[ILQSO] W9DY/m preliminary info

[Danny Pease]

Bud, I noticed the same kind of thing later in the afternoon, only it was on
75 meters. I thought we had an intermittent problem with the antenna, but
the SWR was constant and later the problem went away. It was easily 30 to 50
dB difference but almost instantaneous, from tight in the noise to almost
S9. I did not notice it on 40 meters and it was probably 2100 that I was
noticing it. 

Danny  NG9R


-----Original Message-----
From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Bud Frohardt
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:45 PM
To: ILQP ILQP
Subject: [ILQSO] W9DY/m preliminary info

Hi,   Thanks, everyone, for making this a most enjoyable QP yesterday. 
Condx were good here on the north end of Illinois.  I was surprised to be
able to read so many far south stations which usually were esp quality in
many previous years.  By the way,  Cook county was especially scarce and 339
in my 2 or 3 QSOs.  
 
My time was limited to 11:30 to 4:30 including almost 2 hours of travel
time, HI.
105 QSOs fairly balanced between Dupage and Kendall counties on 20 and 40
CW. Could not get my Outbacker to resonate on 80 even tho that feature was
one of the reasons for my buying it.   It does wonders on other bands with
its almost 12 foot length.  That keeps my wife happy since operation in
motion would not work with that height.  
 
One Question.   Did anyone else notice a few minutes of both 20 and 40 going
almost dead around 1930 to 1944 UTC?    NM9C was V E R Y weak on 40 and we
must have made over a dozen repeats before a full exchange was made.  He was
339 until 1944 when all of a sudden he jumped up to 599 plus.  When he gave
his ADAM at 1944 he was so much stronger I thought some do-gooder was trying
to relay the info to me.  But it was just NM9C.  If he had a 5KW amp
suddenly turned on,  maybe that would account for the phenomenon but the
whole band came to life at the same time.   I don't think it was my radio
but maybe so.   Anyone able to confirm a jump in TX and RX condx at 1944?  
 
73  Bud Frohardt,   W9DY/m
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