BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
The music and noise toys were on 38lsbearlier so i left and went to 555
Should have been calling on 10 meters!
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11 meter is very quiet?
- Thread starter Tweetybird
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Should have been calling on 10 meters!
Well after making several contacts into South America on 11 went to 17 meters and Europe was rolling in very well. Was like shooting fish in a barrel with 200 watts out of the radio on my OCFD lol
Last night started out as a wall of noise. The skip was rolling so hard I had to fire up the Brute II just to talk to my locals. Just idled along on low about 110 watts, but that's what it took to talk 20 miles. Then it started clearing up and turned into a good 15 minute conversation with a couple guys in a group called Smokey Mountain Skip Shooters in Tennessee. One called Boxcar and the other was Kickin' Chicken. Nice guys, and clean sounding radios. Usually it's a ton of people trying to make a 10 second contact, so it was nice to actually have a conversation with very little background noise.
S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
Tuesday morning….
68CBO1 “Bob” Belfast, North Ireland
or so he said
68CBO1 “Bob” Belfast, North Ireland
or so he said
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Forecast Discussion
:Issued: 2021 Jul 07 0030 UTC
# Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
Solar Activity
.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity reached low levels. Region 2835 (S18W82, Hkx/alpha)
produced an isolated C1 flare at 06/1915 UTC as it rotated close to the
SW limb. Region 2837 (N17W36, Axx/alpha) underwent decay and was
inactive. Region 2839 (N19E10, Cro/beta) underwent periods of growth and
decay, and was inactive. New NOAA/SWPC Region 2840 (N27W63, Bxo/beta)
was assigned to a small area of spot development that was stable. No
Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph image.
Forecast...
Solar activity is expected to be low, with slight chance for an M-class
flare (R1-R2 Radio Blackout) on 07 July from departing Region 2835.
Region 2835 will rotate further beyond the SW limb on 08 Jul and very
low solar activity is expected with a chance for C-class flares and a
slight chance of M-class flares. Very low solar activity with a chance
for C-class flares and less than slight chance of M-class flares is
expected on 09 Jul.
Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2021 Jul 07 0905 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 July follow.
Solar flux 83 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 07 July was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
:Issued: 2021 Jul 07 0030 UTC
# Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
Solar Activity
.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity reached low levels. Region 2835 (S18W82, Hkx/alpha)
produced an isolated C1 flare at 06/1915 UTC as it rotated close to the
SW limb. Region 2837 (N17W36, Axx/alpha) underwent decay and was
inactive. Region 2839 (N19E10, Cro/beta) underwent periods of growth and
decay, and was inactive. New NOAA/SWPC Region 2840 (N27W63, Bxo/beta)
was assigned to a small area of spot development that was stable. No
Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph image.
Forecast...
Solar activity is expected to be low, with slight chance for an M-class
flare (R1-R2 Radio Blackout) on 07 July from departing Region 2835.
Region 2835 will rotate further beyond the SW limb on 08 Jul and very
low solar activity is expected with a chance for C-class flares and a
slight chance of M-class flares. Very low solar activity with a chance
for C-class flares and less than slight chance of M-class flares is
expected on 09 Jul.
Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2021 Jul 07 0905 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 July follow.
Solar flux 83 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 07 July was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
Np's Here with Dx & my new friend " Fat Boy " , just glad I had it built the way I did thanks to some WWDX friends ! I get so many compliments on Am & especially SSB . I got a PM from my friend John # 303 , North Ireland the other day , said he could hear me on 38 LSB , I went to 37 as he said just feel bad I missed him . As said before when DX is running look for me on 21 AM " Big Radio Boulevard " ( We have a FB page here in RI ) I will QSY any freq you want . Except 10M , I have it but just listen . 73 & God Bless ! Leo
I get so many compliments on Am & especially SSB . I got a PM from my friend John # 303 , North Ireland the other day , said he could hear me on 38 LSB , I went to 37 as he said just feel bad I missed him . As said before when DX is running look for me on 21 AM " Big Radio Boulevard " ( We have a FB page here in RI ) I will QSY any freq you want . Except 10M , I have it but just listen . 73 & God Bless ! LeoSkip is insane right now. Just a blur of noise. Was trying to talk with locals, all within a 20 mile radius. At 110 watts I was barely making it. Took 350 watts just to talk with locals that normally hear me loud and clear running barefoot. Guess I'll put the new tubes in the pdx 400 tonight to simmer so I can reach my locals tomorrow night. Don't get me wrong, it's great to hear the airwaves pick up again, but damn. Lol
Am hearing from Corpus Christi to Ontario at 19:50 EDT while in SE North Carolina.
1414 Chicago blowing the doors open on 38-LSB
1414 Chicago blowing the doors open on 38-LSB
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Appreciate the info, but what does that mean in layman's language? I don't get real technical other than making sure my radio, antenna, and amp are tuned a
Great info, but way above my head. Can you break that down to layman's language? Sorry but I'm not real technical. I make sure my radio, antenna, and amp play together nice and transmit clean regardless of power. Again, it's great info, but the bottom line takes more tech knowledge than I have to understand.
"He's an old hippie tryin' to adjust"
Yup SoCal’s DX was meh today. Got a chance to talk local though!!
10/11 meter night time DX was SMOKIN' at 11pm Eastern Standard time tonight. But nothing to South America. Give us more solar flares !!!
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S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
Wild West DX shootout on 11 meter LSB this morning. Pretty easy to make contacts of short duration. Signals fading in and out and lots of people all talking at once.
I enjoyed for a while but eventually tired of it. Got another cup of coffee and had a good and more relaxing time on 10 meters.
I enjoyed for a while but eventually tired of it. Got another cup of coffee and had a good and more relaxing time on 10 meters.
S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
AmericanEagle575…heard you on the radio this morning but couldn’t make it back your way. A station from W VA came in and blocked the way.
Made a trip to Northeast Arizona/New Mexico border. Station sounded great! Said I sounded like I was in his driveway. Sweet!!!
So I go to AM 19 and a muffled 163 Hardrive comes in....all of a sudden his signal jumps 3-4 S units. Conditions? No way! He was definitely running power. I caught it because he was in mid sentence. What a hack! Just my observation. Rant over.
So I go to AM 19 and a muffled 163 Hardrive comes in....all of a sudden his signal jumps 3-4 S units. Conditions? No way! He was definitely running power. I caught it because he was in mid sentence. What a hack! Just my observation. Rant over.