Or perhaps they were put to sleep by the X8.2 solar flare that pretty much killed HF propagation a few hours ago.
Having spent too much of my life waiting out hurricanes in south Florida (some of it involving emergency comm), I agree it is very much not a fun time. Our family escaped the area this time (Pasco County, FL) so they are safe. Like you, I hope all others are as well. 73! Jack, W6FB (ex-WA4FIB) > On Sep 10, 2017, at 2:15 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > There has not been much traffic on the reflector today. > > I guess everyone is paying attention to the track of Irma as it moves up > Florida. > > I hope and pray that all our ham friends in Florida are hunkered down in a > safe location, or managed to get to a location where there will be little or > no impact. > > It now looks like we will be OK here in the North Carolina piedmont, but we > will have to put up with some rain for the next 3 days. We started to > prepare for the worst a few days ago, but now that the track is more defined, > we should be "in the clear". The mountain region may get some good winds and > a rain soaking. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]

