[TenTec] CW-Only Rig?

[George, W5YR]

I'd check the rig and/or antenna, Ed - plenty of CW signals on those
bands here in North Central Texas as late as 0500Z.

72/73, George   W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas      NETXQRP 6	       
Fairview, TX   30 mi NE Dallas in Collin county	     QRP-L 1373
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756 PRO #02121 (9/00) Kachina #91900556 (12/99) IC-765 (6/90)


"Avila, Edward" wrote:
> 
> Charles, sad but true.........I'm 51 and returned to CW after 35 years of
> phone or no hamming and really disappointed with the CW bands -- last nite
> in fact here on the West Coast at 2100 pst I couldn't "hear" a single CW qso
> either on 40, 30 or 20 meters -- my wire antenna doesn't tune to low end of
> 80.....I'm sure there was cw activity somewhere in the world, but nothing I
> could hear! When I was a kid novice in the 60's I'd get on every nite and
> always had trouble finding an open spot of the CW bands to call
> cq.......other than cw contest weekends, there are nights when all is too
> quiet on 80 and 40 meters cw -- I'm surprised the ssb/digital guys haven't
> been putting more pressure on the arrl/fcc to grab more of the CW segments.

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