Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread Tod Olson
I may have worked only 10 SP last night. When it is a struggle to work WY,UT,MT and WA from ID you know something is not right. I did manage one NY, IN, OH, IA, and ND but could not even hear the ID station that worked the MT station just before me. I complement the NY station [ note I am not

Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread goldtr8
Tod I think you hit my real problem yesterday. All the states that I was hoping to contact out west were doing SP just like me. :-) Maybe I should try and sit still and just run one frq for once in my life. ~73 Don KD8NNU FH#4107 -.- -.. ---.. –. –. ..- On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 2:31 PM,

Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread KL7RA
This may go down as my worst score for this contest. I never heard anyone loud enough to call and so far zero Q's. Last week we worked east coast in the ARRL so it's just poor conditions. I guess the folks not in the contest that we all work for a good score tune around and need to hear loud

Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread Hawkins
Rich, On 2/22/14, 3:13 PM, KL7RA wrote: This may go down as my worst score for this contest. I never heard anyone loud enough to call and so far zero Q's. Last week we worked east coast in the ARRL so it's just poor conditions. I guess the folks not in the contest that we all work for a good

Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread Herbert Schonbohm
Things are terrible as I can get about one Q per hour. Some years ago I did WAS in 3.5 hours on 160. Just not possible this weekend to even get to Florida. Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ On 2/22/2014 6:01 PM, Hawkins wrote: Rich, On 2/22/14, 3:13 PM, KL7RA wrote: This may go down as my worst

Re: Topband: Not so good in the contest last night

2014-02-22 Thread Gary and Kathleen Pearse
And here’s why…http://www.alaskadispatch.com/video/video-northern-lights-dance-above-fairbanks-alaska Was SP from 0700-1000. Lots of S’ing, no P’ing while listening to my TS-590 in scan mode. Maybe tonight. I have a fresh Voodoo chicken to swing in the shack. 73, Gary NL7Y _