Topband: Lightning QRN season?

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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 at msn.com>
To: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>; 
<mstangelo at comcast.net>; "'Mike Waters'" <mikewate at gmail.com>
Cc: "'topband'" <topband at 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 at nc.rr.com
>> To: mstangelo at comcast.net; mikewate at gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:07:10 -0400
>> CC: topband at 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 at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> mstangelo at 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 at gmail.com>
>> To: topband <topband at 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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