Hi Jeff,
Well, my friend, you doubled my score! Which is fitting since you
likely have at least twice the station as I have, hi hi.
Yes, activity is pretty low in our area. Whatever happened to N4GN
around Louisville? Haven't heard him in a few years.
Also didn't hear K4TO, or N4QWZ. Usually work both of them in every
contest.
Anyway, this was the motivation for kicking off the IN/KY 2m SSB net,
which is going very well. Hopefully this well get some new folks
motivated to stay with weak signal operating.
73
Dan
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Jeff Thomas wrote:
> 12 Q's, 9 grids, 6 states, total score 108.
>
> I did better this time around than last year, but neither is anything to get
> excited about. The band seemed to be fairly flat, maybe up some to the east
> and northwest.
>
> Worked KA1ZE/3 Stan from Tolland,CT up at his contest site in Pennsylvania
> (FN01xx) about 420 miles out. This was my farthest contact of the evening.
>
> W9GA Ken in Wisconsin (EN53WE) about 361 miles out.
>
> K4QI with a nice signal from North Carolina, FM06 about 350 miles out.
>
> W8ZN Terry way over in Virgina, FM19bb about 370 miles out.
>
> The continued "silence to the south" is starting to worry me. What has
> happened to the Tennessee stations? Admittedly I did more "hunt & pounce"
> this time around, so maybe they were doing the same and we just missed each
> other. I did spend a lot of time listening to the south and called during a
> few spells. There used to be several folks routinely active in Tennessee.
>
> The trend of no one on around Lexington and Louisville continues. I think I
> was the only station on in Kentucky! If others are on the air contesting, I
> sure didn't hear them! Kind of glad I didn't make the Black Mountain run for
> this one due to weather concerns. With the "silence of the south" continuing,
> probably best that I stayed in Northern Kentucky.
>
> It's hard to say for sure if the apparent trend of lower activity is
> something to worry about. When the solar cycle is low and 6m is only hopping
> during "easy season" I tend to think a lot of the VHF/UHF weak signal folks
> pursue other interests and forget about the VHF/UHF activities. Seems like I
> remember this trend from the 1990's, but it is worrisome. Today the hobby is
> also competing against a never ending deluge of new tech/internet "fads" for
> folks time/interest.
>
>
> 73
> Jeff
> WA4ZKO
>
>
>
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