Hi Roger, That coincides with what I saw. Was able to work digital modes on 40 meters during the day but suspect that was only possible as all the juicy points-producing propagation was on 20 and 15 meters during that time-frame.
73 Bill N9DSJ --- In [email protected], "Roger J. Buffington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > > I worked the contest from Europe and in general the PSK frequencies > > on 40m and 20m were left alone by the contesters. I agree it is > > annoying sometimes if u dont want to work the contest and I am often > > in this situation. > > I have no idea how things were in Europe. But from here on the West > Coast of the USA, all of the 40 and 20M PSK freqs, and most of the CW > freqs as well, were completely overrun by contesters. It was nearly > impossible to operate digital other than in the contest. Nor did hardly > anyone do so. The band plan went out the window. RTTY stations were > even up around 14076.5-079.5. > > de Roger W6VZV >
