[NLRS] open bands

[Zack Widup]

I heard the W9HQ beacon from EN52sa on Saturday morning. It was solid copy
but much weaker than I expected. The WD9BGA beacon in the past was generally
much louder there.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Ken Boston <kboston at lsr.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi all;
>
> I can safely vouch for the tropo conditions over the last couple days,
> although I have to admit that due to some projects I have not made any noise
> on the bands.  I have been leaving the 144 and 432 radios on when in the
> shack and have been hearing good signals out of K.C and the w5 guys just to
> the south of there. (like K5SW and others)  I did check into Phil N0PB net
> last night, and was hearing him all around his compass.  Did not check into
> the N4PZ net, but could hear several W0's check in from far away.
>
> Unfortunately, I had some important documents to finish for L S Research,
> my employer, so I was mostly listening.  I also was out of the shack most of
> the weekend on various other activities.  I guess if the tropo had moved
> into a different direction I may have paid more attention, but seemed to be
> hearing stations that I have already worked in the past.
>
> When not in the shack, I have been leaving the 144 radio on and tuned to
> W9HQ's beacon in LaCrosse, which is mostly a weak but 100 % copy here.  As I
> was departing home for church on Sunday, the CW was loud and clearly heard
> all over the house!!
>
> Ken W9GA
>
>
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