Good news Tree,
I heard you calling cq this morning just after 1500Z, and VE7CA was
also down
a couple. I had just gotten up (5AM here) and the amp was not warmed up.
I copied SV3RF the other evening after my sunset, so the band has some life
to it. I have not been on very much as yet due to some health
problems, but
hope to be on at sunrise again daily as the season progresses.
Hearing nothing else this morning, but anxiously waiting for the PT0S guys
as that would be a new one for me.
Only one new one this season, that was RI1ANF some weeks ago.
73 Merv K9FD/KH6
The band seems to be coming alive here in Boring, Oregon.
Last night - I was able to copy ZS1REC for a good 10 minutes around his
sunrise. However, Raoul had too much noise to copy me or N9RV.
This morning - I warmed up the shack calling CQ and was heard by 4Z1UF -
around my sunrise. Ilya was able to do an antenna check with me and
reported I was louder when beaming North as opposed to broadside E/W and he
could not hear me at all when I beamed South (two element phased
verticals). I wasn't able to hear him well enough to make a QSO however.
These two "half" QSOs are very encouraging however.
73 Tree N6TR/7
Boring, OR
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