The solar flux index was close to 200 a week and a half ago, and is now near 
90.  There were no visible sunspots on Thursday, which hasn't happened for 
three years.  I think solar activity will return in the coming weeks and 
months, and the bands don't respond to one day's solar activity very much, 
but on a scale of several days mostly.  So the skip could have been long for 
the 40-meter net today.  Even so, the RTTY North America QSO Party is 
putting a lot of signals on 15 meters.  Conditions are definitely strange. 
And I won't be around to see what happens on 14258 tomorrow afternoon. 
Unless some sporadic-E develops, expect the skip to be rather long tomorrow.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Forst
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:21 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 40 meter roundtable

Jim,

The band was strange.   Mike KD2CDU  usually bangs in here from New
York,  but I couldn't hear a peep from him and he didn't hear me, but I
was 10 over with Lowell in Ohio.

73, Steve KW3A

On 7/19/2014 4:44 PM, Jim Kutsch, KY2D wrote:
> Steve,
> I listened for about 5 minutes but didn't hear a thing.
>
> 73, Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 4:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: 40 meter roundtable
>
> Band was poor again today, but a few of us  had a short get together on
> 7.191
>
> Harold WB9R asked about someone who had gone to  Dayton and got a
> Ten-TEc Rebel SD radio.    I didn't remember who it was or seeing any
> follow up posts.   Harold is interested in the accessibility of the
> radio, so any info would be welcome.
>
> Today's check-ins:
> W8QIY
> KD2CDU
> WB9R
> KW3A
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>