Great Ed - we can gauge a little better what is the best time of day for the short-skip propagation on 40m between Sarasota-Bradenton over here into Orlando/Central Florida.
See you on AM soon! Bry, AF4K Heath DX60 at the ready! On 5 Jan 2006 at 8:15, Ed Purvis wrote: > I hope and plan to be on Saturday. > > Ed Purvis WA4NJY > Bradenton > > Valiant II and SX-25 > > > > > > --- Gary Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Brian > > Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Great Jim - WELCOME to Florida Boatanchors! > > > > **** Let me second that welcome, Jim. > > > > Wonder if anyone plans to do some AM this saturday? > > I have a pretty > > mapped-out day, but i will be in and out of the > > shack. I will most > > likely be on around 7 - 9am in the 7290 area, AM > > mode, provided there > > is room. If not, i'll be pounding brass on 7050 or > > 7030. I had some > > time last night around midnight to call CQ AM on > > either side of VOA's > > big booming signal, but had to run with all the > > filters up, which may > > have limited my ability to hear any returns that > > were off a couple > > kc. Normally after i place a call, i try to tune > > around for folks > > that might be xtal bound. I don't always expect to > > hear a response on > > the frequency i call on . . . shades of yesteryear! > > So if you hear > > me on 7292, and you only have an xtal for 7290 or > > 95, try to respond > > anyway. > > > > I will also try to get on around the noon hour, > > which might be > > actually better around my place for AM operation on > > 40m. Bry, i > > still wanna hear that DX-60! Try and get that > > SX101's ears a-going! > > I'll venture you will get better AM fidelity out of > > it than the newer > > receivers, even if the sensitivity is a bit low at > > this time. > > > > gary // wd4nka > > > > > > > > > > > Ed Purvis WA4NJY > Amateur radio since > 1963, tube-type most > of the time. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > *** OLD RADIOS IN FLORIDA ARE CALLING CQ - CQ - CQ... > *** PLEASE SPEAK UP! > TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT FLORIDA BOATANCHORS GROUP. > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Information: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FLBOATANCHORS > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FLBOATANCHORS/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >
