[NLRS] Contest conditions??

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:26:38 -0000

I heard several stations on my (vertical) Ringo Ranger II mounted 5 feet
above ground.  Stations were mostly centered between 144.200 and 144.250.
Rig is a Yaesu FT-857.  I haven't put it on the service monitor yet, but man
is that rig sensitive.  With above antenna, I can hear the automatic
terminal information service (weather) at the Eau Claire airport, which is
about 12 miles away as the crow flies and with a high ridge between me and
the airport.

Scott N0EDV
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Building RV-4
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott L." <[email protected]>
To: "NLRS" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 4:04 AM
Subject: [NLRS] Contest conditions??

> Haven't heard diddly on the air tonight.  Starting thinking it was
something
> wrong on my end so I visually inspected everything from the radio to the
> antenna and made a contact with a local on 6m.  Not very good conditions
> tonight unfortunately.
>
> There was a lot of reports on the 50MHz reflector that Bermuda was on 6
> tonight and loud into the east coast.  A lot of NY and NJ 6m ops snagged
> him.  Anyway, I will be up for a couple hours longer than I'm calling it
> quits until sometime tomorrow afternoon.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott, KB0NLY
>
> PS: So far this contest I have 2 contacts on 6, 1 contact on 2, and 1
> contact on 70cm, not a record breaker here, HI HI!
>
>
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