have worked before...
love to try 7160 range in the evening... provided you are far enough away
73, Warren W1GUD
On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:41 PM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> I seem to not have any problem making SSB contacts during the evening
> hours in the lower end of 40 meters since the most of the foreign
> broadcasters moved up above 7200 KHz. Even have made several AM contacts
> on or around 7160 KHz during the evening hours. Antenna is a simple
> inverted vee apex up about 50 feet. Power generally on SSB is 100 watts
> and occasionally fire it up the Heath SB-200 linear. Transmitter is
> either the CE 100V, Icom 756 PRO II, or the Flex 5000. All three rigs can
> also be used on AM.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:27:21 -0700 "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> writes:
>> A few years ago the FCC expanded the 40M Phone segment.
>>
>> But I have seen no more 40M phone activity. About the only time I
>> see any 40M phone activity is during contests.
>>
>> OTOH: I am not seeing much 40M CW activity either. Right now it
>> seems to be about ZIP! I am not seeing much on 20M either.
>>
>> Bob Macklin
>> K5MYJ
>> Seattle, Wa.
>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
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