I just made pass thru 20 meters, and made a few notes of signal strengths.
Obviously not scientific!
Rig ICOM 756 PRO3, AGC set slow. No preamp on, 2.4 filter
Ant Cushcraft A3 tribander at 25'
1330 Z ( 8:30am local) in Belleville, IL
RW1AC 59+20 loudest on the band
ER0WW +15
DR1A +15
RK2FWA +10
LY5R +10
S56M +10 must have had bad rx freq had at least 5 calling, did not hear any
of them
OK4U +10
OH5Z +10
OH4A +10
RK3DZB +5
ES5TV +5
RL3A +5
IR2C +5
SO0Q 59
DR5Z 59
GI5K 59
SM6U 58
YT1BB 58
IO2L 58
Just an idea of what the loudest European stations sound like, in southwest
Illinois, on 20, at the bottom of the solar cycle, with a low tribander! And
condx today seem very good!!
73- Chuck KI9A
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