Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Just made contact with @codeman 553 in Texas a few minutes ago. Always a pleasure to make contact with other forum members!
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11 meter is very quiet?
- Thread starter Tweetybird
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Well, I guess it depends where you are in the middle of New Jersey. There’s some guys north of me some guys west of me they’re not on all the time but in the morning skips definitely rolling.
Yes sir it took me a while to get on the air, lots of other life happening at the same time. I'm sure glad to be back in business.
Conditions have faded in and out but it's still good for working some dx.
Nice to finally make contact with you. I'm hoping to have a Sirio 827 or 2016 up in the air soon. I was using an inverted v at about 20 ft. Hope to here you again.
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Just made contact with @Eldorado828, great to talk to you again. Conditions are improving for sure, should be even better as the weather turns cold.
I am still out in the garage doing ball joints on the other side now. It seems all I do is come out here and make a mess. I have the 2547 on standby listening. Maybe someday I will come out here and put some stuff away.....
I am still out in the garage doing ball joints on the other side now. It seems all I do is come out here and make a mess. I have the 2547 on standby listening. Maybe someday I will come out here and put some stuff away.....
Yes sir a pleasure talking to you! I tell you what, that 2547 is doing a fantastic job. Crystal clear and right on frequency.
My work in progress is coming along
The situation looks familiar to me! In the summer of 1986 I built a 24 X 40 Pole Barn 10' high for a garage and work shop because that's all I could afford with out taking out a loan. Done it nights & weekends after work when I wasn't doing Husband & Father jobs also. Spent the rest of life buying & accumulating tools to prepare for retirement with always at least 10 jobs waiting for me so everything gets shoved in place. Now I look at my shop and say ( I have to rearrange and organize ) so I can work more efficient but I still have 10 jobs waiting. Like they said at work ( It's a Cluster F_ _ K ! ) LOL And back to the Matter at Hand. I enjoyed listening to DX today when I could but I was Man on the Run ! AGAIN
27 in chesapeke bay above 40 last nite. couple in ohio and lots of jibber jabber on 38lsb via music sirenes and tom foolry
Got home, fired up the station and made a few contacts but conditions are in and out. It'll be loud and booming then just static for a while. I think that recent solar flare is causing some havoc.
Not much for conditions around my part today. I did call cq and had a nice qso with 702 Jamaica radio and that's about it here.
About 1 AM I was snapped awake by a loud crashing noise. Got up and checked outside. It was raining HARD with much lightning, thunder, and very high wind. The crashing noise was our granddaughter's play house being blown away. Got up this morning and found this.
The wind also took most of the roof off of my shack/shop. Everything in the shop was totally drenched. Fortunately I built a shelf on my desk, so my rig was covered and didn't take on too much water. My test equipment - scope, spec analyzer, etc were full of water. Spent the day drying everything out. No Dxing for me for a while. Took the cases off of everything. I want to let everything sit with fans on until every drop of water is gone. Several days, I guess. It gets hot in the shack during the day, so that will help the drying process. Hopefully everything will work when I power them up.
Oh well - - S**T Happens.
- J.J. 399
The wind also took most of the roof off of my shack/shop. Everything in the shop was totally drenched. Fortunately I built a shelf on my desk, so my rig was covered and didn't take on too much water. My test equipment - scope, spec analyzer, etc were full of water. Spent the day drying everything out. No Dxing for me for a while. Took the cases off of everything. I want to let everything sit with fans on until every drop of water is gone. Several days, I guess. It gets hot in the shack during the day, so that will help the drying process. Hopefully everything will work when I power them up.
Oh well - - S**T Happens.
- J.J. 399
Sorry to hear about your set-back, we'll be praying for your equipment to survive.
That's sad news Jim, sounds like you got to it quickly, hopefully it all survives.
73
Jeff
Man that really sucks. I hope your radio equipment survives. Best of luck to you.