I was going to get on the air yesterday morning, but some friends dropped by and I never got on. Around 8:30 pm, I went back down to disconnect my antenna. Turned on the base, and every channel was totally dead. Just for grins, I called CQ on channel 40, and 369 DAN on the big island Hawaii came back to me. We talked for a solid 1/2 hour until conditions started fading.
First contact with the Islands this cycle. Pretty unusual to get a good QSO so late in the evening. I'm going to have to try some more late night stuff.
- 399 J.J.