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Dr_Dickie

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Posted: 5/10/2014 6:31:27 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By pilotman:
Trying to score a new country on JT at this second... give me a freq and I'll meet you there

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Originally Posted By awptickes:

Running QRP on my Peaberry out of orange county NY. Anyone down for 20m phone?

Trying to score a new country on JT at this second... give me a freq and I'll meet you there

I will listen as well.

Repeal the 17th Amendment.
A right should restrict the government, not obligate it!
It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 964 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:44:17 PM EDT [#2] 14.277 is clear here.

Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16081 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:46:17 PM EDT [Last Edit: Dr_Dickie] [#3] Quote History Originally Posted By awptickes: 14.277 is clear here. View Quote I'm there. I little QRM, but not horrible. Some European contest is getting going. I take it back, the QRM is up to 7S now.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 965 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:54:52 PM EDT [#4] Well, pick a place anywhere in the extra voice section of 20.

Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16082 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:57:29 PM EDT [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By awptickes: Well, pick a place anywhere in the extra voice section of 20. View Quote How about 14.161. Sounds as empty as anything else.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

pilotman Non-puking Six Cola Club member Joined Oct 2009 Posts 7621 EE 100% (40) USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:58:18 PM EDT [#6] Quote History Originally Posted By Dr_Dickie: How about 14.161. Sounds as empty as anything else. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quote History Originally Posted By Dr_Dickie: Originally Posted By awptickes: Well, pick a place anywhere in the extra voice section of 20. How about 14.161. Sounds as empty as anything else. Vacant here as well.
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awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 966 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:58:41 PM EDT [#7] calling cq

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Posted: 5/10/2014 6:58:41 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Dr_Dickie:
How about 14.161.
Sounds as empty as anything else.

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Originally Posted By Dr_Dickie:

Originally Posted By awptickes:
Well, pick a place anywhere in the extra voice section of 20.

How about 14.161.
Sounds as empty as anything else.

I'm there listening

I have some kind of noise there though

DirtNasty Member Joined Jan 2013 Posts 968 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:59:40 PM EDT [#9] I can hear you here awptickes. Just faintly, but was able to pull your call out.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 967 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 6:59:52 PM EDT [#10] I just realized that my frequency might be a little off... I haven't calibrated this SDR in the low-side of 20m voice...

pilotman Non-puking Six Cola Club member Joined Oct 2009 Posts 7623 EE 100% (40) USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:01:14 PM EDT [#11] Only thing I hear are Spanish speakers on 14.165.
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Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16083 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:01:23 PM EDT [#12] Sorry, but I got nothing.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 968 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:03:49 PM EDT [#13] I heard a Kilo Bravo station...

DirtNasty Member Joined Jan 2013 Posts 969 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:04:55 PM EDT [#14] I tried calling you. But I'm not a kilo bravo

pilotman Non-puking Six Cola Club member Joined Oct 2009 Posts 7625 EE 100% (40) USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:06:34 PM EDT [#15] Quote History Originally Posted By DirtNasty: I tried calling you. But I'm not a kilo bravo View Quote I thought I heard a KK station.
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Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16084 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:07:33 PM EDT [#16] I just threw out a couple of CQ ARFCOMs. I can just barely hear someone down in the noise, heard' "I can barely hear you there.."
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16085 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:07:49 PM EDT [#17] Quote History Originally Posted By pilotman: I thought I heard a KK station. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quote History Originally Posted By pilotman: Originally Posted By DirtNasty: I tried calling you. But I'm not a kilo bravo I thought I heard a KK station. That was me.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 969 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:08:39 PM EDT [Last Edit: awptickes] [#18] Heard ***KCN. And now the russian woodpecker. ETA: now it's gone.

Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16086 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:09:22 PM EDT [#19] Quote History Originally Posted By awptickes: Heard ***KCN. And now the russian woodpecker. View Quote Yeah, I got the woodpecker too. Sound like a Huey landing.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 970 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:30:24 PM EDT [Last Edit: awptickes] [#20] Yeah, I'm using a 31ft piece of wire fed with a 9:1 balun and about 10ft of counterpoise, so I odn't expect to get out very well. I think I'm putting out like 25W with the HF Packer v4 amp I've got.

Dr_Dickie

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Posted: 5/10/2014 7:35:32 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By awptickes:

Yeah, I'm using a 31ft piece of wire fed with a 9:1 balun and about 10ft of counterpoise, so I odn't expect to get out very well.

I think I'm putting out like 25W with the HF Packer v4 amp I've got.

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I heard someone talking.

20 meters is hopping right now, some European contest. I just talked to someone in Russia on 14.256. I'm only running 50 watts.

Repeal the 17th Amendment.
A right should restrict the government, not obligate it!
It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

iamogre Joined Jul 2013 Posts 102 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:46:03 PM EDT [#22] Anybody still around?

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 971 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:50:39 PM EDT [Last Edit: awptickes] [#23] I'm probably not radiating much... lol I'm still here on 20m.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 972 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 7:56:49 PM EDT [#24] I'm calling it quits. nighttime QRM is setting in.

iamogre Joined Jul 2013 Posts 103 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 8:07:59 PM EDT [#25] Roger maybe next time!

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 973 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/10/2014 8:23:46 PM EDT [#26] We can always link up during the week. My station at home can reach GA no problem.

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 1000 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 5/16/2014 10:56:45 PM EDT [#27] anyone up for some 80m phone? I need to run down my backup batteries a bit.

DirtNasty Member Joined Jan 2013 Posts 990 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 5/17/2014 12:01:40 AM EDT [#28] Not sure if you you're still around but can try. Smoking a bunch of food for tomorrow and will be around for a little while.

BigDaddy0004 Member Joined Feb 2005 Posts 5305 EE 100% (26) IN, USA	Posted: 6/1/2014 11:17:07 AM EDT [Last Edit: BigDaddy0004] [#29] Monitoring 20m Arfcom Digital Guard, 14.067.5 +1500, Olivia 16/500. First time in a long while I've had the radio on this freq. In and out of the shack today. Checking the RX buffer for messages. ETA: Switched to 20m JT65 @ 2030Z ETA2: Lightning made me quit @ 0000Z.
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Brundoggie ARFCOM Code Name: The Walrus Joined Dec 2005 Posts 5577 EE 100% (1) HI, USA	Posted: 6/1/2014 11:03:15 PM EDT [#30] I'm on 20m JT65 for now.
	"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5218 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/1/2014 11:38:52 PM EDT [#31] Woohoo! Finally! Thanks! That was also my very first JTAlert chat message Both of the WWV stations were hammering in on 15MHz here this evening. When I saw your post I knew we had the propagation!

Brundoggie ARFCOM Code Name: The Walrus Joined Dec 2005 Posts 5578 EE 100% (1) HI, USA	Posted: 6/2/2014 12:54:49 PM EDT [#32] Quote History Originally Posted By aa777888-2: Woohoo! Finally! Thanks! That was also my very first JTAlert chat message Both of the WWV stations were hammering in on 15MHz here this evening. When I saw your post I knew we had the propagation! View Quote That chat feature sure comes in handy. Is your QRZ info correct?
	"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

Kekoa Joined Sep 2009 Posts 2504 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 6/2/2014 3:56:30 PM EDT [Last Edit: Kekoa] [#33] I'm on 6 meter JT65 for a few minutes. I'm hearing the west coast pretty good right now. Had a mini-pileup going for a few minutes. Stations were actually calling me in Texas.

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Posted: 6/2/2014 5:26:24 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Brundoggie:

That chat feature sure comes in handy. Is your QRZ info correct?

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Originally Posted By aa777888-2:
Woohoo! Finally! Thanks!

That was also my very first JTAlert chat message

Both of the WWV stations were hammering in on 15MHz here this evening. When I saw your post I knew we had the propagation!

That chat feature sure comes in handy. Is your QRZ info correct?

Actually, let me PM you a better address. I just moved (not far) and mail is forwarding but I'll PM you the real deal.

kk7sm Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1863 EE 0% (0) KOR	Posted: 6/5/2014 1:45:44 AM EDT [#35] Hmm, I just found this forum. I'm still operating as HL1ZCE for another month or so, from Seoul, ROK. :-)

MoparMike Support the Foundation to Cure LeadFoot-itis Joined Aug 2004 Posts 14054 EE 100% (2) AR, USA	Posted: 6/5/2014 7:44:18 AM EDT [#36] Quote History Originally Posted By kk7sm: Hmm, I just found this forum. I'm still operating as HL1ZCE for another month or so, from Seoul, ROK. :-) View Quote You'll get a lot of hounding from those here, I bet. Including me. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
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Brundoggie ARFCOM Code Name: The Walrus Joined Dec 2005 Posts 5592 EE 100% (1) HI, USA	Posted: 6/6/2014 8:49:08 PM EDT [Last Edit: Brundoggie] [#37] On 17m JT65 for a while but can switch to another mode/freq if someone wants to make a QSO. ETA: Moved to 20m for a while. Any Louisiana folks out there?
	"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5234 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/8/2014 10:04:33 PM EDT [#38] Anybody around for some SSB phone?

MoparMike Support the Foundation to Cure LeadFoot-itis Joined Aug 2004 Posts 14079 EE 100% (2) AR, USA	Posted: 6/8/2014 10:52:14 PM EDT [#39] 40 seems busy tonight. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
	"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. " Ayn Rand

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5235 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/8/2014 11:00:22 PM EDT [#40] I'm on 3634 right now...

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5239 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/13/2014 10:30:28 PM EDT [#41] 40M anyone? Up for about another half hour...

DirtNasty Member Joined Jan 2013 Posts 1078 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 6/13/2014 10:57:25 PM EDT [#42] Around but just turning on the rig. What are conditions like?

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5240 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/13/2014 11:01:27 PM EDT [#43] Quote History Originally Posted By DirtNasty: Around but just turning on the rig. What are conditions like? View Quote Not bad at all. A little noisy. Crowded! How about 7230?

awptickes Joined Jul 2012 Posts 1153 EE 100% (13) MD, USA	Posted: 6/13/2014 11:12:15 PM EDT [Last Edit: awptickes] [#44] As soon as Ferris Buler's Day Off is over I'll hop on. I'm limited to running barefoot until I get an amplifier keying cable for the 7100. (nope, she vetoed that. )

USNDOC Kilted Member Joined Mar 2003 Posts 2166 EE 0% (0) VA, USA	Posted: 6/14/2014 7:11:45 AM EDT [#45] Going to attempt my first official SOTA activation later this morning. It will be SSB QRP. I am not sure of the band yet until I check the conditions but I will probably start with 20M. The summit location is Salt Pond Mountain which is where Dirty Dancing was filmed here in VA.

Dr_Dickie

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Posted: 6/14/2014 7:57:28 AM EDT

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Going to attempt my first official SOTA activation later this morning. It will be SSB QRP. I am not sure of the band yet until I check the conditions but I will probably start with 20M. The summit location is Salt Pond Mountain which is where Dirty Dancing was filmed here in VA.

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Let us know, I will be in an out today (when in, I will be checking the bands).

Repeal the 17th Amendment.
A right should restrict the government, not obligate it!
It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

USNDOC Kilted Member Joined Mar 2003 Posts 2167 EE 0% (0) VA, USA	Posted: 6/14/2014 8:00:49 AM EDT [#47] Will try. Not sure about cell service but I will probably send an activity report via sotawatch.org once I get to the lodge.

Dr_Dickie Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981 Joined Dec 2006 Posts 16387 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 6/14/2014 10:07:09 AM EDT [#48] Kinda raining, and I got done most of what I wanted to do outside (trimmed the tree and changed the oil in the cars). I should be around.
	Repeal the 17th Amendment. A right should restrict the government, not obligate it! It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.

Foxxz Giddyup! Joined Jun 2004 Posts 10408 EE 100% (10) VA, USA	Posted: 6/14/2014 5:54:50 PM EDT [Last Edit: Foxxz] [#49] I'm on the air with a KX3. Willing to try psk31, cw, or voice. 40 or 20m

aa777888-2 Member Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5241 EE 100% (1) USA	Posted: 6/14/2014 6:11:12 PM EDT [#50] Quote History Originally Posted By Foxxz: I'm on the air with a KX3. Willing to try psk31, cw, or voice. 40 or 20m View Quote Pick a voice freq., I'm around for a bit...

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