The bands could be better, they could be worse. I think the real knowledge we have about propagation of radio waves is that it is always changing.
In the NAQP yesterday, I worked CA, FL, and ME on 20 meters, in the late afternoon, with a homebrew fishing pole vertical, and my KX1 at about 3w. About an hour later, I worked CA, NY, and FL with the same antenna and my SW20+ at about 1.5w San Diego is about 2200 miles from me....both QSO's were with stations in San Diego. I also worked San Francisco. During NAQP the 20m band was buzzing with stations from all over. At about 5PM I tuned around 40m and there were stations everywhere. Keep trying Karl, maybe your antenna needs adjusted? 73 ========================================= Radio Amateurs - Fill your junk box, from my junkbox! http://www.hamradparts.com 73 de KB9BVN ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:59 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Band Conditions > Leave it alone because the bands are broken, > not your radio. It will be very seldom that you hear anything much on 20 > meters. And 40 meters is noisy right now. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
