I was on for about an hour and a half and made 114 QSOs, including Tom.
Most of my QSO's were on 80. Will look for you folks on 7195 at 0000Z
unless a subsequent message has changed the frequency.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: some thoughts on 40 meters for tonight's blind hams net
>
> Tom,
>
> Well, you beat me again. Finished with 90 QSO's in the NAQP, but plan to
> give it a stronger effort in the SSB portion. Sorry we didn't cross
> paths yesterday.
>
> I also found 40 long at 0000utc, but last night didn't seem as noisy as
> it
> was mid-week.
>
>
> I'll be there tonight.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:03 AM
> Subject: some thoughts on 40 meters for tonight's blind hams net
>
>
> > Hi, again, everyone.
> >
> > Well, yesterday, I did the NAQP CW contest, and found 40 meters to be
> > quite
> > long at my location at 0000 Z, or 7 p.m. eastern.
> >
> > I could hear and work stations in the south and southwest, but not much
> > from
> > the east coast. It also was a bit too early for the far west coast.
> >
> > So, tonight's net might be challenging.
> >
> > Wonder if anyone else has had similar experiences with 40 recently at
> that
> > time of the evening, so we know what to expect.
> >
> > As for the NAQP CW contest itself, mine was a modest effort this year.
> > Made
> > 205 contacts, on 20, 40, and 80. 10 and 15 meters were totally shut
> down
> > at
> > this location, so I was limited to those three bands.
> >
> > I havent' checked my log yet for my total score, but will do so when I
> get
> > some time here, and I will definitely send it in to be counted.
> >
> > Take care, and will see everyone who can make it on tonight's net.
> >
> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
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