Good Evening,
Once again the two bands were quite different. Twenty meters had a
steady roar of QRN with a little slow QSB. Forty meters was not as
strong as last week and had two rates of QSB. Slow and steady waves
like on twenty meters but a fast warble too. Fast enough to cut
characters up into smaller ones. Normally easy call signs had me asking
for repeats. I kept hearing the wrong letters from fists I knew. I
thought I was a bit off my game until I figured out the problem. At
times it was almost like the picket fencing you experience on 2 meter FM
comms. CW depends upon the spaces; adding more of them does not help.
Spring has slowed down around the country. Except for toasty Georgia
that is. The rest of us are getting rain and cool weather. It is time
for me to start cutting firewood. The biting fly population has dropped
off and the undergrowth is not very tall. A few days a week should get
me moving again. I also get to see and hear the birds coming back.
On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:
NO8V - John - MI
AB9V - Mike - IN
K4JPN - Steve - GA
K6XK - Roy - IA
WJ7S - John - UT
On 7047.2 kHz at 0000z:
WM5F - Dwight - ID
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
K6PJV - Dale - CA
W6JHB - Jim - CA
WI6O - John - CA
Our recent hiatus from contact has caused me to find a number of
things to pass the time. Hitting the text books to learn a little more
math is always good. Using up art supplies until something decent
appears. Virtual Formula One racing is good. Visiting
https://lichess.org/ to see chess masters playing at warp speeds. And
binge watching Australian TV shows. Their cop shows are very different
from ours. More story, less flash. My life will not return to where it
was when the quarantine lifts, I know more math, more chess, and have
used up more art supplies.
Until next week stay well and enjoy spring,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne Dyer
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