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I was on for a little while but have been sick and really wasn't up to being
on the air long, I think the bands just weren't there, that's what it seemed
like on my end.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:17 PM
Subject: Skywarn Recognition Day
> Hi, everyone.
>
> Did anyone else work the Skywarn Recognition Day event today?
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> Perhaps it was just me, but it seemed as though there were fewer NWS
> offices
> on the HF bands this year.
>
> I worked the event from roughly 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and was only able to
> contact 31 NWS offices from here at the Michigan home QTH.
>
> There were many familiar NWS offices that I simply did not hear on the air
> this year.
>
> I was using my TS480, with my Ameritron AL811H amplifier, and my Alpha
> Delta
> DXCC antenna.
>
> I heard no NWS offices at all on 75 meters. Everyone I worked was either
> on 40 or 20 meters. All contacts were SSB phone.
>
> 40 seemed to be in fairly good shape, and 20 was a bit squirrely at times.
>
> Anyway, I wonder if others had a similar experience?
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
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