[Elecraft] Condx

[Ken Roberson]

Hello All,
 Condx have been ok in Oklahoma , I worked 4 EU stations this morning and @ 2057 UTC worked
VK4BLK running the K3 @ 20 watts and an old tribander.
This is normal here , however I am running JT65A weak signal mode.
 73 all gd dxing

Ken K5DNL
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--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Dave-K7DAA <dave at k7daa.com> wrote:

> From: Dave-K7DAA <dave at k7daa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Condx
> To: "Elecraft email email" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 6:18 PM
> Here in Northern California, 40 meters is all but unusable
> within 2 or  
> 3 hours after sunset, and 30 meters acts more like 20 these
> days-- 
> fading out badly as soon as the sun gets close to setting. 
> 20 is even  
> worse than earlier this year--today is typical, with
> nothing much  
> heard after about 3:30 PM local time--really rotten!
> 
> The main thing I notice is that 40m is so bad at night
> lately, and  
> shows no sign of improvement.  Even last weekend's NAQP
> CW contest  
> couldn't keep an "opening" going on 40m
> Saturday evening--everyone  
> just faded away before the contest ended at 10 PM local.
> 
> That only leaves 80 and 160 for night work, and they've
> been pretty  
> decent, actually.  Thank goodness we have allocations
> spread around  
> the HF spectrum.
> 
> The sunspot activity is kinda like the economy right
> now--we're all  
> hoping we just saw the bottom, and it's all
> "up" from here.
> 
> Strange times.
> 
> 72 es 73,
> 
> Dave (K2 #6390)
> http://www.k7daa.com
> 
> 
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:34 AM, John Wiener wrote:
> 
> > Are the bands really this bad or is there something
> wrong with my K2?
> >
> > John
> > AB8O
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