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| Author: | chpalmer [ Tue May 16, 2017 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Hearing CHP (Needles, Fresno) loud and clear at my house in Bremerton this afternoon. |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Wed May 17, 2017 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
More areas tonight. I thought skip was done. |
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| Author: | N7QOR [ Fri May 19, 2017 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
THANK YOU for the heads up on this. The family and I went mostly "off grid" for the week in SE Oregon. I did get some data service at one point and catch this. Last night I setup my ICOM 703 and worked Palos Verdes on 6 meter sideband. The other side was running about 700 watts into a beam pointed north. I was running a measly 10 watts into an MP-1 antenna. He gave me a 5x9 and a WOW! 10 WATTS!!! |
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| Author: | Rich [ Fri May 19, 2017 7:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Poked around 6M tonight but didn't hear anything down here. Will have to try tomorrow ! |
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| Author: | N7QOR [ Fri May 19, 2017 8:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Honestly it didn't seem to open for very long N6KN is who I worked as I recall Booming signal I heard him work many Western WA stations, but only heard one side (the SoCal side) |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Sat May 20, 2017 6:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
N7QOR wrote: Honestly it didn't seem to open for very long Yea- Looks like we gotta grab these brief occasions as they intermittently pop up nowadays. |
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| Author: | mw [ Sat May 20, 2017 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Very true . Thanks for the heads up |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Tue May 23, 2017 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Needles is back tonight! Ive just assembled a Laird "Ringo" lowband antenna and Im in the process of weatherizing it (sealant, paint) to last the salty moist air for a good long time.. It should outperform the fiberglass Motorola branded stick I have up.. |
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| Author: | Mark [ Thu May 25, 2017 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Talked into CA last night on 6 and 10 meters |
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| Author: | Jim [ Thu May 25, 2017 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
What are you using for a 6 meter antenna Mark? |
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| Author: | Mark [ Thu May 25, 2017 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Mostly my random wire longwire - 60+ feet or my G5RV or my Diamond Tri-Band 6/2/70 |
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| Author: | Jim [ Thu May 25, 2017 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Thanks! |
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| Author: | N7QOR [ Fri May 26, 2017 7:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Mark wrote: Talked into CA last night on 6 and 10 meters FM or sideband? |
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| Author: | Mark [ Fri May 26, 2017 9:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
SSB. I've also been having fun with the Sunday morning VHF weak signal net on 144.24 at 8am. Even with the low spot numbers I got into SoCal on 10 meters a few days ago. |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Fri May 26, 2017 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lowband Skip coming alive tonight |
Hearing someone run traffic stops on 45.20 tonight. (Cemnet) Not sure where its from as there are so many licensed on it around the nation but its a first for me here. |
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