[NLRS] Contest conditions??

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:34:12 -0600

I was starting to think my radio went deaf, I'm already half deaf myself! HI
HI

73,

Scott, KB0NLY

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Aho" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Contest conditions??

> Whew!  I thought I was going deaf...good thing it is
> the band conditions and not me or the
> equipment...*LOL* good luck...weird conditions...lots
> of heavy QSB...I did hear some 6 trying to open up
> early this morning toward the East South East, but it
> sounded like lazy scatter with the QSB ...I would have
> a solid copy, but as luck might have it, it would drop
> out seemingly only on my calls then peak on his run of
> calls..Oh well.  The best one yet was working EN 74
> this morning on a VERY sleepy CW call.  new worked
> 2-meter grid.  Yay!
>
>            Dave...N9TTX
>
> --- "Scott L." <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The same antennas that I have always used, Par
> > Electronics loops.  I have
> > worked and confirmed 48 states this year on 6 using
> > my loop, Alaska and
> > Rhode Island are the only ones remaining after
> > getting Hawaii on Oct 30th
> > with that great Au opening.
> >
> > Anyway, went to bed early after listening to static
> > all evening, although I
> > did hear a few desperate CW ops calling CQ and one
> > SSB sig on 50.125 just
> > after midnight.  Six and two are dead here this
> > afternoon again, oh well, I
> > got other things I could be doing.  If its one thing
> > I learned with 6m, its
> > patience waiting for an opening.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Scott, KB0NLY
> >
> >
> >
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> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: chuck munce
> >   To: Scott L.
> >   Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:38 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [NLRS] Contest conditions??
> >
> >
> >   Scott
> >   What kind of ants are you using ??
> >   CHUCK MUNCE K0SQ
> >     ----- Original Message ----- 
> >     From: Scott L.
> >     To: NLRS
> >     Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:04 PM
> >     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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