[CQ-Contest] 40m changed forever

Prasad vu2ptt at gmail.com
Sun Mar 29 19:45:20 PDT 2009


I checked out 40m during the contest, the BC stations are still pretty
loud out here. VU2UR, the IARU Region 3 Monitoring Station is doing
some work on this.

73 de Prasad VU2PTT.


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:14 PM, john devoldere, ON4UN
<john.devoldere at telenet.be> wrote:
> Let's not be over optimistic...
>
> At this time (16:16 UTC) I hear exactly 9 broadcast stations between 7100
> and 7200:  7130,  7135, 7145, 7165,  7170, 7175, 7185 (2 stations), and 7195
> kHz.... All from Asia, and as far as I can recognize all languages like
> Chinese and Arabian...
>
> John, ON4UN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick Dougherty NQ4I
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:05 AM
> To: CQ Contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] 40m changed forever
>
> Hi all..just spent a few minutes tuning the NEW 40m band (without broadcast
> Stations) and it's pretty amazing how quiet it is....the old 40m contesting
> records will be a thing of the past and 40 m will be a dx and contesting
> band that will rival 20m...lets enjoy it while we can...de Rick NQ4I
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