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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:25:56 PM EDT
[#1]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ohio_Sharkman: I heard Bruce! Bruce is always strong here. Edit: I hear FL, GA, AL, and LA better than other places. My antenna just seems to work in that direction. 
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:27:26 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: Yea you were loud into Miami. +10 over. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:30:43 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: Originally Posted By Ohio_Sharkman: I heard Bruce! Bruce is always strong here. Edit: I hear FL, GA, AL, and LA better than other places. My antenna just seems to work in that direction. Ha, he is in everybody’s hamshack...(.looks over shoulder) |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:33:08 PM EDT
[#4]
Yea, I am not getting through.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:33:30 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: Yea, I am not getting through. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:33:38 PM EDT
[#6]
I heard the station in NY who is new call ending SE long path! I heard you direct and delayed as you called into the net.
It has been some time since I heard a grey line echo. EPIC. I am in NC. I have pretty much stopped posting here but I had to tell this station...you were heard around the world...even if it was for just a few seconds. Congratulations on the epic DX and 73! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:35:32 PM EDT
[#7]
cool!
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:37:17 PM EDT
[#8]
I water my backyard with brackish Florida canal water for one hour before the net. Helps the radial field for my vertical. 🙄
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:37:40 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: I water my backyard with brackish Florida canal water for one hour before the net. Helps the radial field for my vertical.  |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:37:43 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: cool! Dude...EPIC!!!! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:37:50 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ManiacRat461: It's rough conditions tonight. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ManiacRat461: Originally Posted By Emoto: Yea, I am not getting through. Yes, very noisy. Impropagation. 
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:39:39 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Emoto: Yes, very noisy. Impropagation. You cracked another one of those beers didn’t you?
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:42:22 PM EDT
[#13]
For the first time NC was able to hear me pretty good. I could only hear a few other stations through the static. I have family about 100mi south of me and they couldn't hear NC or anyone else.
I couldn't hear NC on 20m, but did pick up a guy from Rome on 14.243 who was booming in for a while before fading out. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:43:06 PM EDT
[#14]
My wife walked into the shack a little while ago. I have the volume up just trying to hear anyone. She said, how can you hear anyone over all that noise. I said, I can't. Poor conditions this evening. I'll stick around for 80. I don't know if it will be any better, but I'll try.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:46:36 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keith1980: You cracked another one of those beers didn’t you? I must confess that I did. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:46:47 PM EDT
[#16]
NCS is getting stronger and clearer into upstate NY.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:48:57 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: NCS is getting stronger and clearer into upstate NY. The only thing getting stronger here is the noise. It was S5 when we switched to 40, was holding at S7, now at S9. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:49:30 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: cool! 24,129.8 miles from my QTH in Asheville, NC long path. Not bad OM. My best is Perth Australia over the North pole...much shorter. And that was on 20! I have worked perth on 40 as well but it was direct. Grey line has very low loss and the echo was about the same signal level as the direct was...very cool. 73! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:51:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Fongman]
[#19]
I got in this week, with some patience on net control's part.
It always feels good to hear someone call your sign back to you correctly. Spent all weekend trying to put together my new DX Commander antenna. People on videos sure make it look easy... Hopefully in a week or so it'll be working. PS Gyprat, I did stick around and checked in during comments, but don't think you heard my reply. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:56:20 PM EDT
[#20]
Good signal tonight for me.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 8:59:48 PM EDT
[#21]
40m into upstate NY
2002 NCS 5-8 2005 Bruce in Tx 4-4 2006 Brett in MN 5-9 2008 Ken in Ar 5-9 2010 John in Tx 2-2,...later was a murmur 2010 Michael in NC 5-9 2017 Bruce in Fl 2-2, just kidding 2018 Tim in Ill, 5-9 2020 2022 ?Pa 2-4 2022 Mike in Al 4-4 2023 Jon in Ind 4-7 2024 Dave in Fl 4-7 2024 Keith in Fl 4-6 2026 Phillip in Tx. 4-6 2052 Scott in Ohio, crystal clear 5-9 2053 Deanin Pa 4-7 2054 missed the first name in Al 5-9 |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:01:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cistercian: 24,129.8 miles from my QTH in Asheville, NC long path. Not bad OM. My best is Perth Australia over the North pole...much shorter. And that was on 20! I have worked perth on 40 as well but it was direct. Grey line has very low loss and the echo was about the same signal level as the direct was...very cool. 73! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cistercian: Originally Posted By SteelonSteel: cool! 24,129.8 miles from my QTH in Asheville, NC long path. Not bad OM. My best is Perth Australia over the North pole...much shorter. And that was on 20! I have worked perth on 40 as well but it was direct. Grey line has very low loss and the echo was about the same signal level as the direct was...very cool. 73!  |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:02:51 PM EDT
[#23]
Stand by for an 80m frequency.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:04:25 PM EDT
[#24]
I finally got in! My first HF contact
Worth the wait(for my backordered power supply from Astron) and the creative effort(added a bale of additional radials to my Wolf River Coil SB1000) THANK YOU Gyprat, and everyone else for doing this 73, til next time, Gus   |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:05:34 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OFH: I finally got in! My first HF contact Worth the wait(for my backordered power supply from Astron) and the creative effort(added a bale of additional radials to my Wolf River Coil SB1000) THANK YOU Gyprat, and everyone else for doing this 73, til next time, Gus cong |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:05:46 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OFH: I finally got in! My first HF contact Worth the wait(for my backordered power supply from Astron) and the creative effort(added a bale of additional radials to my Wolf River Coil SB1000) THANK YOU Gyprat, and everyone else for doing this 73, til next time, Gus Very cool! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:10:48 PM EDT
[#27]
3.873 Mhz.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:14:41 PM EDT
[#28]
No 80m for me tonight. Can barely hear NC.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:16:06 PM EDT
[#29]
BTW:
What I heard from Long Island, NY, via Icom 7300 + Wolf River Coil SB1000: 40M: NCS SC 5-9 8:07EDT Brett MN 5-7 8:08 Ken ARK 5-7 8:11 Michael NC 5-9 8:18 Bruce FL 5-9+ 8:19 Tim ILL 5-8 8:24 John IN 5-7 8:53 Scott OH 5-9 8:55 Chris AL 5-9 |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:18:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: cistercian]
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OFH: BTW: What I heard from Long Island, NY, via Icom 7300 + Wolf River Coil SB1000: 40M: NCS SC 5-9 8:07EDT Brett MN 5-7 8:08 Ken ARK 5-7 8:11 Michael NC 5-9 8:18 Bruce FL 5-9+ 8:19 Tim ILL 5-8 8:24 John IN 5-7 Thanks for the report! Thanks for the report! 8:53 Scott OH 5-9 8:55 Chris AL 5-9 |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:22:22 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: I enjoyed the QSO very much. Great DX and welcome to amateur radio! Look up my QRZ page and enjoy my comical homebrew tuner. I look forward to working you again. 73! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:28:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SteelonSteel]
[#32]
80 m into upstate NY, i got switched over late.
 2115 Jason in Oh 5-9 2116 Jamie in NC 5-9 2117 Keith 5-7 2118 Dave 4-6 2119 me traffic 2121 Mike in NC 5-9 2124 Dave 5-9 2126 NCS starting to get static pops interfering 2128 Keith 4-8 2130 Dave 4-6 Glad I got onto the band! thanks Gyprat and go get some rest! |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:29:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SteelonSteel]
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cistercian: I enjoyed the QSO very much. Great DX and welcome to amateur radio! Look up my QRZ page and enjoy my comical homebrew tuner. I look forward to working you again. 73! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cistercian: Originally Posted By SteelonSteel: I enjoyed the QSO very much. Great DX and welcome to amateur radio! Look up my QRZ page and enjoy my comical homebrew tuner. I look forward to working you again. 73! I did! look forward to another contact! I had to reset my PW to log in there. ETA,.... you just need a custom box for that tuner. If it works it isn’t silly! |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 3:48:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteelonSteel: 80 m into upstate NY, i got switched over late. 2115 Jason in Oh 5-9 2116 Jamie in NC 5-9 2117 Keith 5-7 2118 Dave 4-6 2119 me traffic 2121 Mike in NC 5-9 2124 Dave 5-9 2126 NCS starting to get static pops interfering 2128 Keith 4-8 2130 Dave 4-6 Glad I got onto the band! thanks Gyprat and go get some rest! I’m not on 80m. There’s another Keith? 
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:43:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SteelonSteel]
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keith1980: I’m not on 80m. There’s another Keith? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keith1980: Originally Posted By SteelonSteel: 80 m into upstate NY, i got switched over late. 2115 Jason in Oh 5-9 2116 Jamie in NC 5-9 2117 Keith 5-7 2118 Dave 4-6 2119 me traffic 2121 Mike in NC 5-9 2124 Dave 5-9 2126 NCS starting to get static pops interfering 2128 Keith 4-8 2130 Dave 4-6 Glad I got onto the band! thanks Gyprat and go get some rest! I’m not on 80m. There’s another Keith? I guess so! Might have NCS confirm on his logs. I got him twice, once on the check in and then on the traffic. ETA after wandering downstairs I looked at my log notepad. Different callsign altogether.....out of Va. FCC license lookup agrees. Despite what your mama said....you’re not special!  |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 7:53:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SteelonSteel]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OFH: BTW: What I heard from Long Island, NY, via Icom 7300 + Wolf River Coil SB1000: 40M: NCS SC 5-9 8:07EDT Brett MN 5-7 8:08 Ken ARK 5-7 8:11 Michael NC 5-9 8:18 Bruce FL 5-9+ 8:19 Tim ILL 5-8 8:24 John IN 5-7 8:53 Scott OH 5-9 8:55 Chris AL 5-9 columns? making me look,like a hack. welcome to the net!
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Posted: 4/28/2021 9:30:20 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: I water my backyard with brackish Florida canal water for one hour before the net. Helps the radial field for my vertical. 🙄 You joke, but I heard someone recently say that the water table in FL may make the signals coming from there better. Who knows if that’s true, but here in NC, I probably hear more signals from FL than anywhere else. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 10:40:41 AM EDT
[#38]
Thanks, its great to be here!
I was actually thinking of dropping my columns because they keep looking like they may have been set by someone using adult beverages |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 12:36:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Caniac_Nation: You joke, but I heard someone recently say that the water table in FL may make the signals coming from there better. Who knows if that’s true, but here in NC, I probably hear more signals from FL than anywhere else. In my opinion, Florida is the best US state for HF radio. It's nearly surrounded by the salt water Ocean and the Gulf. Nothing but the ocean separates them from many DX entities. Also, the land is basically flat and there are no mountains to block RX and TX signals (if you live in a close proximity to a mountain range). Ground conductivity is very good in most areas. It's a very important factor too. Italy is kind of similar to Florida in some ways. For those of you who live in the eastern US, have you ever wondered why you can always hear Italian stations on 40 and 20 meters, even when propagation is very poor? When it comes to ham radio, we often say that antennas are the most important thing at a ham station. It's very true because very few of us can choose our station location. Technically, location is the number 1 factor. Antennas is number 2. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 12:40:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gyprat: ...Italy is kind of similar to Florida in some ways. For those of you who live in the eastern US, have you ever wondered why you can always hear Italian stations on 40 and 20 meters, even when propagation is very poor? ... Is it because Italians are always shouting? I kid! I kid!
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Posted: 4/28/2021 2:18:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BJDFL53]
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Caniac_Nation: You joke, but I heard someone recently say that the water table in FL may make the signals coming from there better. Who knows if that’s true, but here in NC, I probably hear more signals from FL than anywhere else. I say that only half in jest. I’ve received some of my better contacts/signal reports after deep watering the yard. The canal water we use is brackish and I’ve been told has a higher salt content than fresh water. 🤷♂️ Does it make a difference? I don’t really know, but I take whatever edge I can get, even if is just physiological ( or superstition). That and a big amplifier. |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 2:44:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BJDFL53]
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gyprat: Italy is kind of similar to Florida in some ways. For those of you who live in the eastern US, have you ever wondered why you can always hear Italian stations on 40 and 20 meters, even when propagation is very poor? Contact with S. America and EU is relatively easy from my station. In particular, Italian stations are usually very strong and easy to hit. I think most everyone in Florida has made contact with Roberto near Milano. (Very nice guy). I don’t work the Italian stations too often because 1) they are easy to reach most of the time and 2) I want red wine and pizza afterwards. Propagation has to be pretty decent for me to hit the South Pacific or Asia, although I’ve worked more Australian stations in the past several weeks than I have in the past several years. Propagation helps 😳 |
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Posted: 4/28/2021 5:04:52 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BJDFL53: Contact with S. America and EU is relatively easy from my station. In particular, Italian stations are usually very strong and easy to hit. I think most everyone in Florida has made contact with Roberto near Milano. (Very nice guy). I don’t work the Italian stations too often because 1) they are easy to reach most of the time and 2) I want red wine and pizza afterwards. Propagation has to be pretty decent for me to hit the South Pacific or Asia, although I’ve worked more Australian stations in the past several weeks than I have in the past several years. Propagation helps 😳 and they really do say mama mia often. |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 3:45:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gyprat]
[#44]
Heads up.
Rain and thunder are expected just about all day today. I can do the net if there is no lightning at that time. I'll have to disconnect and leave the shack if there is thunderstorm heading this way. Will see. |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 3:54:00 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gyprat: Heads up. Rain and thunder and expected just about all day today. I can do the net if there is no lightning at that time. I'll have to disconnect and leave the shack if there is thunderstorm heading this way. Will see. That is completely understandable. Intermittent drizzle expected here. It will be interesting (to me) to see what that does my ability to get a signal out. |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 4:44:15 PM EDT
[#46]
Latest WX report says: Expect thunderstorms to end at 8:15 PM.
Anyone willing to play NCS if WX doesn't clear up? |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 7:04:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Gyprat]
[#47]
Heading to the shack shortly. We'll start on 20 meters at 7:30 PM ET, just like last week.
I'll have to stop if I hear thunder. Please don't get upset if this happens. The very top of the tower is right at about 90 ft above ground. It's a perfect lightning rod. |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 7:11:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gyprat: Heading to the shack shortly. We'll start on 20 meters at 7:30 PM ET, just like last week. I'll have to stop if I hear thunder. Please don't get upset if this happens. The very top of the tower is right at about 90 ft above ground. It's a perfect lightning rod. yea, take no chances. Equipment is replaceable, persons are not so easy. |
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Posted: 5/4/2021 7:31:06 PM EDT
[#49]
Let's try 14.260 Mhz, USB.
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Posted: 5/4/2021 7:33:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gyprat: Let's try 14.260 Mhz, USB. Fire at will! |
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