[GreenKeys] I hear K7TTY on the HoffNet in Birmingham, Just Great !!

[Roy Norris]

Hi Guys,

I am back from vacation and glad to see that Bill, K7TTY has been
transmitting bulletins.  Keep it up, Bill;  I need a rest !

Bill, I have heard you most of the day hear in Birmingham after 1700Z
But early in the day, the copy was very spotty.  I had you 100% copy at
your 0130Z and 0200Z transmissions. A very nice signal around S-5 to
S-7.  Your set-up is working very well, particularly considering the
rather poor band conditions.  Solar Flux has been running under 100
(currently 88) for almost 3 weeks and the A index was 9 (unsettled).  So
to get 100 % copy on the very long path between here and Renton is
excellent.  My propagation program predicted signal strengths of s-3 to
s-4 and you were doing substantially better than that.  

I am now working on a 3 element wire yagi for 30 meters.  I think that
is what it is going to take for consistent communications with Arizona,
California, Idaho, Montana and Washington.  I'll keep the two element
vertical dipole array for the micwest and the east coast but use the
wire beam for the west coast.

Best regards to all -- Roy, K4EEG