[MRCA] [MMRCG] morning conditions 1010 this morning

[Rhett Isley]

Good evening Team,

I made contact with KW1I from Central NE (Sunair GSB-900DX @ 100W, 148'
EFRW Inverted L) and that was all. Path was 55 both ways.

Listened to almost everyone from an SDR in Utah.

Also heard about 30% of the stations on the Milford PA SDR.

17M is a great band but not for our purpose.

We will figure this out. How low can we go in 40 meters? There was a lot of
space down around 7.150 this morning.

73 all,
Rhett, KB4HG

On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM Mike N2MS via groups.io <mstangelo=
comcast.net at groups.io> wrote:

> When I cannot get up a quarter wavelength wire antenna I use a Hustler
> whip against 4 radial wires and get decent reports on 60, 40 and the higher
> bands. It find it isn't efficient on 80 meters. I got it 35 odd years ago
> to use on a sailboat when cruising with a friend and it has held up over
> the years. If you have a Hustler try it out.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> > On 01/31/2026 3:01 PM EST Meir Ben-Dror WF2U <wf2u at ws19ops.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I went out to the shack through 6" of fresh snow and got on 18.145 (I
> set up the Harris RF-350/355 station on that frequency after the end of the
> net on 7.296) at 13:07 EST and heard Dale KW1I calling, with 57 signal,
> ambient noise was S3. Dale heard me also 57. Then I heard him call K2MS,
> who was mostly under the noise, and I couldn't make out much of his
> transmission. Ilistened until 13:25 but I heard no further stations.
> > My antenna is definitely not optimal for 17 meters - I used my 80 meter
> EFHW antenna, which works OK on 40 meters, and that's what I use on the
> MMRCG net, but at least it was very easy to tune it with the manual antenna
> tuner, for the SWR to get down to 1:1 to make the RF-355 autotune happy.
> >
> > By the writing of this email we have 8" of snow on the ground.
> >
> > 73, Meir WF2U
> > Landrum, SC
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > On January 31, 2026, at 14:09, Ray Fantini via groups.io <
> MMRCG at groups.io> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > When I am wrong, I am wrong! And I was big time wrong about seventeen
> meters. 18.145 is not a practical alternative for forty; several took part
> in today's test, and I was only able to copy and work K9WT down in Florida.
> He was able to copy KW1I, KE8ULR, N2MS and WM6P Go figure, just like I was
> told. Did also have a short QSO with KF5FOM down in Arkansas just like he
> was next door but no love from the north or west.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ray F/KA3EKH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > From: mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net>
> > >  Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2026 1:35 PM
> > >  To: MMRCG at groups.io <MMRCG at groups.io>; Ray Fantini <
> RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>; mrca at mailman.qth.net <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> > >  Subject: Re: [MMRCG] morning conditions 1010 this morning
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> > >
> > >  Ray,
> > >
> > >  Good day to stay indoors and run a test. As expected 17 is long.
> > >
> > >  I worked:
> > >  WM6P
> > >  K9WT
> > >
> > >  I did not hear:
> > >  KW1I
> > >  KE8ULR
> > >  KA3EKH
> > >
> > >  Mike N2MS
> > >
> > >  > On 01/31/2026 10:11 AM EST Ray Fantini via groups.io <rafantini=
> salisbury.edu at groups.io> wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > AM station right on 7280 but they just signed, LSB station on 7284
> and AM QSO on 7295. May listen to 7280 for a bit but splatter from the 7284
> slop buckets is all I hear.
> > >  > Will be trying 18.145 at 1300 hours local and seeing if anyone else
> wants to try that band.
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > Ray F/KA3EKH
> > >
> >
>
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