Hello All, Condx have been ok in Oklahoma , I worked 4 EU stations this morning and @ 2057 UTC worked VK4BLK running the K3 @ 20 watts and an old tribander. This is normal here , however I am running JT65A weak signal mode. 73 all gd dxing
Ken K5DNL ------------------------------------------ --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Dave-K7DAA <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dave-K7DAA <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Condx > To: "Elecraft email email" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 6:18 PM > Here in Northern California, 40 meters is all but unusable > within 2 or > 3 hours after sunset, and 30 meters acts more like 20 these > days-- > fading out badly as soon as the sun gets close to setting. > 20 is even > worse than earlier this year--today is typical, with > nothing much > heard after about 3:30 PM local time--really rotten! > > The main thing I notice is that 40m is so bad at night > lately, and > shows no sign of improvement. Even last weekend's NAQP > CW contest > couldn't keep an "opening" going on 40m > Saturday evening--everyone > just faded away before the contest ended at 10 PM local. > > That only leaves 80 and 160 for night work, and they've > been pretty > decent, actually. Thank goodness we have allocations > spread around > the HF spectrum. > > The sunspot activity is kinda like the economy right > now--we're all > hoping we just saw the bottom, and it's all > "up" from here. > > Strange times. > > 72 es 73, > > Dave (K2 #6390) > http://www.k7daa.com > > > On Jan 13, 2009, at 7:34 AM, John Wiener wrote: > > > Are the bands really this bad or is there something > wrong with my K2? > > > > John > > AB8O > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
