[Elecraft] Propagation

[stan levandowski]

Ah, yes Ron -- Paper QSLs!  On my QRZ page it says "No LoTW, no eQSL and 
no Buro."  I still revere old fashioned QSL cards, with handwritten 
notes and some evidence that our QSO was something more than just "599 
TU".  Try showing your grandchildren a printout of your LoTW contacts 
and see how many oohs and aahs you get ;-)


73, Stan WB2LQF


On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 01:04 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> I don't "chase DX" but over the years have had a number of great, 
> albeit short CW rag chews with various DX stations on a dead band. 
> Usually the DX responds to my CQ, noting that they were surprised to 
> hear me because the band seemed dead. So we chat for a few minutes. 
> Unfortunately (depending upon your point of view) the various spotters 
> would notice us, alert the 'net and soon there would be tuners on top 
> of us so we'd QRT. As one DX station noted, "Sigh, here we go 
> again..." and sure 'nuf pandemonium would erupt on the frequency with 
> the DX station sending "UP 2  UP 2   UP 2..." while I set down my 
> 'phones, refreshed my cup of tea and wrote him a thank you note on an 
> old-fashioned paper QSL card.
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> stan levandowski
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 7:54 PM
> To: k6dgw at foothill.net
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Propagation
>
> Well, science provides predictions and suggests outcomes but I'm still 
> a hopeless romantic who tunes the bands in spite of the numbers. 
> Tonight I found a completely dead 20M band at 0220Z except for a 
> single CW QSO in progress between WB6UIA (QRZ says Wyoming) and XE2HOE 
> in Baja California (La Paz).  When they were finished, I gave XE2HOE a 
> call and got a 579.  He was a steady S9 and the guy in Wyoming was S6.
>
>
> I live in NY, my antenna is a 67' doublet in my attic and my rig is a
> KX2 and it was running at 5 watts (I'm 100% CW and QRP).
>
> Afterward, I tuned the band again but heard nothing.  Guess everyone 
> read the prop stats and turned off their radios....
>
>
> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 09:35 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>
>> There have been a string of M-class flares for the last 30 hours or 
>> so. Initial ones were in the M.8-M.9 range, recent ones somewhat 
>> smaller.  A was 8, Kp was 3 earlier this afternoon which wouldn't 
>> normally suggest terrible conditions, but I guess if the ionization 
>> is already very weak, any disturbance can have a large effect.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
>> - www.cqp.org
>>
>> On 7/24/2016 6:28 PM, Kurt Cramer wrote:
>>> Today was the most difficult Elacraft SSB net I have ever seen. Two
>>> nets were running at the same time.. One on the East coast, the 
>>> other
>>> on the west coast! They couldn’t hear each other. About half past 
>>> the
>>> hour I started hearing Eric in Chicago here in Arizona. I guess 
>>> there
>>> were a couple of solar flares.
>>>
>>> 73 Kurt W7QHD
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