[600MRG] /20 tonight

[Neil Klagge]

Rudy, maybe the 160m contest has taken some of us. Eric and I just had a
contest qso, so we are both off of 630m tonight (and tomorrow night also
probably).

My 44' topless vertical has gotten HI, AK, and the US Virgin Islands
tonight in addition to Eric in WPA, so I am very please with that.

Back to the contest....73
Neil, XSV


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Rudy Severns <n6lf at arrl.net> wrote:

> Not so much activity tonight.  XXM is decoding well on WSPR.  Mike /12 has
> a consistent trace but just barely audible.  I can just barely see Pat's
> trace.  Ralph /7 has a good signal tonight S4.
>
> While watching the trace for XXM's WSPR signal I noticed that the QSB has
> a very short cycle tonight, about 30 sec.  During his 2 min transmission I
> could clearly see the QSB on the short cycle and quite deep.
>
> We're having a bit of an ice event here, not like you guys in the Midwest
> and east but enough that I've  had to slacken my halyards to reduce the
> strain on the wires.  I have some 1200' of wire hanging up there and I'm
> paranoid.  That detunes the antenna so will be QRT for a few days since the
> prediction is for temps below freezing for the next several days even in
> mid-afternoon.  That kind of cold is quite unusual here.  We're real wimps
> when it comes to winter.
>
> 73, Rudy
>
>
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