[SOC] Great Ham History Book

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:00:20AM -0400, AdamN7YA@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/21/2002 12:42:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> w2agn@w2agn.net writes:
> 
> << OK, rotten weather, bands are shot, and I finished work on my NC-101X. So, 
> I 
>  sat down and Read "A History of QRP" by Ade Weiss W0RSP. >>
> 
> Another great radio book, my absolute favorite (only because i havent gotten 
> Martti Laines book yet) is "The Complete DXer" by Bob Locher, W9KNI.
>   Full of helpful stuff for the beginning to expert DXer, plus i love reading 
> the DX battle stories...cool book.
>  I only read it when the bands are dead as well. hunters hunt when there is 
> game in the woods. :-)

What I can't figure out is what the folks who post spots to the DX
cluster network are hearing.  Actually I listened a bit yesterday and
propagation seemed a bit better, but several times on Saturday I could
not hear a single signal on several bands. Being at 47 deg. N has its
disadvantages at times. 

Not only that, but the skies have been too cloudy to see any Aurora (if
there indeed was one).

I guess there is about another day to potentially work VK9ML, but I'm
not optomistic about my chances, since I still can't hear them.  The
best DX I've heard in the past several days was Brazil.

73, 

Bob N7XY
Bainbridge Island, WA