[Elecraft] Band Conditions

[Brian Murrey]

The bands could be better, they could be worse. I think the real knowledge we
have about propagation of radio waves is that it is always changing.

In the NAQP yesterday, I worked CA, FL, and ME on 20 meters, in the late
afternoon, with a homebrew fishing pole vertical, and my KX1 at about 3w.

About an hour later, I worked CA, NY, and FL with the same antenna and my
SW20+ at about 1.5w

San Diego is about 2200 miles from me....both QSO's were with stations in San
Diego.  I also worked San Francisco.

During NAQP the 20m band was buzzing with stations from all over.  At about
5PM I tuned around 40m and there were stations everywhere.

Keep trying Karl, maybe your antenna needs adjusted?

73


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Larsen" <k5di at zianet.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:59 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Band Conditions


> Leave it alone because the bands are broken,
> not your radio. It will be very seldom that you hear anything much on 20
> meters. And 40 meters is noisy right now.