Lloyd:
Will look for you on 75 meters tonight or tomorrow evening.
I am going to use the contest to try out my slopers and get a better idea of
exactly how they are doing.
Good luck in the contest!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Nothing heard on 1.848 MHZ
> Perhaps I will work you in the phone Sweepstakes. I will probably be on
> for
> this afternoon and evening, tomorrow afternoon, and the time from 0115 to
> 0300Z tomorrow night. We'll see how my voice holds out and how much I
> call
> CQ vs. how much I search and pounce. On 75 I tend to work in the Advanced
> or Extra phone bands because the qRM level is less and my antenna works
> better. No 160 transmit here.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
> Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:50 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Nothing heard on 1.848 MHZ
>>
>> Well, Steve, the guys on 1.850 didn't yell at me, and I wasn't there
>> that long. I just called out a few times for any blind ops, and, since
>> nothing was heard, abandoned the effort.
>>
>> The SSB sweepstakes contest will be happening a little later, so I may
>> use
>> that as a chance to test out both the 80 and 160 meter slopers. I
>> probably
>> won't be able to get honest signal reports, but I should be able to
>> determine something from how I'm able to make it through the pileups,
>> etc.
>>
>> Haven't yet tried the amp, but may do that at some point too, at least on
>> the segments of the bands where the SWR's are more reasonable.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: Nothing heard on 1.848 MHZ
>>
>>
>> > Tom,
>> >
>> > I heard the other QSO on 1.845 and after your post, listened on
>> > 1.848. However, there is a group each night on 1.850, and woe be unto
>> > him who approacheth that frequency. If I had heard you, I would have
>> > tried moving you up a bit. While the band wasn't noisy, the signals
>> > weren't particularly loud last night.
>> >
>> > 73, Steve KW3A
>> >
>> > On 11/18/2011 8:26 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> >> Hi, all.
>> >>
>> >> I have heard nothing from any blind ham ops on 1.848 MHZ.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder if anyone heard me calling?
>> >>
>> >> I'm going to play around a little more now on 160 to see what I can
>> >> do.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for anyone who tried contacting me.
>> >>
>> >> We'll give it another try one of these eveneings real soon.
>> >>
>> >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>
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