Clark Savage Turner wrote:
>
> Hi Shawn:
>
> I think the operative phrase in your question is "lousy
> antenna." Hi.
>
> 40 meters is active all day and night with a good antenna.
> Now, during the middle of the day skip is a bit short and
> most people are at work, so there may be little going on
> at times, but I find a couple of QSO's going on even
> during those times. At night, the QRM may be a challenge
> but 40 is hopping. Heck, from Orono, Europe is only a
> hop, skip and a jump on 40. You're in a good location
> for listening there. By the way, does Orono have a ham
> club?
>
> Clark
> WA3JPG
> Irvine, CA.
We do, sorta. It's kinda dead, I've been too busy the past semester to
really give it the kick it needs. (Senior project work, etc.) Next
semester I hope to really get it going. I don't know how yet, but I
certainly would like to. Life just has been too busy for me to really
get involved in radio.
Anyhow, I have noticed that here at school, 40m seems much more active.
My antenna at home must be really lousy, all I seem to pick up are some
really annoying tones (SWL carriers?) in my 1340. Maybe if I get the
antenna outside, run some sort of gnd to my station, and even use a
balun on the dipole like I am supposed to, maybe I'd hear more, ya
think?
Actually, time to go over to the shack. Try to work some 10m SSB, and
if that is dead, I'll jump down to 40m and see if I can copy some cw.
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Shawn Upton
Electrical Engineering Student
University of Maine at Orono
webpage: http://www.eece.maine.edu/~supton/
mail: supton@eece.maine.edu
KB1CKT Tech Plus
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