Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?

["ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>]

You can always fire up on AM on 1945 Tuesdays at 830PM East Coast time. Get 
a chance to see how effective all those antennas weve been discussing 
recently really play.
http://greyhairnet.org/

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Rodenkirch" <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>
To: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com>; 
<mstangelo@comcast.net>; "'Mike Waters'" <mikewate@gmail.com>
Cc: "'topband'" <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?


> Heck, got on 160 yesterday morning and called CQ -- had a nice chat with 
> W7CB near San Luis Obispo, CA....wonderful copy on both ends, he with a KW 
> and me with 30 watts.  Go figure - two guys on Top Band at the same time 
> IN the summer!!
> Albeit not DX, will wonders never cease?!?!?!  Jim R. K9JWV
>
>
> > From: charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com
> > To: mstangelo@comcast.net; mikewate@gmail.com
> > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:07:10 -0400
> > CC: topband@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
> >
> > Sad, but true.
> >
> > Folks don't  seem to listen much anymore. Seem to prefer being 
> > "spoon-fed"
> > DX from Internet packet clusters.
> >
> > Charlie. K4OTV
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > mstangelo@comcast.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:42 PM
> > To: Mike Waters
> > Cc: topband
> > Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > I find the problem is that most operators today spend most of their time
> > surfing the Web or chatting on varios social groups (like Yahoo Groups!).
> >
> > They gripe about lousy conditions or the lack of stations instead of just
> > getting on the air and listening or giving a call.
> >
> > Like it or not, the Internet has changed our methods of communicating.
> >
> > Mike N2MS
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
> > To: topband <topband@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:29:30 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Frankly, I think many hams are just too lazy (maybe disinclined is a 
> > better
> > word) to try and copy weak signals buried in the noise. To me, that's 
> > what's
> > the most fun about this hobby. That's why I loved working 144.2 MHz, the
> > challenge. And I managed to work 30 states there from a section of 
> > Toledo,
> > Ohio that had prolific power line noise.
> >
> > All I can think of is, "what a bunch of wimps". Sorry if that offended
> > anyone, but what else can we say? :-)
> >
> > 73, Mike
> > www.w0btu.com
> >
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