I just got home and tried 29 but I figured it is way too late at night. I called CQ a few times at 25 watts and did not raise anyone. I was not in the mood to wait for the 3CX800s to warm up and retune the amp for 10M so I returned to 160. WB5OXQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark K3MSB" <[email protected]> To: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[email protected]>; "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 10 Meter AM Lives! > Just went to 29.0; nothing heard, and no replies to my CQ (tried NW > and SW).... I'll keep the radio on fer a while... > > Mark K3MSB > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU <[email protected]> wrote: >> I just completed a 10 minute QSO with Harry, W0LS, north of Minneapolis, >> on >> 29.0. >> >> He was running a Flex Radio into an Alpha, and was pounding into >> Mississippi >> despite the ever-present QSB that happens during Sporadic E. >> >> He told me that he had been calling CQ for a half hour before I answered >> him, and that I was the first AM signal he had heard on 10 this evening. >> >> So, if you don't want to crank up the boat anchors, then dust off the >> transistors, punch the AM button, and make some noise on or near 29.0. >> >> >> >> >> Mike Duke, K5XU >> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net >> AMRadio mailing list >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html >> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with >> the word unsubscribe in the message body. >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
