Depends on what bands he may be talking about. I worked over 35 states
on 2 meter Aurora contacts.
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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On 3/12/2012 11:16 AM, Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote:
> This guy thinks that the Northern Lights in North Dakota are going to
> improve his long-distance communications! Just wait till he finds out what
> the
> Northern Lights really do.
>
> Novertheless, his purchase of a home in Edgeley, ND for $10k on eBay is
> pretty cool.
>
> Yes, we do need to prod him into contesting!
>
> 73, George, K5KG
> ex. KL7IDH who knows what Northern Lights are like.
>
> George Wagner, K5KG
> Sarasota, FL
> 941-400-1960 cell
>
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2012 9:18:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> vhfplus@gmail.com writes:
>
> On 3/11/2012 7:28 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
>> For Sweepstakes
>>
>>
> http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_20151277/booming-north-dakotas-ham-radio-space-also-draw
>>
>> *73, de Hans, K0HB*
>> *"Just a boy and his radio"*
>> --
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> Stiles is right...it *is* a nice place to raise a family and even better
> for contesting. Yeah,the winters can be brutal but I regret having moved
> from there in the mid-1980's, after 8 years in Bismarck. It was fun
> running into the Governor of the state window shopping downtown...there
> aren't many places where that happens!
>
> Our son (K7DAE) is now a permanent resident of Canada, in Winnipeg, so
> we may have to move back to be closer to his home. :>)
>
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