[Elecraft] SSB Net on 20 and 40 meters

[kevinr]

Howdy Ed,

    Rick, KL7CW was my first check in on the 40 meter net yesterday.  I 
live well south of Seattle.  At 0000z the band was open to AK, ND, TX, 
NM, ID, WA, and CA.  20 m at 2200z was broken.  Lots of noise with not 
many signals.  I think 40 meters will work well until the time change.  
I did hear a few folks talking about 160 meters opening before sunset so 
the bands are not what one would think.

    GL,

       Kevin.  KD5ONS

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On 2/24/20 4:54 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> First off all the e-mail in the digest I received at 8:27am on Monday, 
> Feb. 24 were posted on Saturday, Feb.22.  Is it normal for the digest 
> to wait 48-hours before posting.  My email is set for auto-checking 
> every 30-minutes.
>
> Kevin's CW Net announcement was only 24-hours late by the time I read it.
>
> Not to the topic 80 & 40m SSB Nets:
>
> I tuned in 14.303.5 Sunday at 1800 utc (9am AKST) and band was dead - 
> nada - no WWV on 15-MHz; not even digital stuff on 14.070. So 
> obviously did not hear the 20m net.  Made me wonder if triband yagi 
> was broke?
>
> Local Alaskan hams have been saying 80m is good at mid-day and not at 
> night!  Very different than what I used to know.  Used to be 40m 
> daytime/80m nighttime prop.
>
> So maybe 40m might have some propagation > 800 miles??? Seattle is 
> only 1400 miles away.
>
> I only have a inverted-V and 100w for 40m but may listen March 1st.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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