[VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!

[Joe Serocki]

This was pretty insane. There was no one of the bands from EN54/64 last
night, I had hopes of some contacts there so people could work those
squares!

K9NS is great! I have never heard such a clean, strong signal from anywhere.
Someone enlighten me about this station please!

Joe Serocki, N9IFG
President, WeLCARS (http://welcars.org)
Advisor, Venture Crew 743 (http://743.no-ip.org)
Member, Stoned Monkey VHF Society (http://stonedmonkey.org)
IRLP Node 4239
 
If you don't like it SPIN THE DIAL!
Quando omni flunkus moritati!
Erro Ergo Sum


-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ellen Rugowski
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:27 PM
To: Zack Widup
Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!

Yeah, it's been like that here,

Other than the K9NS superstation on 6 & 2m (I'm having issues with the 432
rig), just south of the WI/IL state line (I'm in the Milwaukee area) all
I've worked are a couple of locals. I'm not even hearing the usual suspects
in the neighboring grids (EN53, EN52, EN51,EN63, EN62, & EN61), much less
hearing Bob, K2DRH (in EN41), whom I always work.  Like I said, I've
participated in subzero VHF SS before, but the condx. were never this bad.
It's as though, I'm using a 1/4 wave magmount fot an antenna, instead of my
log periodic.

73,
Ellen - AF9J
Grind EN52xx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: "Ellen Rugowski" <ellenjoanne2003 at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!


>
> I didn't get much operating time yesterday due to other things going on.
> The bands were pretty dead with only one station worked (on 144, 222 and
> 432). I just had to go out and see a couple bands play in local clubs last
> night and got home near midnight.  The temperature was -1 F then so
> I imagine overnight it got a bit colder than that.
>
> Today I've heard a few stations but apparently most have had their beams
> pointed my way. Nowhere near what I usually hear in a VHF contest, though.
>
> Oh well ... I'm looking forward to the warmer weather contests.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, Ellen Rugowski wrote:
>
> > You have that right. These have to be some of the worst condx. I've ever
> > dealt with in the VHF SS (and that includes some where the temps were
below
> > zero, like they've been during this one).
> >
> > 73,
> > Ellen - AF9J
> > Grind EN52xx
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <WB4UNA at aol.com>
> > To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:45 AM
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] bands are dead !!!!
> >
> >
> >> not much going on around here. bands are dead..made a few contacts and
> > that
> >> has been it...still looking ....
> >>
> >> Randy
> >>
> >> WB4UNA  since 1970

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