I'm in Miami today, where I heard 808 riding the wave of skip that was rolling in this afternoon. Unfortunately, those who I could hear were not hearing me.
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11 meter is very quiet?
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Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
I was not able to hear you, it was rough and tough out there for sure. Will try again tomorrow, I am on vacation all week. I have plans for a 5 element maco or a 4 element quad or something, not quite sure yet.I will be sure to call you, 808, when the dx shifts more north east of me. Maybe tomorrow will be better for conditions? I don't know if you heard me in there tonight or not? Those mountain ranges are sure hard to get over using a ground plane omni. Once I get my "cloud burner" 5 element back up on the flat side, it won't be a problem. I assure you
The 5 element Maco would be nice to run on the flat side. The Lightning (former Signal Engineering) 4 element quad is also nice seeing it is a true fullwave antenna instead of a 1/4 wave quad like most others and it's not too big. The only thing is it doesn't hold up to freezing rain well (ice storms) due to the fiberglass spreaders. ( I don't know if you get ice storms where you live) I had the 8 element version (42' boom) installed when I lived up in Ontario Canada (65' in the air on a Delphi free standing tower) and it got loaded down with ice, one year, and broke a section of my 2" boom. But it was probably the best antenna I ever ran, performance wise. My first contact was Russia. I have the Antenna Specialists M134 "Mariner" now. It's a well made beam but not as "beefy" as the MACO. The elements are a little thinner and the boom is as well. I have a 4 element MACO here in the shop that I assembled and ran it for a week on the vertical but took it down because the 5 element would have a little more gain. It's just sitting here doing nothing lol. But what ever you choose will make a difference for talking DX.
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Open again today. Made 1st contact off my attic dipole with a barefoot 980...sweet.
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NC----->FL------>NC happening here this morning
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Contacts in FL, LA and AR. Hear Texas, but no contacts.
Pretty happy with the attic dipole and the Uniden 980 on this east coast skip. So much metal in my attic I figured it would never work, but no issues getting my numbers called a few times.
Pretty happy with the attic dipole and the Uniden 980 on this east coast skip. So much metal in my attic I figured it would never work, but no issues getting my numbers called a few times.
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Skip is cycling in and out this morning. Around 9:30A.M., I made contact with 525 in the No. Georgia Mountains and 360 from No. Carolina on LSB 38. Both were booming in. I heard plenty of other stations on LSB 38 and LSB 37, but my little barefoot TRC 490 and 1/2 wave Workman Bandit weren't impressing.
Just a reminder , if you have them throw your WDX #'s out there . Some of have been doing that & makes it easier to chat with forum members . Just my 2 cents again ! 73 & God Bless , Leo , WDX 1183 .
73 & God Bless , Leo , WDX 1183 .
Not hearing anything out west yet, hoping we'll get some DX over the holiday.
Around 10:00A.M. the skip was real sporadic. I'd make contact with a station, get a response and then the skip would bottom out. It happened with several contacts: South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia.
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
I can hear people in the weeds. Seems like its going to roll in here any minuet. Nothing so far.
Update: zip, zilch, nope, nada, nothing.
Maybe tomorrow.......
Update: zip, zilch, nope, nada, nothing.
Maybe tomorrow.......
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Wishing everyone S9 with lots of skip for Thanksgiving Day.
11 meters is jumping here in Northeast Florida right now,BIG BIG signals.
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I just spoke with 407 in Michigan & he sounded like he was in my driveway.The band is working.We were on Channel 38 LSB just FYI.
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