[NLRS] The New Normal?

[Russ Ramirez]

No one has anything to say, Hi!

I am in the same position Rich, but am pressing forward anyway. At one time
I asked this distro why one would invest in a IC-9700 when the bands seemed
so dead, but I have one and am glad I bought it. To be fair, my main
antenna has been a 40-6m OCF and that's been great in spite of it only
being 25' off the ground. I have been planning on getting the 50' tower I
have up for some time now, but this year it will probably happen. I have
mostly been on 17/6m FT-8 because my VHF/UHF antennas are about the same
height as the OCF, and have mainly been used for satellite work. My
observation is that NLRS is mainly a Grid chase/contesting group, though
there is a 432 net on Mondays. However, if someone starts a net on 144 or
simply arranges a rag chew, then I think the traffic might follow.

Russ
K0WFS

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 9:06 AM Rich Westerberg <richn0hjz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All -
>
> I'm working on getting my station built up at the new QTH.  I've been
> monitoring 6M a lot and watching some of the spots too.
>
> The past few days 6M has been open quite a bit and I've called on SSB and
> worked a few guys.  Lots of times my call goes unanswered.  I'll flip over
> to 50.313 and hear signals there.  When I do catch someone on SSB, we are
> both loud.  It's not for lack of propagation, it seems like it's lack of
> people.
>
> Does anyone do SSB and CW anymore or is it all on FT8 now?  I'm looking to
> invest money into antennas and amps to get me on several bands.  If
> everything is all on FT8 and it's all about letting your computers talk
> now, I might reconsider.  Maybe I'm Old School but the thought of sitting
> back and letting my computer talk for me just isn't appealing.
>
> Is there more to VHF than FT8?
>
> Rich N0HJZ
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