[PaQSO] 75-80 meters

[Matthew Steger]

Agreed.. I found a few 40 and 80 m guys on AM that wanted 'QRM' free
conditions 10 kc above and below their freqs and then started bugging QSO
stations anywhere near them via tuning up, etc.  

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On Behalf Of Goody K3NG
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [PaQSO] 75-80 meters

"Discontent from the locals on 80" is a friendly way of putting it.  It
seems every year we get some static from people unhappy with our Friday
night 80m net.  80m phone isn't a friendly place for visitors.  But I
digress.


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:18 PM, David All <n3xudfm19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In 2010 the 3 Generation Contest Team (N3XUD) was in Bedford county 
> and 80 was jumping so bad on sunday afternoon that we (PAQP) 
> participants caused a lot of discontent with the locals on 80.  I have 
> no idea if this has any bearing on this topic or not.  But I agree 
> with you.  40 is the workhorse but 80 is a place to concentrate as 
> well.  I do recall our 80m op indicating that late sunday that what he 
> was working were weak very weak locals that were just just above the 
> noise.  So I would figure conditions just did not open early enough this
year on 80.
> Last year from the County Line (FRA/FUL) 10-15-20 were absolutely crap 
> and
> 40 and 80 were jumping.  Got to love the unpredictability of the bands.
> Dave N3XUD
> Bonus Station W3ZGD operator
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Herb Krumich <wa2fgk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Question guys
> > Why isn't 75 or 80 meters used more in the late afternoons during 
> > the contest. I question this because when I go roving, I do have a 
> > shortened dipole for 40-80 meters, which I wish I could use on more than
40 meters.
> > The band this time of the year is great for local communication, 
> > especially since the summer static is gone.
> > There are many rovers that loose monster amounts of contacts during 
> > the afternoon.
> > Perhaps an activity hour would be an idea.
> > I usually can work 200 contacts quickly from a county, but this 
> > amount could be 300 if guys would get off 20 and 40 for an hour of 
> > two This is only my thoughts from roving experience Herb K2LNS 
> > Usually use the call of K3YTL in this contest 
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