Who Wants To Play HF - Redux

[KU4MY]

Now the storms are gone, anyone playin radio? W2WTF, where are you at?

[N2RJ]

Band/mode?

[KU4MY]

Pick it bro, whatever floats yer boat.

[N2RJ]

Let's see how 40 is doing.

I'd say 75m but I need an antenna for that.

Please QRX while I look for a frequency.

[N2RJ]

Okay I'm looking at 7.212 and it seems clear...

I'm listening out there.

[KU4MY]

Okay, I will follow your lead, whatever you want to try, PSK31 on 20m may not be out of the question. Is PSK31 still allowed on 40m BTW? I NEVER hear any activity there anymore. :-?

Gonna nuke some pizza and head for the shack.

[N2RJ]

Okay maybe not. I think it's too close to an ongoing QSO.

Make it 7275.

[N2RJ]

Okay, I will follow your lead, whatever you want to try, PSK31 on 20m may not be out of the question. Is PSK31 still allowed on 40m BTW? I NEVER hear any activity there anymore. :-?

Gonna nuke some pizza and head for the shack.

It is, but I thought we were going to try phone?

[KU4MY]

Sure that's fine....... phone, PSK31, CW, whatever you wish.

[N2RJ]

Okay phone on 7275

[N2RJ]

I'm there, listening.

[N2RJ]

I can hear you, but you are very very low.

[KU4MY]

Dunno if that's you or not Ryan, S9 noise here and someone is trying but not quite there.

Sorry buddy, no copy.......

[N2RJ]

Yeah, sorry.

Well I can try 20psk if you're so inclined.

I really do have to get that tower/beam up...

[KU4MY]

Sure, sounds fine, I am on my way there....... I am also working on getting extremely QRO in the near future..... I will call you near the center of there...... 1500.

[KU4MY]

Dead as a frikin hammer here Ryan, wanna try 30m.... 10.142.15 on PSK31?

Oh well Ryan, our luck seems to be about the same as usual.... I did catch a character or two though. We will manage to make the contact one of these fine days.

[N2RJ]

Hey Tom, I copied you...


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[N2RJ]

Dead as a frikin hammer here Ryan, wanna try 30m.... 10.142.15 on PSK31?

Oh well Ryan, our luck seems to be about the same as usual.... I did catch a character or two though. We will manage to make the contact one of these fine days.

Nah, I'm gonna have to call it a night unfortunately. :(

I promise when the beam goes up we can have a proper QSO.

[KU4MY]

Coolies, we are getting closer! ;)

Okay Ryan and thanks again for trying!

[N2RJ]

You're quite welcome, Tom.

I think the biggest problem right now is that we both don't have very good stations.

Anyway, you are also welcome on skype or echolink anytime. I'm not anti-VoIP.

[N9FE]

besides the bands being total crapola right now, we have solar flairs messing things up, dam good for uhf vhf though,,,,,,,

[N2RJ]

Oh great, my 2m18xxx is still in the barn, assembled, waiting to go up!!!

[kd7msc]

Anyone around??
On 20 PSK now.

[KU4MY]

Will be in a jiffy as 60m is dead.

**edit** Calling you now

**edit # 2** Well you are obviously not paying attention and I don't see you on the waterfall so back to 60m for me, 20m BPSK31 is entirely to busy for me tonight. ;)

[N2RJ]

Where are you on 60, Tom?

[kd7msc]

Will be in a jiffy as 60m is dead.

**edit** Calling you now

**edit # 2** Well you are obviously not paying attention and I don't see you on the waterfall so back to 60m for me, 20m BPSK31 is entirely to busy for me tonight. ;)

Well sorry. I was in QSO with W8TTY I will be on for a little while longer.
73

[N1LAF]

I am tuned to 7.220 LSB, static bouncing between S5 and S9

<<--- QSL Card

[KU4MY]

I am tuned to 5.346.50 USB, S9 to 20 over noise, no static crashes.

<<--- My handsome self....... gonna enable Echolink and catch up with Goob...... 73 es good luck.

[KU4MY]

Will be in a jiffy as 60m is dead.

**edit** Calling you now

**edit # 2** Well you are obviously not paying attention and I don't see you on the waterfall so back to 60m for me, 20m BPSK31 is entirely to busy for me tonight. ;)

Well sorry. I was in QSO with W8TTY I will be on for a little while longer.
73

I see you on the waterfall in QSO now, so I will try to give you a call when you are done.

[kd7msc]

Will be in a jiffy as 60m is dead.

**edit** Calling you now

**edit # 2** Well you are obviously not paying attention and I don't see you on the waterfall so back to 60m for me, 20m BPSK31 is entirely to busy for me tonight. ;)

Well sorry. I was in QSO with W8TTY I will be on for a little while longer.
73

I see you on the waterfall in QSO now, so I will try to give you a call when you are done.

WOOO HOOO! Gotcha. Thanks for the QSO Tom.
73, Sean

[KU4MY]

Thanks for the great QSO Sean, copy was a bit rough here as noise is still as S9 to 10 over, but your signal was quite strong. Thanks for the contact buddy and have a great evening! ;)

[N2RJ]

Straw poll to see if anyone is up for some HF tonight...

OH OH.

ME ME ME.

40M?

[N1LAF]

OH OH.

ME ME ME.

40M?

Listening to 7.215 Mhz right now

[N2RJ]

Right now?

Okay let me see...

[N1LAF]

Heard N2RJ asking if freq in use, and another conversation deep in the background
S10 whistle
<<-- QSL Card filled out

[N2RJ]

Haha yeah...

Anyway, Paul, nice QSO!

Here is your audio file:

http://www.n2rj.com/audio/n1laf.mp3

[N2RJ]

I'm still up for tonight if anyone is interested...

[KU4MY]

I'll be on in a wee dram.

[ad4mg]

I too will be at the rig shortly. We going to start on 60 meters? Which frequency?

[N2RJ]

Not quite sure... Channel 3?

[N2RJ]

BTW Paul and I were pretty much running QRP.

I went down to about 20-25w. He backed down the power too.

[ad4mg]

BTW Paul and I were pretty much running QRP.

I went down to about 20-25w. He backed down the power too.

I run 25-30 watts into the dipole, as there may be some gain involved, but I doubt it.

Channel 3 it is ... it's 23:02 GMT now, should be there by 23:15.

73,
Luke

[N2RJ]

Roger that, tayn-fooo good buddy!

Hope yers wall to wall and treee top talll!!

breaaakkkkkk!

I try to keep it legal, so I'm a bit conservative with power. The Icom tends to keep it that way anyway.

[N2RJ]

P.S. don't be shy guys! If you have 60m capability please do join us!

[N3ATS]

No antenna for 60. I used to live there at night. 5.371.5

[ad4mg]

Ryan and I are on ch 2 on 60 meters to avoid the digital tx on 3

[ad4mg]

Steve, static crashes are kinda strong, but we could certainly move to 40 meters!

We're making a move to 40 ... Ryan is having trouble w/his tuner on 60

Will advise freq shortly

[N2RJ]

7189 from an initial look seems clear.

[ad4mg]

7189 from an initial look seems clear.

calling there now ...

[N2RJ]

Sure? I aint hearin nothing...

[ad4mg]

Sure? I aint hearin nothing...

7.189 -not- 7.198, right? I'm on 7189 LSB

[N2RJ]

yep 7189
hmmm

Let me give you a call...

[N2RJ]

Yea, if you're calling, I'm not hearing...

[N2RJ]

Some guys just moved by 1-2 kc away...

wanna try somewhere else?

[ad4mg]

yep 7189
hmmm

Let me give you a call...

You hear the strong stations up the band a bit? I checked on my sw rcvr, all is fine here ... 7189

[N2RJ]

Sorry, I think I had it in USB not LSB, LOL!

[KU4MY]

Anyone still on? :shock:

[ad4mg]

Sorry, I think I had it in USB not LSB, LOL!

Still nothing ... hearing a net on 7193 just fine on the dual watch, one station vy strong.

Sittin' on 7.189.000

[N2RJ]

We think we're on 7189.

I think I'm there, but I can't hear Luke...

Give us a call, willya?

[ad4mg]

Calling N2RJ & KU4MY on 7189, anyone else around?

[N2RJ]

I'm calling, but no one seems to be hearing me...

[W4KLB]

i'm on 28.445 quiet but the marker is coming through/beacon


7 3

[ad4mg]

I'm calling, but no one seems to be hearing me...

Strange ... you hearing me, or anyone else on the band?

[N2RJ]

I hear the guys on 7193 pretty good.

[ad4mg]

I'm going to bounce up to 10 meters and try Kery ... a long shot to SC, but it may work

[KU4MY]

I hear someone tuning up and nothing else on 7.189.

[ad4mg]

I hear someone tuning up and nothing else on 7.189.

Hang tight Tom, will be back there in a minute ... calling Kery on 10 meters, nothing heard.

Coming back to 40m ... 7189

[W4KLB]

didn't do any good on 40 but i have to turn off my computer to get good reception below20
video card ?

[KU4MY]

Nalda yet, but listening.

[ad4mg]

Tom, I had you there pretty solid for a minute, then the bottom fell out. You think we're having a geomagnetic disturbance or something??

[KU4MY]

Anything other than 75, 60 or 40m would most likely be a bit close for me and you Kery.

[KU4MY]

Dunno Luke, noise here is a solid S8, and I hear no static crashes, just deader than a hammer.

There is a ridiculously wide station on 7.185 that is about 40 over.

[n8ats]

i hear you ad4mg on 189 but i have a vhf net going on local right now, if ya are still around i will call after the net is finished. good signal btw

[KU4MY]

I will listen on 7.189 to see what develops.

Bands definitely shifting........ anyone do CW?

[N2RJ]

Se habla espanol en 7188

[ad4mg]

I think we have some strange band condx, & noisy here. Two Spanish speaking stations just moved in on 7188.

Anyone want to try something on 75 meters?

[N2RJ]

Yeah I can do 75. That may work.

[ad4mg]

3835 is clear, but its awful noisy ... am there now

[W4KLB]

some on 3.920 if you all go there let me know i'll shut the computer down

[N1LAF]

I hear AD4MG on 3.835, S+10
N2RJ also, S+20

[N2RJ]

Yep, that seems pretty good.

[KU4MY]

I hear someone on 3.835.

[N2RJ]

Luke, Paul and myself... We also had N9FE.

[N9FE]

yeah i can hear you guys fine, if the lightning was'nt choppin everyone up we could have a dam good qso,, it will get better as winter comes on,, hey sunday evenings is very cool for me

[N2RJ]

Yep, let's put forward a poll and see who will be up for an IOMH net...

[KU4MY]

Excellent idea!

[N9FE]

the band will get longer as it gets dark, hopefully the lightning will go down too

[KU4MY]

I can hear Luke very well here in SC.

[N9FE]

10 to 15 over crashes,, sounds like there getting worse

[ad4mg]

I can hear Luke very well here in SC.

Heard u well, Tom ... hang in here for a few ...!

[ad4mg]

KU4MY - TOM
N2RJ - RYAN
AB2MI - GEORGE
N8ATS - SAM
N1LAF - PAUL
N9FE - MARK
AD4MG - LUKE

The list as I have it w/o any butchered calls.

Wasn't expecting so many stations, had to find paper & pencil !

Great to hear everyone ... copy all here S9 and better

[KU4MY]

Great to hear you too Luke, peaking at 20 over here, however, close by in frequency interference is making it quite rough here. I did hear a word or two from Ryan and Paul too. This will be great fun as fall and winter approaches!

[ad4mg]

Great to meet everybody ... I heerd ya'll on my K-40 on the Chevy truck hood!

73,
Luke

N2RJ

I can hear you.

I have no antenna up for 80M.

I have been at the movies watching Harry Potter.

Just got back.

Great Signal there Ryan.

[N2RJ]

Looks like someone didn't like us too much.

There was a jammer trying to jam us, but notice how quickly he/she/it left when I said that you guys were over him/her/it. hehehe

[N2RJ]

N2RJ

I can hear you.

I have no antenna up for 80M.

I have been at the movies watching Harry Potter.

Just got back.

Great Signal there Ryan.

Thanks Jerry! Put some wire up in the tree, old man, and join us next week...

[N2RJ]

A good time had by all!

I even invited AB2MI over to the Island, both at the new and old URL. Hopefully he'll join us.

WIRE, Hunh, Good God Ya'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely sumpin'.
Say it again.

Okay. I'll try to get something up for 80M.

[ad4mg]

Jammer? No problem here ... notch filter cut him out. I had all stations at S9 or better, only light copy was Mark, but after his first couple of transmissions, he was fine. Paul was solid, especially considering the distance between us, Tom was quite loud. No problems here. I can't figure what went wrong on 40 meters. Never heard Ryan, heard Tom briefly, then the bottom fell out.

That's going to be our biggest challenge, figuring which band to try this on. If conditions are something near normal, I think 40 will give the best results, but 75 is going to be better at sunset. And ... 75 meters will go "long" quickly some nights. I've seen signals drop from 60 over S9 to S5 in < 30 minutes before!

Enjoyed meeting everyone! Great to hear everyone's voice. Paul doesn't sound at all like a neocon, and Tom doesn't sound like the janitor, either. I think you guys have been pulling my leg ... :lol:

[N2RJ]

Okay guys, add +10db to your signal reports from me. I just realize I had the attenuator on, -10db...

I notched out the jammer as well, but I figured I'd let him know that he was an insignificant cowardly piece of crap in not so many words...

[N9FE]

yep i'm the farthest away, and the storms are less than a 100 miles from me, but we'll keep up this sunday thing if everyone agrees,, good hearing everyone also,,,,,,,,

[KU4MY]

*whistles as he pushes the dust mop* Ummm, what?

[N3ATS]

I am parked on 7.070 doing my PSK thing... Will be there for a few hours at least.

[n8ats]

the jammer once again fell prey to the electronic countermeasures, could not even pick a signal off him once set. I could hear everyone pretty good, was having a little problem with Paul up north but other than that all was good, i feel the beginnings of a good net comin on. :twisted:

[N2RJ]

Okay I just finished my assignment from "the boss" (new shower head works great, btw).

Let me see if I can see you on my waterfall.

[KU4MY]

Oooo Oooooo, I'll be there in a bit! (7.070.15)

[N2RJ]

Just had a FB QSO with W8VMB. Any of you guys on PSK?

[N3ATS]

Bunch of us on 7070 at about 1400 Hz...

N9XR, here is your trace OM. Thanks for the QSO!

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/swweiss/n9xr_waterfall.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/n9xr/N3ATS.jpg

This is Steve. TU vry much, Steve.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m165/n9xr/KU4MY.jpg

Tnx fer the QSO there, Tom. Sorry so short.

Also, I had my attenuator turned on, so sigs were about 20 dB down. I think I was running abt 15W.

[N3ATS]

Thanks Jerry. To answer your ?, K3XR lives about 35 miles NE of me in Berks County. I never worked him on the air, I am not sure where he hangs out or what he does radio wise.

Thanks Jerry. To answer your ?, K3XR lives about 35 miles NE of me in Berks County. I never worked him on the air, I am not sure where he hangs out or what he does radio wise.

FB. I was wondering about that.

The only experience I have had at PA is at State College when I applied for a job there in 1999. I went to MuRata. I guess that they are gone now. I work for the competitor. heh heh

[N2RJ]

Sorry I couldn't join you guys, I didn't see y'all on my waterfall.

[N2RJ]

Hey!!! I tuned up a bit and saw you!

[N3ATS]

Freaking QSB is rough...

[KU4MY]

Yes Steve, it was indeedy, but was great to catch you and Jerry both, thanks a bunch and we will do it again soon! Maybe we will catch you next time Ryan..... to Gods of propagation do not make their faces to shine down upon you and I do they?

[N2RJ]

I guess not!

But next time.

I am thinking of reorienting my antenna as well.

[W4KLB]

:( heard you guys on 3.832.0 ku4my,kdilm,n1??,ad4mg,ab2mi. about 8:20 eastern
little out of band for me. 8) 8)

7 3

[N2RJ]

We were on 3835 actually.

Ku4MY
N2RJ
AD4MG
N1LAF
N8ATS
AB2MI (non-forum person who joined us).

[N9FE]

Hey what am i chopped liver :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey what am i chopped liver :lol: :lol: :lol:

Why yes. Yes you are

[KU4MY]

:( heard you guys on 3.832.0 ku4my,kdilm,n1??,ad4mg,ab2mi. about 8:20 eastern
little out of band for me. 8) 8)

7 3

But I am sure that will be a temporary condition. ;)

[ad4mg]

Hey what am i chopped liver :lol: :lol: :lol:

I had you in my list, posted a bit earlier!

[N9FE]

Hey what am i chopped liver :lol: :lol: :lol:

I had you in my list, posted a bit earlier! had to say it,, yes i did :lol:

[N9FE]

once the darn lightning backs off, we will be able to do net pretty darn easy,,,

[N3ATS]

I am calling CQ on 20M phone. 14.289

[W4KLB]

:) sorry can't play now braves game on 630.0am hf rig is busy :lol:

7 3

[N3ATS]

You've heard of this thing they call television, right? :lol:

[W4KLB]

:( not on local chanels tonight, :cry:

7 3

[N2RJ]

Anyone still on?

[N1LAF]

Monitoring 3.835

[KU4MY]

On 40m BPSK31.

[N2RJ]

Paul,

Thanks for the short QSO yet again.

Sorry I had to leave though.

And it looks like some 5 land stations are now on the frequency. They are extremely light though.

[N3ATS]

On 40m BPSK31.

Likewise. Tom you need to buy an interface! LMAO!!! :lol:

You are 20 over S9 here dude!

[al2i]

I will be radioactive again in October, when we have nearly round the clock greyline. I will get on no matter what when my Benelli Magnetic Profesional with gold contacts and engraved callsign shows up. It is taking its own sweet time before getting here though.

[N9FE]

We must be going through some goofy solar flairs, 80 meters has been terrible for like three days now, twenty is crapola too, we are still going to shoot for sunday night i hope, catch you guys then,,,,

[N3ATS]

Anyone up for HF phone 20/40 meters?

[KU4MY]

Where are ya bro? I am listening in on channel 4, 60m at the moment.

[N2RJ]

I'm up for some HF fun tonight. Tonight the oncall phone rolls over to India so I'm mostly off the hook.

I couldn't do last night as I had to go to the office. Didn't finish until 2AM!

Next weekend I want to put up my hustler 4BTV. Maybe I could get some sig reports from you guys.

So what say you guys?

[N3ATS]

I am game if it's not too late. My wife is due home tonite from the Buckeye and I want hang out with her and the chitlin.

[N2RJ]

Yeah not too late...

[KU4MY]

I'll be around somewhere a bit later....... Sundays is always go-to-the-movies-day for me and the youngest. Me thinks todays selection is Stardust ;)

[ad4mg]

If I make it out tonight, it may be a bit late. I'm taking my wife to dinner!

[n8ats]

i am ready right now if anyone is interested

[N3ATS]

Where you wanna go Sam? I can do 20 or 40.

[N3ATS]

Hey misfits, we're on 7243 right now if yuns wanna join in...

[N2RJ]

Well I missed that one. I was asleep and just got up.

[N3ATS]

Yeah, we gone now. Some net started up on 7.244 so we decided to shut it down to avoid interfering with them...

[ad4mg]

Got home from dinner, now storms rumbling thru. Bummer. Maybe next week, eh?

[N2RJ]

Yeah next week. Over here the noise was the lowest I've ever seen!

[N9FE]

Had to much going on also, lightning was bad when i got back home like 9pm, sorry guy's,,

[ad4mg]

Yeah next week. Over here the noise was the lowest I've ever seen!

Nasty storms here ... lots of cloud to ground lightning. Lost the DSL again, right after I made that post around 8:00 local time. That's starting to get very old ...

[KU4MY]

I can't even remember the last time that it rained here. I'm pretty sure we are going on 4 or 5 weeks now. I'm pretty sure it was a week or so before our almost three weeks at over 100 degrees since it last rained. Well I suppose my property value is holding steady now against the neighbors who actually have lake lots as, there is no longer a lake there, just a nice new bridge that spans a little brook that babbles through the middle of a huge pasture. Temps have held steady at mid to upper 90’s though for this past week so we are enjoying the cold snap. I haven't seen it this bad since we moved here ten years ago. Well, at least I haven't had to mow the grass for about a month now........ every cloud has it's silver lining........






What the hell is a cloud anyway?

[N9FE]

we've had some real problems here, major flooding 6 people died, 17 inches of rain in some areas, not good, it's going to be a long time before this gets cleaned up, and with bridge out in st paul theres alot to do, AND ITS RAINING AGAIN been raining since saturday morning

[KU4MY]

Looks as if they are suggesting the possibility of a thunderstorm tomorrow night……. yeah…. right…… how may times have we heard that bologna here in the past month or so! Well the talking heads at The WX Channel are playing it safe though….. 30%, which around these parts means forget it…. ain’t a happenin.

[N2RJ]

Rain here too. Possibly the outer bands of Hurricane Dean that Marty Fouts knows all about.

After all, that mother fucker knows everything.

[N3ATS]

Rain here too. Possibly the outer bands of Hurricane Dean that Marty Fouts knows all about.

After all, that mother f*** knows everything.

There's one in every crowd. I attended at T-1 training class back in '06 and there was one guy who knew EVERYTHING. Always running at the mouth, acting like he was the instructors assistant, spouting off about this and that.

Then came the practical portion of the class.

He and his partner dicked with his system for better than a half hour trying to troubleshoot it. My partner and I had ours up and running in 10 minutes.

Mr. Know-It-All was pretty damn quiet after that...

[N1LAF]

Not only raining here, but it is on the cool side, don't think the temps got above 60, unusual for mid summer. It is 6 pm, and 55 degrees and dropping.

Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_233143509.html)

[N2RJ]

Yeah it was pretty cold today.

Of course up here it's a couple degrees colder.

Right now it's 57.

[KU4MY]

HAH! Another rain free day again today...... I was right..... as per usual! :lol:

[KC8FKS]

whats rain?
I cant remember!

[N9FE]

It's been raining just about non stop since saturday, more today and tonight, i have had 5 inches so far, way more down south of me, have not seen the sun since last friday

[KU4MY]

whats rain?
I cant remember!

WOW! We had a thunder cloud pass over this afternoon..... no rain, just thunder.

[N2RJ]

I'm up for 40 or 75 tonight if anyone wants to give it a try.

[KU4MY]

The bands seem to suck pretty badly here tonight.

[N2RJ]

Yeah ok.

Well I was watching CNN presents anyway. Fascinating piece by Christiane Amanpour on the religious right and how they are wrecking our country and turning it into a theocracy.

[KU4MY]

Sorry pal, that's how the founding fathers set it up...... it's been that way for a few hundred years and is likely to remain that way until the Muslims take over, but that's likely to not be too far off so you won't have to wait long.

[N2RJ]

Well whatever, whenever this weekend.

Let's try to set something up.

I'm free this weekend.

[KU4MY]

It's my turn in the barrel so if anyone wants to play Sunday through Tuesday nights lemme know. :cry:

[N1LAF]

Today, between 1:30 and 2:30 pm and between 6:30 and 9:00 pm at 3.680 +/- 5

[N2RJ]

WEll 1:30 to 2:30 is out, because today I'm working in the office.

I'll try later. Probably even see if I can reach you mobile on the commute home.

[N1LAF]

Going to try this again. Around 6:30 pm (31 Aug) on 40 meters, if 7.225 is clear of commercial stations, I will try there on my way to my dinner date with Elaine. 20-30 minutes road time, but no radio when I am with Elaine.

[N2RJ]

I'll look out for you.

[N1LAF]

I'll be leaving in 10 minutes (6:40 pm), and on freq 7.228 (which is clear), can barely here an AM station on 7.225.

Elaine said it's Shrimp Scampi tonight, looks like another great dinner.

Lets see what happens on 40

[N2RJ]

No problemo.

I have to pick up my wife (Annita, KC2OYY) tonight at 8PM as well.

Next weekend is my birthday and I'm thinking dinner at our favorite restaurant - Surya indian cuisine on bleecker street in NYC.

[N1LAF]

I called and called thought I heard someone maybe next time

sorry for no commas do not see them on my cell keypad

I can live with this limitation

The shrimp scampi was excellent as always

, found themselves commas.

[N2RJ]

What cellphone is that? I have a treo 700p and it has a comma, just need to press another key first (the one with the big dot).

I called a few times, no reply...

What do you use in your car? The 706 and a hamstick?

[N1LAF]

The car I have the 706 and the Iron Horse whips, coupled with a LDG auto tuner.

Cell phone, I have the Mogul by HTC, has EVDO, Windows Mobile version 6, Internet Explorer, Blue tooth, WiFi, networks, etc..

The comma was in blue, and since I was in a darken living room, it was hard to see the blue marked keys. I had a window of opportunity to use the phone..

[N2RJ]

I put up my 4BTV today, along with some radials. 8 on 10m, 4 on 40m so far. I have a full 500' spool of wire, and I'm gonna put radials until all the wire is done.

Any of you islanders up to give me some reports, let me know.

[W7XF]

i'm working day shift today (sunday)

somewhere in the general part of 20?

K7KWH

[N2RJ]

Sure, just name your time.

[KU4MY]

Listening on 60m channel 4 (5.371.5) now.

[N2RJ]

The vertical don't do 60m... but I'll try on the dipole.

[N2RJ]

I called, but hear nothing, band seems really dead though.

[ad4mg]

Listening on 60m channel 4 (5.371.5) now.

Gave it a few calls there, Tom @ 10:08 our time. You must not have heard me! Gotta leave to take my wife down to Deltaville to visit her aunt & uncle, so will try to hook up with you later!

I hear Ryan calling you now!

73 - Luke

[ad4mg]

Great to hook up Tom! Lots of QSB ... you signal took a big fade from S-5 when you called.

I was on the 80 meter dipole again ... running only 30 watts (dead key into the dummy load) to compensate for any gain the antenna might have.

Will be back later this evening & hope to hook up with you guys again! Would love to do a little CW, need the practice!

73,
Luke

[KU4MY]

Good to chat with you too Luke, never heard you Ryan, but, the bands are really crappy today.

[N2RJ]

Sorry, Tom. :(

Well, I'm up for some HF tonite if anyone's interested.

Tomorrow is a holiday after all, so it's not like you have work as an excuse! :lol:

[KU4MY]

True, but my excuse may be that I will be required to go to Helen, GA with the girls. :-?

Well, seriously, I am kinda lookin forward to it too. 8)

[w2amr]

Good to chat with you too Luke, never heard you Ryan, but, the bands are really crappy today.
Things were pretty bad on 75 this morning too.

[KU4MY]

75/80 are calming down a lot now, everyone has a big sig on the SC SSB net on 3.915 right now.

[w2amr]

75/80 are calming down a lot now, everyone has a big sig on the SC SSB net on 3.915 right now.
Another couple of months we will be enjoying FBOM conditions on 75. Then I can start firing up the low power transmitters.

[W7XF]

Yeah.... 20 and 40 sucked today.... in fact WWV 10 MHz was only 2x2 this afternoon; 5MHz WWVH was about S3-4.

75 was OK this evening.....

Maybe in a few weeks it will be better....

K7KWH

[N1LAF]

going mobile right now between 7.223 and 7.228

[W7XF]

Another night........another set of DEAD bands......

20 was a LITTLE better today... 40 was marginal till about 0530Z when it went into the toilet.

Not as much as a 6 meter opening either.

K7KWH

[N2RJ]

Bummer.

40 was hopping last night, and 20 was so-so yesterday.

[KU4MY]

60m was really hopping a couple of hours ago (like 01:30Z) I am camped out on 3.865 now. Starting to look for a 75/80m spot to stake a claim to.

[ad4mg]

60m was really hopping a couple of hours ago (like 01:30Z) I am camped out on 3.865 now. Starting to look for a 75/80m spot to stake a claim to.

3865 has that horrible digital garbage there all the time. That's the old Drake net, and West Va Phone net frequency. I haven't heard those fellas there since that digital crap started up a couple of years ago.

[KU4MY]

Hmmmmm, seemed okay last night. Other than us, the only thing I have heard on there was the W Va mid day net today..... I am open for suggestions (like there is any other spot on the General portion of the band... :twisted: )

[N2RJ]

Anyone up for some HF tonite?

[KU4MY]

Well pals, I have gotten my fill of radio for the night so I am outta here and QRT for the night. I am going to shock the hell out of the girls and actually be social...... a dollar to a donut says one will ask if I feel okay or, if a thunderstorm is coming. I will catch you guys on here for the next couple of nights and will be on the air over the weekend......

73

[KU4MY]

Geez this place is about as lively as the colostomy bag run at the OF's home..... anyone playing radio?

[N2RJ]

I'm too busy looking for work, so I haven't had time to fix my coax for my vertical.

[W3ZR]

I am on now... pick a spot...

I have been DXing on 2M ...

[W7XF]

Well.... my butt ios now on day shift.... so I will HOPEFULLY be spendin a bit more time on HF at home.

K7KWH

[kd7msc]

On 40 psk now. :)

[N2RJ]

I replaced my coax.

I do need to re-tune the traps since I added the 30m and 80m parts.

But I do see a definite improvement using andrew LDF2 vs RG213.

[kd7msc]

OK on 40 psk and 20 SSB now :)

[N2RJ]

Spent all day building my SteppIR.

Had a rude awakening this morning as my well pump apparently kicked the bucket overnight.

So that means basically no water, except for my emergency supplies.

Going to get it fixed tomorrow. Thank goodness it's covered by the home warranty.

[kd7msc]

Spent all day building my SteppIR.

Had a rude awakening this morning as my well pump apparently kicked the bucket overnight.

So that means basically no water, except for my emergency supplies.

Going to get it fixed tomorrow. Thank goodness it's covered by the home warranty.

Man Ryan that is a bummer about your well pump. I cant wait till I can put a beam up. You are going to love that SteppIR.
N2BJ is booming in here tonight on 40 psk wow. Well GL with the well. Later
Sean

[KU4MY]

Spent all day building my SteppIR.

Had a rude awakening this morning as my well pump apparently kicked the bucket overnight.

So that means basically no water, except for my emergency supplies.

Going to get it fixed tomorrow. Thank goodness it's covered by the home warranty.

I hate to hear about the well pump Ryan! I hope you are taking plenty of pictures, or that the Mrs. is of the SteppIR being assembled. I think I will go and play on 40m PSK31 for a bit.

[N2RJ]

Yes, she is!

Where are you on 40, Tom?

[KU4MY]

Sorry I missed you, I was scanning the PSK31 signals looking for ones that I recognized, but saw none so I just snooped for an hour or so.

[KU4MY]

Ryan's suggestion seemed to make pretty good sense on another thread, so unless the unfriendlies decide to 'QRM' the sched thread, not participating here would be a bit foolish. I will be listening on 3.865, off and on, through the evening.

[N1LAF]

Heard KU4MY 0013 GMT

[KU4MY]

Paul I could hear you in there a bit off and on, but there was also a very persistent tuner upper (intentional QRMer) in there every time you would key up.

Oh and unfortunately the SB220 is ready and 100% functional, but, the tuner is not...... still stuck at 100w.

[N9FE]

christ hey it's frickin october now and the dam lighting is still 20 to 30 over, maybe next weekend guys,,,,,

[KU4MY]

I suspect the bands will fall in to a state of disarray very shortly, as they have been doing this week, but I have, this moment, tuned to 3.865 and am listening.

[N9FE]

talked to a guy in ohio on 3.865, darn lightning was covering him real bad, hopefully next sunday we can hook up,,,,,,

[KC8TCQ]

I'm waiting for 10m to open up again

[N2RJ]

No need to wait, OM you have privs on 80, 40 and 15.

I'll QRSS for ya!

[KC8TCQ]

No need to wait, OM you have privs on 80, 40 and 15.

I'll QRSS for ya!

no antennas up for those bands at home. And not good enough with cw to even attempt that from the EOC. At least not yet.

[KU4MY]

Did a little CW on 80m with some guys in GA just now and am back on 3.865. I am afraid the solar winds have hammered the poop out of the bands again tonight. I may spin the old knob and see what else is around, if anything........ come on fall! I am ready for the bands to straighten out!

[N2RJ]

No need to wait, OM you have privs on 80, 40 and 15.

I'll QRSS for ya!

no antennas up for those bands at home. And not good enough with cw to even attempt that from the EOC. At least not yet.

Okay, well just remember no speed is too slow. There are always people who will slow down for you.

I'm no speedy gonzales myself.

Whenever you are ready, let me know and we'll work a sked.

[N2RJ]

Did a little CW on 80m with some guys in GA just now and am back on 3.865. I am afraid the solar winds have hammered the poop out of the bands again tonight. I may spin the old knob and see what else is around, if anything........ come on fall! I am ready for the bands to straighten out!

Yup. The noise level on 40 suddenly got higher last night... I guess now I have my explanation.

[WV6Z]

I hope to be playing in the shack Sunday evening if anyone is going to be around. I have gotten the 2kw version of the Windom 80 Special up (still no fire to put in the wire as I was robbed on QTH.com and have no tuner to to help out the SB-221). I plan on working on the antenna Mike gave to me to use on 60m as that is the only thing the TS-570D(g)'s tuner cannot handle by itself at the moment (well, except for 160.... obviously, and the top end of 10m). I also have the Donner interface rockin' on BPSK31 with the train wreck of a Compaq if anyone wants to play there too.

We are outta here (the plant) when the wall clocks say 7:30, so we are not going to have to pay attention to Dubyuh's delayed 'fall back' in the morning.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! 8)

[ad4mg]

This sounds like a game plan ... we should shoot for a meeting on 40 before too late in the evening, when the band stretches out, and the BC stations get lousy. I'm thinking 2100 UTC or a tad earlier?

The time change has me out of whack already. It's ten to five here now, and I've been up for over an hour. I'll be draggin' ass at dinner time this evening. I hate daylight savings time. :cry:

Hope the plan comes together this evening ... it would be fun with a dozen or so Islanders in attendance!

73 - Luke

[WV6Z]

I hear ya, DST sux big time. I hope to convince the young one we need to do a matinee so that we can hook up before the broadcaster shut it down for a few hours too. I'll check in here and via email as soon as I hit the shack. ;)

[w2amr]

I hear ya, DST sux big time. I hope to convince the young one we need to do a matinee so that we can hook up before the broadcaster shut it down for a few hours too. I'll check in here and via email as soon as I hit the shack. ;)
Are you guys going to play on 40 meters this afternoon? I'll be around. What frequency and time?

[N2RJ]

I'm basically tied up all day with the marathon so i'll have to chat with u guys some other time.

[n8ats]

i should be around all day long is someone would like to play radio

[n4aud]

Probably will be able to get on the air after 7:30 or so.

[WV6Z]

I am lurking on 20m BPSK31 now...... 4:40 EST

[n4aud]

I can't do data right now. Rats!

[WV6Z]

I will be playing radio until about 6:45. My daughter asked me if I would go to the movies with her and the show is at 7:05, so, I may be back on after we get back home. Some things are more important than amateur radio, not many mind you, but some.

[ad4mg]

I will be playing radio until about 6:45. My daughter asked me if I would go to the movies with her and the show is at 7:05, so, I may be back on after we get back home. Some things are more important than amateur radio, not many mind you, but some.

Yes, they are! Last time I checked, my rigs work every day of the week. Let's go for an evening during the upcoming week. I got caught up doing some chores before dinner.

Enjoy the show!

73 - Luke

[n4aud]

Yeah, son wants to watch a DVD tonight. My wife, son and his wife have gone shopping right now but they'll be back soon, and it will be nice spending an evening with them all.

[WV6Z]

Well we had a blast at the flicks and I just managed to catch my old neighbor, KG4RUE who has moved to WI, on 40m PSK31. I will surf the bands a bit and call it a night. I will try to keep one eye on here too in case anyone is still around.

[N2RJ]

Glad you guys had fun. We left the city at 7pm and got home around 8:30.

Catch you guys sometime again.

[W4KLB]

:D got my antena up today not without incident but it is working,will check out SC sideband net at 7:00 Mc Mars at 8:00, an listing to 3.865 now will hold of tx till i'm off line noise bad with comp on hi hi :lol:

73

[WV6Z]

Kery,

Glad you have your antenna up. I should be available for a chat during the day today, but will then be off of the air until Friday or so. If you would like to try 80m later, drop me an email, I will try to keep an eye on it. I will likely be on 60m, 5.371.5 around or abouts 8:00am for a while as I am curious as to how the cold front will have effected the band this morning. 25 degrees F up here this morning. :shock:

[N2RJ]

I may be able to make it mobile tonite, but I have our club's meeting starting at 02:30z. (7:30PM EST).

[W4KLB]

:D will listen in am about 8:00 will be on tonight for a little while 40 meters 7.250

73

[N2RJ]

Sorry I was tied up all nite. Perhaps tomorrow nite.

[W4KLB]

:D i'm on 5.373.0 :lol: :lol:

[N2RJ]

I have no antenna for that right now. :(

[W3ZR]

I'll be on the air tonight... starting on 3.668 but will check here now and then
for ideas..

[N2RJ]

i'll be around. Pretty much wherever you guys are but 40m works best for me.

[WV6Z]

I'll be at work, pretty much gathering dust and paying taxes.

[W3ZR]

On the GERATOL net on 3.668 if anyone wants to give me some states.

And I will socialize off frequency in about an hour.

N2RJ, you and I are only about 140 miles apart, what fests do you
hit if any ? I will have to head that way.