Yo,
The microwave sprint was fun, and activity was decent,
although conditions were even worse than the Sept contest.
There wasn't much signal strength coming in from far-out.
K2SMN coulndn't even hear the CCX beacons this AM!
(and he's close!) Conditions were really that poor. We
looked NW, SW, & S, quite a bit, to no avail....sri.
It's kind of fun to see what you can work under adverse
conditions, once in a while (in preparation for Jan VHF SS...
hi). Here's what we worked from W4RX's awesome
mountaintop station in FM19bb:
903 K2SMN FN20
W4SW FM18
K3DNE FM19
K1TEO FN31
K1RZ FM19
1296 K2SMN FN20
W3HMS/R FN10
W4SW FM18
K3DNE FM19
K1TEO FN31
W3HMS/R FM19
KB8VAO/R FN00 (on his FM HT!!!)
K1RZ FM19
2304 K3DNE FM19
W4SW/R FM18
K1RZ FM19
3456 W3HMS/R FM19
W4SW/R FM18
KB8VAO/R FN00 (on 1/2 of his 112 looper!)
5760 KB8VAO/R FN00 (solid SSB)
W3HMS/R FM19
W4SW/R FM18
K1RZ FM19
10368 KB8VAO/R FN00 (solid SSB)
W3HMS/R FM19
K1RZ FM19
24192 W4SW/R FM18 (r = 43.4Km, S9! thru dense fog and mist)
47088 heard W4SW 539, one-way, (he has BIG SMOKE @ 30mW!!)
I'm especially grateful to the rovers, who braved long drives, traffic,
rain, fog,
mist, haze, & really bad propagation to provide some much-needed action on
the
bands. These guys are to be commended! (give them a break, and WORK THEM!)
Glad we could partake. Tnx to W4RX for the oppurtunity to stay inside for a
change.
Thanks for all the activity. Every microwave QSO is still a fascinating
rarity to me!
Conditions are always different, and there is still much to be learned.
Keep them
knobs a-spinning!
73,
Bill W3IY
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