<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Todd Fonstad <<a href="mailto:tfonstad@earthlink.net">tfonstad@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hank, n8xx, posted "If things are as bad next week as this week, 40 will be<br>
an almost complete bust for in state Q's. I've been dabbling in the Georgia<br>
QSO party this afternoon, and many mobile signals are just at the noise<br>
level on 40, and nil on 20. I haven't checked 80 yet."<br>
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I also dabbled in the 'test today and found identical conditions here in<br>
eastern WI. However, 80M has been humming this evening. The good news on 80<br>
is that not only are the GA fixed stations and mobiles reasonably good copy<br>
(and there are hordes of callers on the rovers), but close-in stations are<br>
very strong as well. Heard were K8DD, n8xx, N8MR, and numerous IL and WI<br>
stations. That bodes well for 80 and 75 in the evening as local and<br>
'distance' bands, as well as during the day for local contacts. Best get a<br>
wahr up for 80!<br>
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73<br>
Todd<br>
N9NE<br>
Oshkosh<br></blockquote><div><br>Yeah, I agree, Todd ..... 40 wasn't real good this evening, but 80 and 160 were good into GA. And your sig was fairly loud here. Heard quite a few 8's and 9's on 80 and 160.<br>
<br>The last couple of years we started moving to 80/75 around 4 or 5 ET. <br><br>73 Hank K8DD<br></div></div><br>-- <br><br>'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their <br>level then beat you with experience.' -anon<br>
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