Steve,
I didn't google the call signs but I kind of figured that must be partly why
the pile ups were so large and spread out. Heard a big pile up a few nights
ago on 40 meter CW and a 5V7TT was pretty loud and that got a lot of
attention, too, being on 40 meters and all.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: Band Conditions
>
> Phil,
>
> Those "common" caribiean stations you were hearing were in fact new DXCC
> countries. While I haven't followed this very closely, this past
> weekend the Dutch possessions in the carribien were redone into new
> entities.
>
> Sunday afternoon they were all over 20 meters giving me fits as I tried
> to work some contacts in the PA QSO party.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
> On 10/14/2010 12:27 AM, Phil Scovell wrote:
>> For awhile, these last few nights, I was beginning to think I was going =
>> to have to see if my G5RV had fallen down off the tower due to the =
>> horribly weak and poor 75 meter band conditions. Then tonight, =
>> conditions have been slightly better and I heard various guys =
>> complaining about how poor 75 meters has been of late. I also noticed =
>> in the last couple of days, huge CW pile ups on 20 and 30 and 40 meters.
>> =
>> The quote rare DX station unquote was down 1 or 2 KHz from the huge, I
>> =
>> mean very big, pile ups so naturally, after ringing up 312 countries =
>> worked over the years, I figured it had to be something really worth the
>> =
>> trouble to work. Tuning down below the pile, I would find common old =
>> every day Caribbean stations that had generated pile ups so big, they =
>> had to run split frequency to get everybody off their transmit =
>> frequency. I honestly don't think the bands have been as bad as they =
>> sound. People just aren't on the air as much because they are thinking =
>> the bands are dead when they tune through an individual band. At any =
>> rate, 75 meters, for sure, has been weak the last few nights and it =
>> isn't my antenna fortunately. Even the Texas boys on certain round =
>> table frequencies I check and listen to have been down in the mud when =
>> normally they run 20 and 30 over nine.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>
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