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Question on band condx

 

I enjoyed the last 24-hour session a lot.? I have a question about band conditions.? From here in CA, condx seemed just great on 20 meters when the event started at 0000Z.? I kept very busy there till 0130Z when my wife came home and it was time to start getting set for dinner. I wonder how long that good propagation continued.? And was it good for everyone at that opening time, or did it vary, depending on where you are?
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I found Sunday to be just so-so propagation throughout the day.? Did others find this same thing?? Or were there hot times Sunday from different parts of the worldwide QTH?
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73,
Larry
 

Larry,
I spend a good deal of time operating RG-30.? I found 20 and 40 were solid and consistent for most of the event.? I wish I had kept track of the bands I was operating to give you a better answer.? I didn't have to look very hard to find RG operators.? I spent most of this event S&P and called CQ only? if it got slow.
I don't believe I worked anyone on 80M and the only 15M QSO was with Moscow Russia.
I hope this helps answer your question.
73,
Dan, W9DLN

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On Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 at 11:32 AM, Larry KF6NCX via groups.io <ncx4kf6@...> wrote:

I enjoyed the last 24-hour session a lot.? I have a question about band conditions.? From here in CA, condx seemed just great on 20 meters when the event started at 0000Z.? I kept very busy there till 0130Z when my wife came home and it was time to start getting set for dinner. I wonder how long that good propagation continued.? And was it good for everyone at that opening time, or did it vary, depending on where you are?
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I found Sunday to be just so-so propagation throughout the day.? Did others find this same thing?? Or were there hot times Sunday from different parts of the worldwide QTH?
?
73,
Larry
 

All,
My setup is FT-450D at 100 watts.?I have a ground mounted vertical which I used on 20 at the beginning of RG. However, I switched to my dipole for most of my RG QSOs.I had a lot of fun with RG 30 and made some software enhancements.
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RG 30 began Sunday 3/23/24 0000-2359z.?For the next RG we should try this:
Friday 2000 z- Sunday 2359z as this would allow more operators in EU/OC to easily participate.
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Excerpt from my log
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001. 2025-03-23 0005? 14000? ? ?KG0RD? ? ? RGxxx? ?? W3NP? ? ?PWxxx
021. 2025-03-23 0200? 14000? ? ?KG0RD? ? ? BUxxx? ?? N6ZO? ? ?IXxxx
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Then switched to 40 meters
022. 2025-03-23 0211? 7000? ? ? KG0RD? ? ? RJxxx? ?? AI7FF? ? KSxxx
105. 2025-03-23 0547? 7000? ? ? KG0RD? ? ? URxxx? ?? ND9M? ? ?SHxxx
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Lunch break
170. 2025-03-23 0653? 7000? ? ? KG0RD? ? ? GOxxx? ?? KA3BPN? ?LXxxx
173. 2025-03-23 1252? 7000? ? ? KG0RD? ? ? ASxxx? ?? K5GD? ? ?PTxxx
QRT for the night
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Back on the air Sunday afternoon?
174. 2025-03-23 1751? 14000? ? ?KG0RD? ? ? DKxxx? ?? KF6NCX? ?VHxxx
244. 2025-03-23 2258? 14000? ? ?KG0RD? ? ? WQxxx? ?? K1SP? ? ?CWxxx
Ending the RG 30
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RandomGram Event 30? Statistics (20250323) KG0RD
Report Created: 2025-03-26 18:09:16 GMT?
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Total RandomGrams: 293
RandomGram Exchanges:? ? ?180 (61.43%)
RandomGram Interceptions: 113 (38.57%)?
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Freq? vs? QSOs
14000? ?:? ?141
7000? ? :? ?152
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The number of QSOs were close between 20 and 40 meters.?However, 40 meters is where I had the most rapid QSO rate. No luck on 10/15/80
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Jim Kilby KG?RD
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On Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 03:20:38 PM CDT, Dan W9DLN via groups.io <w9dln@...> wrote:
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Larry,
I spend a good deal of time operating RG-30.? I found 20 and 40 were solid and consistent for most of the event.? I wish I had kept track of the bands I was operating to give you a better answer.? I didn't have to look very hard to find RG operators.? I spent most of this event S&P and called CQ only? if it got slow.
I don't believe I worked anyone on 80M and the only 15M QSO was with Moscow Russia.
I hope this helps answer your question.
73,
Dan, W9DLN
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On Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 at 11:32 AM, Larry KF6NCX via groups.io <ncx4kf6@...> wrote:

I enjoyed the last 24-hour session a lot.? I have a question about band conditions.? From here in CA, condx seemed just great on 20 meters when the event started at 0000Z.? I kept very busy there till 0130Z when my wife came home and it was time to start getting set for dinner. I wonder how long that good propagation continued.? And was it good for everyone at that opening time, or did it vary, depending on where you are?
?
I found Sunday to be just so-so propagation throughout the day.? Did others find this same thing?? Or were there hot times Sunday from different parts of the worldwide QTH?
?
73,
Larry

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