W7lr@aol.com wrote:
>
> Good signals from VK this morning. Tried to hook up VK6VZ with Wyoming but at
> N7NG the power was out, and at NE9Z/7 the phone was out (and packet link from
> here to Wyoming was out too). Heard UN5J with the best signal yet, but he
> peaked for only 5 minutes so still no qso. Later in the season I hear UA0
> and YB well, but though they are on now (early Sept) I dont hear them yet. A
> big aid in receiving in the morning is using a big horizontal dipole, 300'
> long center fed. Not matched for tx but often allows reception when the 90'
> vertical (for tx) doesnt. In the evening special rx antennas dont seem to
> help - but at this time of year too much static to hear anything but W1 in
> the evenings. Back to the coffee pot. 73 Bob W7LR
>
I heard the YB the other morning, but he apparently does not stay around
through the whole west coast sunrise. All I heard this morning were loud
JA's--no VK's or anything else.
--
Garry Shapiro, NI6T
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http://www.ncdxc.org
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