[Lowfer] 20 Meter band

[Bill Ashlock]

>On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, John Davis wrote:

> > >20-meters will become even more of a joke than it is now.

> > How could it possibly, Mike?  :-)

Is it really that bad, or just not as good as it used to be? Again, I seem 
to have gotten a different impression than the rest of the group. Summer 
before last when I was experimenting with HiFer I tuned in on the SSB 
portion of 20M band a few times with my, then new, R-75 (first receiver I've 
owned that could decently copy SSB). I was very impressed with with the type 
of communication going on. Guys with only 100w all over the world were a 
solid copy. Everyone seemed to be respectful of the other operators. If I 
were a Ham I think this would be my favorite band because of its interesting 
propagation characteristics and the possibilities of constructing some 
effective antennas. On the other hand the surface wave distance capabilities 
are poor and guys only 50 miles from here were in the noise.

Bill A

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