I made about 20 contacts, about 15 NWS stations, and a few other contacts. 
40 seemed to me to be very flakey, what was there was there but it kept 
going away, I think it was only the dream setups that were doing anything 
and on 20, I wasn't hearing much state side, mostly Europe though I did work 
a couple NWS stations on there, 2 of them I also worked on 40 though which 
suggests to me that it was their position and setup as much as anything 
else. I don't think the bands were very good at all, if I stayed on a 
frequency, stations were up and down, it was hard if you didn't make the 
contact right away. I had fun though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: SRD this year


> Hi, all.
>
> Well, this year's skywarn recognition day was interesting, although I 
> didn't
> make nearly as many NWS contacts as I had in previous years when doing it
> from the home QTH.
>
> This time I only made 30, whereas I know in previous years, I had made a
> good 50 or 60 contacts when I did the event at home.
>
> I don't know if it's because conditions were so bad, or whether there were
> fewer NWS stations out there, but it just didn't seem as active as it had 
> in
> previous years.
>
> I did have a nice qso along the way with Lou, WA3MIX, which added a neat
> bonus to the day.
>
> I'm interested in anyone's thoughts and experiences.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ