[SOC] Sleepless in Alaska

[Quikhooligan via SOC]

On 11/16/2014 12:29 PM, John Raynsford via SOC wrote:

> Kept me awake last night, tossed and turned I couldnt sleep ...Went into my radio room & tuned through 80,40 & 20 mtrs bands were pretty quiet inside from inside the auroral oval. Wound up on 50.09,144.1 & 432.1 mhz sending CQ over & over & over ...


Are you sure you were calling CQ or did you just dream you were calling CQ?

So did you work anyone?  We all know the reason that the band seems to
be dead when tuning across the spectrum is that no one is calling CQ.
How often are the bands dead during a major contest?