The 20-meter band sounded rather dead when I first checked it. But
conditions were surprisingly good, with a mix of sporadic-E and F-layer
propagation. And Kelvin, M0AID, heard me off the back corner of my beam, so
we had a nice QSO (after I turned the beam to Europe) before 1955Z. I don't
know whether he heard anyone besides WB9R, but I suspect that the QRM level
in Europe reasserted itself after I turned my antenna back to the west.
Thank you to KG4ITD for relays. And another blind person happened across
the frequency, Raul Midon, KB4ZOT/3. Check-ins today were:
W3IUU
M0AID, Kelvin, southwest England
WB9R
W6PR/0, Lohrville, IA
W9DIK, Waukegan, IL
KB5YC, near Houston, TX
KG4ITD, Bristol, FL
WD8INW, probably Clarkston, MI
W7OQ, Medford, OR
W8QIY, Greenville, OH
KD8PC, Apache Junction, AZ
KC9LTV, Chatham, IL
KB5ZOT/3, Raul, Laurel, MD
kb2cduNY
kd0iko, WA
k5wdw, Houston, TX
W6CL, Tulsa, OK
KF7VWA, John, Shelton, WA
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
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