Yesterday, a ton of antenna noise and static, plus noise bursts from neighboring thunderstorms pretty much ruined any chances of good Dx. So I put my TRC-457 on the bench and started working on it as a future replacement for my 139XLR. About 8 pm, the noise faded and a bunch of stations having night time conversations came booming in clear as a bell. Most were hitting me 7 - 9. I broke in and asked their QTH. All were in eastern Georgia. A few of them said they had heard me before, but never connected. We talked until about 10:30 when conditions slowly dropped out.
Any of you guy experienced night time Dx conditions yesterday ?? It was like they were next door.
- J.J. 399