11 meter is very quiet?

[Shadetree Mechanic]

lol...got to speak with 808 again today. That's 2 days in a row!! worked 748 hit and run, car wash, 518 and ice water out of Chicago. Stray dog out of Delaware 420 and 211 in NY and a bunch down the eastern seaboard. Conditions were in and out quick, so you had to keep up!

Always great to talk to you, as long as mother nature cooperates we will be able to make it a regular occurrence. Stray Dog is one of our locals, I talk to him about every day. He runs a bunch more power than most of us and always makes contacts. I am just happy to get my little piece of DX with my 100w. Haha!
808 Sitting in the shade

 

[Slowmover]

I'm up here in West Virginia, working Slowmover but glad you thought of me.
LC sent me a text, he's finishing up on my mic, then it's just a matter of paying him and getting my equipment back. My Maddison looks amazing, can't wait to see it in person.

Agreed. Pics!!

Staying stuck in NM today. Ran a little too hard three days straight (I have to pace myself, no choice anymore), and altitude sucker-punched me last night. Hell, haven’t stopped in three weeks, give or take.

Yanked spot mirror mount off. No more laundry line (coax) strung thru cab.

But fishing new coax thru overhead console was a bear. Thought it would be easy. Ha!

A pair of EVERHARDT Tigers are up. (Back to typical 579 appearance).

Now to strip braid from old factory cophase. Use it to run grounds from equipment cases and remove the 3/4” I’ve been using. That I may be able to use to RF Bond the cab to frame. Jump the air-ride bags in back, and isolated brackets in front.

So, no radio today. Last two days amazing skip. Ever-body’s best bud Harddrive 350-miles South, and all of OKC 400-miles behind me to East.

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[G GOLLY WAlly]

Before and after pics, can't wait to pair it up with the speakers and take a pic.

 

[Justme]

Nice 600 mile chat on 10 meters with someone from Derry Northern Ireland, strong signals too, 9+ with 100 watts in the Imax 2000.

 

[RT431]

Very weak signals today.
Not enough to key the mic.

 

[S&W357]

Sound of Silence here today.

 

[ForestRunner98]

Sound of Silence here today.

Same here this morning!!!

 

[Christopher17]

Same here this morning!!!

yep nothing coming in here either
a buddy bought a used truck the other day that has a radio and amp in it that he doesn't want, got first dibs on it, he didn't know what any of it was except it says 250w linear

 

[ForestRunner98]

yep nothing coming in here either
a buddy bought a used truck the other day that has a radio and amp in it that he doesn't want, got first dibs on it, he didn't know what any of it was except it says 250w linear

What??!! Pics or ot didn’t happen.

 

[Rwb]

Not home yesterday,stormin here lectric from sky so all radios unhooked

 

[Justme]

Some radio's had a 1K Ohm resistor mounted over the antenna connection for that, or higher wattage radio's a 10 k Ohm the same reason i have a 100 KOhm over my 77 foot vertical permanently to the ground rod, as well as an old sparkplug doing the real bad work if it goes wrong.
That way the voltage cannot go up but bleed over the bleeding resistor.

 

[S&W357]

QSO’S with SSB stations to the North of me this morning in New York & Ontario. Also with one station in Corpus Christi TX.

 

[S&W357]

I heard some Delaware stations also but they couldn’t hear me.

I called for 808 Dover Delaware on SSB and then AM on 20 & 21. Didn’t hear anything.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I heard some Delaware stations also but they couldn’t hear me.

I called for 808 Dover Delaware on SSB and then AM on 20 & 21. Didn’t hear anything.

I am still at work. Haha I will be on the air around 6 this evening. Usually ch 20,I will be listening for you.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Just talked to "Triple Three" Alabama, he was talking local this morning so I gave him a shout. Thought I heard Train Man, not sure.

Anyone else on the air this early? I usually talk to the locals while I am getting a cup of coffee and putting on my boots in the morning. Then at 6:00 I hit the road and the rat race begins for the day. Thankfully, I work about ten minuets away from home. Then I hit the clock and see what broke last night. Haha!