[NLRS] State 45 On 2M!

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Way to go Rich!  It’s great that you were kickin’ it old school.  73, Tim K0PG
> On 08/13/2021 9:06 AM Rich Westerberg <richn0hjz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> This was on SSB.
> 
> We did it on SSB.  We ran for an hour on Wednesday morning and also
> Thursday morning.  Wednesday was all SSB and we came close.  Couldn't get a
> signal report confirmed.  Thursday was a half hour on SSB and a half hour
> on CW.  Again, close.  I was sending S2 (old school signal report) and he
> was sending 529 on CW.  I heard "S2" but I think the "S" was part of the
> 5.  Since we didn't copy the right items, we determined it wasn't
> complete.  Today was easy with a good rock!
> 
> We are definitely in a good area and, with a combination of tropo, Es,
> meteors and aurora, you can work all 48.  I've got my 12 element yagi at 20
> feet so I do not have a big station.  I hope others will give SSB/CW a
> try.  You can do it and it sure is satisfying to complete, and hear the
> other station say "Roger, Roger 73 73!"
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 8:54 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Congratulations on #45 Rich.  What mode were you using, SSB?    We live in
> > a geographically unique part of the country where working all 48 States on
> > 2m is possible without EME.  I think someone did a paper on this subject at
> > Central States a while back showing the eastern SD, southern MN, IA, NE
> > border-ish area where stations have done this.   The Black Hole does have
> > some advantages.
> > 73, JonW0ZQ
> >
> >
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