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Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:36:28 -0400
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That new broadcast stationless area below 7.2 is great at night.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?


>    I hear you, Lou, and that goes for me too!  I don't know exactly how 40
> meters will work, but it's been in really good shape here in the late
> afternoons, at least on the week-ends when I've tried it.
>
> Maybe we can set up some relay stations if needed.  Should be fun to try
> anyway.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
>
>
> Tom,
>
> I'll be there, if I remember which I can not at all guarantee.  Senior
> moments seem to happen more frequently these days.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 10:42 PM
> Subject: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
>
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> The following e-mail is directed to both my fellow blind hams, and to 
>> some
>> of my ham friends back in Michigan. ... I hope you don't mind the
>> broad-side
>> post:
>>
>> As I think many of you know, I finally have an HF antenna up in the air
>> out
>> here at the new home QTH in Colorado.  It's an Alpha Delta DXCC 
>> multi-band
>> dipole.  The center is about 35 feet off the ground, and the ends run
>> toward
>> opposite ends of the small lot here that we are renting.
>>
>> What I'm proposing is that we try 40 meter lower sideband.  I think from
>> our
>> previous nets, we found a good frequency to be 7.230 MHZ, give or take a
>> few
>> KC's because of QRM.
>>
>> As for times, I'm thinking of 5 o'clock my time, which is Mountain
>> Daylight
>> time.  So, folks in the midwest would be one hour later than me, while
>> those
>> of you on the east coast would be 2 hours later.  Those in the western
>> states will either be on mountain time like me, or maybe an hour earlier.
>>
>> Would that work for anyone?
>>
>> If we have enough folks who are willing to give it a try, I'll be there!
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, now in Colorado

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