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    You can tell it's not a major contest weekend.

    I'm appalled at the lack of activity on 10m. 15m, 17m, and 20m seem to be light as well. If it wasn't for the RAC contest, the bands would be pretty dead.

    So, who's near a radio today?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    So, who's near a radio today?
    Me, albeit with a soldering iron. Currently modding a couple R7000s and an R71.
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    Christmas Party at the tobacconist. Photographing.

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    I've been calling a friend of mine on 10, and can't belive how dead it is. Other than a few cw stations. Oh yeah, and a shitload of beacons that never answer my call. Bastids
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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    I've been calling a friend of mine on 10, and can't belive how dead it is. Other than a few cw stations. Oh yeah, and a shitload of beacons that never answer my call. Bastids
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    Haven't turned a radio on in at least 48 hours. I get a little radio shy about this time of the year. With the CQ WW and ARRL SS and a couple more in the log now, it's time to take a break. I'll get more active as SKN approaches.
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    all i can do is rx......

    doing my nightly listening to 3913
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    Quote Originally Posted by W2IBC View Post
    all i can do is rx......

    doing my nightly listening to 3913
    3910.

    Amusing who shows up there from time to time.

    Also listening to a local net on 28337.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    I'm appalled at the lack of activity on 10m. 15m, 17m, and 20m seem to be light as well. If it wasn't for the RAC contest, the bands would be pretty dead.
    Yeah, which is why the guys who gripe about contests tick me off with their "they jam up the bands" BS. Contests are about the only time the bands really are used to full capacity.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Yeah, which is why the guys who gripe about contests tick me off with their "they jam up the bands" BS. Contests are about the only time the bands really are used to full capacity.
    And not even then, really. Even during contests, I can find lots of room to ragchew. It's always the same ones griping, too. Their banter is getting tiresome. Bastids
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