Hey Gang, I got lucky!
Conditions here in Delaware were quiet and unusually good for most of the
evening. Thunderstorms from near Detroit to KY raised a little havoc for
ops in those areas but the East coast saw some mighty fine enhancements
about half way through the evening. Gary-N3GO was 579-589 with his 75
milliwatts and Danny-K3ETS was over S-9, one of the strongest signals of the
evening with 999 milliwatts. The band ended just about the time we did and
did not hear any signals beyond the Mississippi River. There were 2
stations near the end that got covered by an increase in noise level here
and without a QSP, QNF seemed in order at 10:45 PM EST.
Thanks to all for the good time and next month I'll probably go with the
AK-1 keyer unless you'all liked the old plastic bug :) (comments welcome)
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CALL S/P Name Sent Rcv'd Comments (started @ 9:30 EST)
AA4XX NC Paul 599 599 Enjoyed Charlotte fest
WA1QVM MA Joel 589 Wrk'd Wis QSO party, 5W
big dipole Concord, MA
N4JS NJ John 579 599 Mighty HALF WATT, Clean and strong
N5BIK NC Gary 569 569 Gastonia 4W
K4WZ GA Ron 449 439 Atlanta
WJ4P SC Randy 569 559 QSB, band changing started here
WB0CLD MO Bill 459 459 FT-301 5W QSB peak of 579 in DE
K2SJB NY Dave 579 449 89er 1.5 W peaked S-8 great sig
AE4IC NC Bob 579 569 2 Wts Sierra
W4DON NC Don 599 599 Statesville 2W, vy strong
KR0I?? never did get this call correct and didn't catch a reply, sri.
KC4MHM FL Ed 589 589 Tallahassee 4W, Tks for 2nd wk ck-in
KF2PH NY Nick 599 599 Great 2W sig from Long Is.
N3GO NC Gary 57-89 579 75 milliwatts, incredible sig here
K3TKS MD Danny 599 599 Big band peak again, 999mw & loop
VE3VAW ON Brian 58-99 579 was only 559 at sign-in Yea QSB!
N2TNN NJ Dean 589 579 2W No Murphy tonight :)
N2VGK 559 at check-in
WA8LCZ MI Byron 449typ 429 Strms/QRN, peaked 579 at end 5W
TS-450 + Gap Vert.
K4GN GA Jim 559 559 Atlanta, 5W, Band shifting quickly.
Every sig was checked on both the 410' Zepp and the dipole....not much
difference all night. Rig FT-840 at 4.5 watts at the coax after switches.
TKS Again, Jim K3QIO Wilmington, Delaware
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