Yes, 15 has been open this afternoon. I've been playing in the contest
a bit and worked a number of W6, and W7's as well as KH6, with 100 watts
on 15.
73, Steve KW3A
On 7/19/2014 5:35 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:
> 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
>>
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