K2B and IARU HF Championship this coming weekend
Operating K2B is a golden opportunity for those interested to play in IARU HF Championship this coming weekend, especially on high bands, to see how propagation to EU will be like.
This is my K2B summary sheet so far, all Qs are CW:
??????? Band???? QSOs???? Pts? Mlt? Pt/Q
???????? 3.5???? 118???? 118??? 8?? 1.0
?????????? 7???? 493???? 493?? 17?? 1.0
????????? 14???? 498???? 498?? 42?? 1.0
????????? 21????? 56????? 56?? 26?? 1.0
????????? 28?????? 1?????? 1??? 1?? 1.0
?????? Total??? 1166??? 1166?? 94?? 1.0
73 de Chip N2YO
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Shutting down on 40 SSB, pretty slow.
David, K2WPM
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Took myself off sked for 0900 20cw today. Very sleepy
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On 7/5/23 02:44, Dave Putman via groups.io wrote: Spent all day Tuesday fixing a broken N1MM+ install.? Finally got it fixed around midnight after spending too much time trying to get JTDX working before reverting to WSJTX. Spent the next 2.5 hours working FT* on 20 mtrs, getting ZL multiple times, good US, and lots of EU.
Total QSO count now at 221; more to come after some sleep.
Dave KE4S
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Go ahead.
I tried for a while yesterday.
I was getting as many stateside as DX, so I stopped.
GL (and please let us know how it works).
David, K2WPM
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I might be willing to try 20 ssb toward Europe this afternoon if it would not be stepping on anyone else's operation. Let me know.
NX3A
Carl
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Thanks for the input.
I will set the alarm for 1:00 a.m.
See what happens.
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On a related topic, I did 240 contacts in two hours on 20.
Lot of Europeans want to get into this.
Anyone have any interest in taking a slot on 20 SSB (independent of the regular 20 SSB) and pointing beam East, DX only?
This would be 2000 to 2400 UTC.
I get a lot of DX off back of the beam during those hours.
I may try it tonight and see what happens.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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20m has been open most if not all night lately.? ?I worked a few Europeans berween 1 and 3 am.? ?This was on cw .
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Date: 7/4/23 5:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
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Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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W4WDK > I put my call sign on the spreadsheet for 40m ft8 for 7-8 and 8-9 was having trouble completing any qso¡¯s. Those slots are open now I¡¯m going to put up another antenna. Be back shortly.? Now W4WDK ? (Wesley) was Ko4gne?
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On Jul 5, 2023, at 12:39 AM, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
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40 pretty steady, gave in after midnight ...
Set alarm for early ...
Thanks to all for great effort this year.
Only one or two not participating. ?Not sure why.
David, K2WPM
I worked another couple of slots on 20 tonight. The bands were quiet but managed another 50 or so contacts. I'll keep working it.
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John Westerman
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I might be willing to try 20 ssb toward Europe this afternoon if it would not be stepping on anyone else's operation. Let me know.
NX3A
Carl
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Thanks for the input.
I will set the alarm for 1:00 a.m.
See what happens.
?
On a related topic, I did 240 contacts in two hours on 20.
Lot of Europeans want to get into this.
Anyone have any interest in taking a slot on 20 SSB (independent of the regular 20 SSB) and pointing beam East, DX only?
This would be 2000 to 2400 UTC.
I get a lot of DX off back of the beam during those hours.
I may try it tonight and see what happens.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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20m has been open most if not all night lately.? ?I worked a few Europeans berween 1 and 3 am.? ?This was on cw .
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S22 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------
Date: 7/4/23 5:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
?
David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
?
David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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Spent all day Tuesday fixing a broken N1MM+ install.? Finally got it fixed around midnight after spending too much time trying to get JTDX working before reverting to WSJTX. Spent the next 2.5 hours working FT* on 20 mtrs, getting ZL multiple times, good US, and lots of EU.
Total QSO count now at 221; more to come after some sleep.
Dave KE4S
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On 7/4/23 18:14, George Marzloff wrote: 20m has been open most if not all night lately. ?I worked a few Europeans berween 1 and 3 am.? ?This was on cw .
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Got a lot of high noise levels. Here gotta figure out what the issues are.?
Nick?
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On Jul 5, 2023, at 12:39 AM, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
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40 pretty steady, gave in after midnight ...
Set alarm for early ...
Thanks to all for great effort this year.
Only one or two not participating. ?Not sure why.
David, K2WPM
I worked another couple of slots on 20 tonight. The bands were quiet but managed another 50 or so contacts. I'll keep working it.
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John Westerman
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40 pretty steady, gave in after midnight ...
Set alarm for early ...
Thanks to all for great effort this year.
Only one or two not participating. ?Not sure why.
David, K2WPM
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I worked another couple of slots on 20 tonight. The bands were quiet but managed another 50 or so contacts. I'll keep working it.
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John Westerman
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I worked another couple of slots on 20 tonight. The bands were quiet but managed another 50 or so contacts. I'll keep working it.
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John Westerman
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Yes, I am using a KPA1500 as well!? We are twins! ? Jim, N3JT ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck K4QS via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 2:46 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email ? I had a similar experience on 15M this morning.? My RBN spots were pretty dismal showing just a few db SNR at best.? I was only getting an answer about every 5 minutes or so from very weak stations. A similar set up in use here.? A K4D, KPA1500 and a Mosley Pro67 @75ft. which should be more that adequate for what we're doing.? I'm up at bat on 20M at 4PM.? Hopefully that will be a little more lively. On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 01:43:35 PM EDT, Jim N3JT via groups.io <jim@...> wrote: I will never understand the link between SFI/A/K and actual propagation.? With SFI at 170 and a low A and K one might imagine conditions on the higher bands would be good.
Just now I was? on 17, 1 pm to 1:30 pm, trying especially to work Europeans.? Only one of them was over 529, with most in the noise and unreadable.? A few stateside stations off the back of the antenna managed to break through, but even when I turned the antenna west the W6 guys were 229 at best.?
Am using a K4D with a JK WARC antenna (3 elements on 17k) at about 77 feet.? I do have relatively high noise from power lines (which have been brought to the attention of my Dominion Power contact), but I can manage if the incoming is above 229.
It's much more fun when guys are calling like crazy!? And they are strong!
Did a 42-mile bike ride this morning so missed operating during any HF opening to EU!
Jim, N3JT
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I had one QSO on 160m,? with K2J. ? My rule of thumb:? if I call 10 CQs in a row with no responses I change bands or go do something else for a while.? Sometimes I switch between 2 bands, like 30m and 20m this evening.? In both cases I got no responses following 10 CQs.? What¡¯s interesting is that on 30m at 8:30 pm local time I worked an RA1 whose signal was 599, several stateside stations all 339, a G4 at 579.? So conditions are open to parts of the world where most people are sleeping, rounded out by areas where they¡¯ve probably already worked K2B on at least one band (towards the certificate). ? Jim, N3JT ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Daniels via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 5:41 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email ? On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote: Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters? Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews. I have a decent antenna, also. Lots of open slots, but why bother? Maybe late at night? I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations? ? David, K2WPM K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies ? ? I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Thanks Frank. Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach. Wise on your part. ? David, K2WPM K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies ? ? Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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I took myself off the sked for tonight because my heat pump guy will be here momentarily and I¡¯ll need to deal with him who knows how long. Back on tomorrow. 73, Kay N3KN
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Thanks for the input.
I will set the alarm for 1:00 a.m.
See what happens.
?
On a related topic, I did 240 contacts in two hours on 20.
Lot of Europeans want to get into this.
Anyone have any interest in taking a slot on 20 SSB (independent of the regular 20 SSB) and pointing beam East, DX only?
This would be 2000 to 2400 UTC.
I get a lot of DX off back of the beam during those hours.
I may try it tonight and see what happens.
?
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]>
On Behalf Of George Marzloff via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 6:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
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20m has been open most if not all night lately.? ?I worked a few Europeans berween 1 and 3 am.? ?This was on cw .
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S22 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------
Date: 7/4/23 5:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
?
David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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There may be a global setting to turn it off, but the only way I've found to do it is to edit the SSB function key file to eliminate the reference to any wav files. Don't forget to do both run and s&p sections.
Rick
N1RM
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave Putman via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 1:37 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email As is very normal around here, Murphy has visited.? Can anyone tell me how to simply turn off the audio voicing on SSB?? My wav directory structure is all messed up. Dave KE4S On 7/4/23 08:19, David Wright wrote: Maybe someone could create that from the merged file?
David, K2WPM
David O. Wright, Esq.
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*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on
behalf of Jeff Crawford via groups.io <kzerozr@...>
*Sent:* Monday, July 3, 2023 11:49:02 PM
*To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email Hi Dave.? I
was going "great guns" on 20 CW between 11 PM and midnight and it
appears my Orion rotator lost its cal. Apparently due to the storm
that went through. I don't want to twist cables off so will have to
wait until daylight to see what the status is on antenna orientation
and where the cables are, then proceed accordingly.
Thought for you.? I think it would be interesting to have a "Summary
page" where people could put down the number of QSOs they had amassed
and at what day and time. In this way we could see how our fellow
K2Bers are doing.
Jeff, K0ZR
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 10:43?AM David Wright
<dwright@...> wrote:
K3WD, Bill are you on 40 (9-11 am)?
I put you in there with question marks, since I believed that's
what you meant to put (40 SSB).
I don't hear and K2B, and can't find any spots.
I can jump on and do a few hours there...
David, K2WPM
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20m has been open most if not all night lately.? ?I worked a few Europeans berween 1 and 3 am.? ?This was on cw .
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Bill Daniels via groups.io" <wwdaniels@...> Date: 7/4/23 5:41 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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David,
I've made only 100 on 80M CW, but will be back there tonight.? Bill's testimony on 160M has me thinking.? I was going to call him a brave ham for dealing with the QRN, but maybe I'll try it.
Chuck K4QS?
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 05:41:00 PM EDT, Bill Daniels via groups.io <wwdaniels@...> wrote:
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]>
On Behalf Of Carole Alexander via groups.io
Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 6:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
?
David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 09:05:18 AM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Has anyone had any success on 75 or 80 meters?
Whenever I go on there, I hear no K2* stations, and very little activity generally, other than the local rag chews.
I have a decent antenna, also.
Lots of open slots, but why bother?
Maybe late at night?
I always wanted to try doing an all-nighter for 13 Colonies; any band recommendations?
?
David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]>
On Behalf Of Carole Alexander via groups.io
Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 6:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [K2B-13Colonies2023] First Nagging Email
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I think I'll try 80 tonight, hopefully I won't break it this year.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Get
Thanks Frank.
Just in case there is any doubt, there is no good reason to operate when T storms approach.
Wise on your part.
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David, K2WPM
K2B Coordinator ¨C 13 Colonies
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Did a few extra hours of FT8/4 while watching the Tour de France.
Had to QRT for Tstorms. Try again later.
Frank KN4DUF
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I read about others having pileups.? I have not had any.? I think it is the time of day on 20 meters with a lot of QSB.
Operating 160 meters was interesting.? There was a lot of noise and signals were weak and difficult to copy.? I did not get many contacts but those who got me were very appreciative that K2B was on 160 meters.
I got a clean sweep so I can concentrate on operating as K2B.
73, Bill
de K3WD
On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 04:42:19 PM EDT, David Wright <dwright@...> wrote:
Oh boy, I thought I sent emails to everyone.
Happy to have you, now go grab some slots.
I was thinking of the 13 colonies event but I don't think I have any notifications.? Looking forward to it.
73, Bill
de K3WD
On Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 08:27:22 AM EDT, Mike Dodd <mike@...> wrote:
I like it.
David, I replied to your off-list email, " Are you able to do 13 Colonies this year?" but haven't received a response. Did you get that email?
--- Mike N4CF
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Ciprian Sufitchi (N2YO)
Kay N3KN
N1RM - Rick Miller
Chuck K4QS