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11 meter is very quiet?

He comes and goes pretty quick, but I do vaguely hear him at times. Do you think it may be a recording? You can definitely hear him better than I can
 
I straightened out the sigma enough to make the day, not the straightest (if that's a word) but swr is OK. Today and part of tomorrow but tomorrow night the whole antenna system comes down.

So I sure hope to catch some of you wwdx gents on the air this weekend. The band is wide open today. Will be standing by
I heard you in there 828, I had to tip my antenna down because of the wind so I cant get out. Did you hear the Belarus station?

I have the antenna on plastic saw horses. The SWR is still low at 500w, I am going to see if any worms are coming out of the ground....
 
He comes and goes pretty quick, but I do vaguely hear him at times. Do you think it may be a recording? You can definitely hear him better than I can
He was running a CQ recording and getting back to people that could jump in there. His repeat cycle only left a 3 second gap, he was talking more than listening.

Now I hear Australia....
 
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I heard you in there 828, I had to tip my antenna down because of the wind so I cant get out. Did you hear the Belarus station?

I have the antenna on plastic saw horses. The SWR is still low at 500w, I am going to see if any worms are coming out of the ground....
Putting a little heat in the ground are you, don't fool those ground hogs!

My mast is scoped all the way down for winds also but performance is still ok. I hear some distant unintelligible voices so maybe he's in there somewhere.
 
Gents, I've got work to do so I'll check back in here this evening. In the meantime I'll be occasionally listening on the receiver so don't be shy.

Happy dx everyone
I will be out in the garage this afternoon, the short Starduster does very well with the wind. I never have to worry about it.
 
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Switched out antennas yesterday from the 4' firestik to an old k40 4' fiberglass I had sitting in the garage. After tunning it, 1.0 on 20 and 1.3 on 40, higher on the uppers but useable. Conditions were good as I made contact with a station in NC from the driveway. Think I will use it for awhile till I get bored and put the sirio back on.
 

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