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hi all.
i had good intentions of getting in field day last night. i went downstairs
and got on twenty meters and made two contacts. and then the weather alert
went off and we had severe storm warnings, so i got off, and it stormed the
rest of the night, and i didn't have a chance to get on today. so much for
field day this year. i've had fun doing it in past years though.
73 glen ka9yiu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Field Day
> unfortunately I didn't work anything on field day. Usually I just spin
> around and give a contact to the loudest stations I can hear...I did spin
> around the bands once or twice and heard lots of big loud stations.
> However, I had to replace my vehicle's alternator and that took up most of
> saturday...then I was pretty wiped saturday night, and was busy this
> morning
> again...so all and all, I heard a few stations but didn't work any.
> I usually go out to our club station at least for the barbecue, but I
> didn't
> get out there either lol.
>
> sounds like it was a pretty good year for it though with all of the bands
> being open to one extent or other.
>
> Is it just me, or has 6 meters been open allot more this year than last or
> the last couple? maybe it's simply because I am paying attention to it
> now...but it seems like it has been open every other day lately.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:37 PM
> Subject: Field Day
>
>
>>I worked 1D on 40 and 20 SSB from the Chicago area. Forty was very
>> noisy last night but there was a lot of activity. Likewise, 20 was
>> good up until eleven o-clock Central daylight. Ten was open this
>> morning but I worked the only two stations I could hear - both in
>> Florida. Perhaps it was a sneak band opening that no one had yet
>> discovered!
>> This morning there was way less forty meter activity than I
>> expected. There was a fair amount of atmospheric noise but signal
>> strengths were low and the numbers were less than I would have
>> expected. But overall it was a good event. I worked perhaps fifty
>> stations in three hours or so over the course of Field Day.
>> I don't recall working anyone from the list, but perhaps some of you
>> folks using club calls.
>> Pat, K9JAU
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