[Fists] 30m, anyone??

[Dan Romanchik]

Hi, Tom--

Thanks for your message. I recognize your call.

I think I'm up to about 12 or 15 QSOs now over the course of 8 days,
including two DX contacts. It's kind of frustrating because you can tell
that the band is open; there just isn't anyone on! One thing I just did was
to e-mail the guy who's now writing the CW column for World Radio. Maybe
he'll write a column on the 30m band.

Another idea would be to start a 30-30 Club similar to the 10-10 Club for
the 10m band. I've been meaning to join the 10-10 Club anyway. Maybe I'll do
that and see how they run things there and then start something up for 30.

73!

Dan KB6NU
Dan KB6NU
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas G Dolph" <kg9lz@juno.com>
To: <fists@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Fists] 30m, anyone??


>
> I've worked you before, Dan.  We could do it again if you
> want, but NW Illinois to Ann Arbor might be a little short
> for 30m nighttime.
>
> I've only got two stns on 30m:
> W0SZF Verle NE 3/5/02
> K4BX/QRP Bill TN 1/24/03
>
> As you can see I don't have much luck there myself,
> but it could be a great band if there were more activity.
> They do not have contests on 30, 17, or 12, so that
> would make them good for the weekends.
>
> vy 73,
> Tom Dolph  KG9LZ
> Fists CW Club nr 5769
> "When You've Worked A FISTS, You've Worked A Friend"
>
> On Sun, 18 May 2003 20:12:38 -0400 "Dan Romanchik" <kb6nu@arrl.net>
> writes:
> >I just discovered 30m, and find it to be a very interesting band. The
> >big
> >problem, though, is that there doesn't seem to be enough activity.
> >Generally, you have to call CQ for quite a while before you raise
> >anyone,
> >even when the band's open. Tonight, for example, I called CQ for more
> >then
> >ten minutes before I finally got a response, but when I did, I got a
> >579
> >signal report.
> >
> >Since phone isn't allowed on 30, it would seem to be a natural for
> >FISTS
> >members. In spite of that, though, I've only made one FISTS contact in
> >the
> >past week, and only once have I heard anyone call CQ on 10118. What's
> >up,
> >guys?
> >
> >73!
> >
> >Dan KB6NU
> >=============================================
> >FISTS #9342
> >Treasurer, ARROW Comm. Assn. (www.w8pgw.org)
> >Read my ham radio blog at www.blurty.com/~kb6nu .
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