[ILQSO] Contest propagation

[Joe LeKostaj]

My experience was that 20 was good to the west and south, but I didn't 
work many East Coast stations. 40 seemed fairly normal to me the whole 
time. Just my subjective observations...

73,
Joe K9LY


On Oct 17, 2005, at 9:01 AM, John Geiger (NE0P) wrote:

> What was the contest propagation like in Illinois.  It was strange 
> here in Oklahoma.  20 was in excellent shape for the contest, as 
> people were giving me S9 +30 reports and that is with 100 watts and a 
> 2 element mini quad.  However, I am guessing that 40 meters was short 
> up there, as it seemed that all of the Illinois stations went to 40 
> very early.  I never heard NN9K/M on 20 at all.
>
> I did work a couple of IL stations earlier on 40 than usual from 
> here-like around 2pm, but overall 40 was very tough here.  The IL 
> stations weren't as loud as they usually are on that band, and I was 
> having alot of trouble competing with the 8s and 4s to get through.  
> Made for a very frustrating afternoon.  Not much contest activity on 
> 20, and had trouble competing on 40.  I got tied up at the end of the 
> contest so I didn't get to try 80 at all.
>