Get out the key, 30 meters in the evening and early morning, below 10.110 is
good.
20 meters in the evening, 17 and sometimes 15 during the day and evening.
Living on the East Coast, you have huge advantages over us in the mid west.
You are after all closer to Ireland than to California.


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 8:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: First DX Contact Since getting my General Ticket!

Hi, Doug.  Looking forward to more DX contacts.  What are the best bands
besides 20 meters for doing this?--Matt, N1IBB.

At 10:00 PM 5/18/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>Congratulations, Matt, on working your first d x contact as a General. 
>May you work many, many more and enjoy every minute of it. Yes, ham 
>radio is fun! 73. Doug, N6NFF
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan R. Downing
>Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 5:23 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: First DX Contact Since getting my General Ticket!
>
>Matt, congrats on making your first DX Q.  Now that you have caught the 
>bug, keep at it big time.  If you are able to work on 40M, don't forget 
>that there is a ton of DX to be worked on that band.  Late evenings 
>thru early morning is when DX is prevalent on 40M.
>
>Alan - N7MIT
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>Alan R. Downing
>Phoenix, AZ
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
>Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 4:42 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: First DX Contact Since getting my General Ticket!
>
>Hi, Folks.  Great news!  I got my first DX contact since getting my 
>general ticket.  Spoke with OK2RZ, Jiri in the Czech Republic at 5:05PM  
>today on 14.26701Mhz.  He was running a gallon, and I only had 100 
>watts.  Quite a kick.  Who says ham radio isn't fun, hi.--Matt, N1IBB.