Missed the Europeans on forty. You're fine!!
PatAt 10:07 AM 9/9/2012, you wrote:
> Pat:
>
>I was on 7.191 or thereabouts out at the RV around 4 p.m 3 p.m. your time.
>Gave out my call several times, but no response.
>
>Actually heard George (WD8INW) work a station in the Ohio State Parks
>contest just above 7.191, but then lost him in the contest activity.
>
>My G5RV continues to work reasonably well, I think. I ended up putting a
>total of 100 feet of coax outside the RV as kind of a tuning stub, and got
>the antenna to tune on 10, 15, 20, all of 40, and the lower half of 80
>meters.
>
>Once again, worked over into Europe on 20 meters, thanks to the worked all
>Europe contest, and even a few European stations on 40 meters later last
>evening. Did lots of state-side stuff on 40 meters too, so I think the
>antenna is actually working at least somewhat well.
>
>Hopefully, next week-end, we will have a 40-meter round table so I can test
>the antenna out with the group.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 6:43 PM
>Subject: Not a sound
>
>
> > Listened around the frequency for ten minutes after three and didn't
> > hear a single voice or call I recognized. Quite a bit of contest
> > activity, though.
> > Pat, K9JAu
> >
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