Channel 19 Am was skip heavy late morning and then after noon noise levels were so high that I had to turn rf gain really low. Weird conditions.
Was the same here on the Base and the mobile. I hope the Fall changes things around.Nothing here but static all day.....
73
Jeff
7300 icom, last radio i heard him say he was runnin (605 texas)Everything was dead today. Nothing but static. Then I heard 605 out of South Texas come booming in on 27.385 lsb. Never said what kind of radio he was running, but said he was doing 300 watts into a 5-element Gizmotchy on the flat side. When we got our antennas pointed at each other solid 5-7 and we had a nice long QSO. Came back down to the shack around 6pm and hooked up with the Hawaiian Islands. Triple Zero Richard on the Island of Maui was getting over the static enough for me to understand everything he was saying. Then I hooked up with 506 BOB in Honolulu. He was 3 S-units and well above the static. 148GTL that he,"got out of an old fishing boat." into a 1/2 wave wire dipole on the flat side.
Other than those three contacts . . . NADA. Really proud of my 139XLR. Even in the crappiest conditions she gets out. Hopefully tommorrow will be better. 73s
- J.J. 399
@unit_399 isn't an easy trip. If you made contact, that's a win!finally linked up with Mr 399 today, but conditions fell out before my little radio could make a qso. you sounded real good in northeast Ohio
runnin the blue face CRT on low power, i guess trying to prove to myself that power isn't required. much easier to do on upper sideband where there isn't any traffic. all about those conditions. keeping the meter south of 15w on peaks.@unit_399 isn't an easy trip. If you made contact, that's a win!
And I agree, he's been sounding top shelf lately.
Wishing you some nice relaxation, family time, and that you can get some big DX!Good afternoon WDX members, just thought I'd fire up my Ranger and at the moment I'm on 38 LSB listening,as I'm on vacation until July 29th,So nice to have some radio time and spend time also with my Dad and rest up also, hopefully make some contacts out there........
Are you seeing any upswing in DX ? Your not that far from me. I probably pass right by you when I go to Carlisle.Good afternoon WDX members, just thought I'd fire up my Ranger and at the moment I'm on 38 LSB listening,as I'm on vacation until July 29th,So nice to have some radio time and spend time also with my Dad and rest up also, hopefully make some contacts out there........
It was really hopping this morning on 38 LSB and I made 2 contacts,but it died off in the afternoon though............Are you seeing any upswing in DX ? Your not that far from me.