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Possibilities
7 May 2015 | by It's sunny and the sky is a brilliant blue and there are no clouds. The high temperature for the day is expected to reach around 80F (27C). The SSN is currently at 110 and while the A index is slightly high, the K index is only "1".
I am hoping this makes for good band conditions during lunchtime today. Hopefully, I'll jump on somewhere around 1745 UTC for about an hour.
Amateur Radio is so much like fishing. The possibilities abound, and you rarely know what you're going to get. I don't get how anyone could not like this hobby. Even when I get skunked, I may be disappointed, but I never have a bad time.
To turn a phrase, "A bad day at Amateur Radio is better than a good day at ...... (you fill in the blank)".
I'll update this later to let you know how it went.
Lunchtime Post Mortem:
The weather was indeed beautiful, the band conditions were "meh". Signals were non-existent on 10 and 12 Meters, sparse on 15 Meters and most plentiful on 17 Meters (which has become a favorite band).
I worked YN5SU in Nicaragua and OT4A in Belgium, and that was it. I called CQ for a bit and had no takers. But I was getting out, according to RBN:
I have no idea, however, why RBN has my location as somewhere in the vicinity of Missouri.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
Larry Makoski, W2LJ, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from New Jersey, USA. Contact him at [email protected].I am hoping this makes for good band conditions during lunchtime today. Hopefully, I'll jump on somewhere around 1745 UTC for about an hour.
Amateur Radio is so much like fishing. The possibilities abound, and you rarely know what you're going to get. I don't get how anyone could not like this hobby. Even when I get skunked, I may be disappointed, but I never have a bad time.
To turn a phrase, "A bad day at Amateur Radio is better than a good day at ...... (you fill in the blank)".
I'll update this later to let you know how it went.
Lunchtime Post Mortem:
The weather was indeed beautiful, the band conditions were "meh". Signals were non-existent on 10 and 12 Meters, sparse on 15 Meters and most plentiful on 17 Meters (which has become a favorite band).
I worked YN5SU in Nicaragua and OT4A in Belgium, and that was it. I called CQ for a bit and had no takers. But I was getting out, according to RBN:
I have no idea, however, why RBN has my location as somewhere in the vicinity of Missouri.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
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Larry hi,
RBN explanation of misplaced QTH here:
http://reversebeacon.blogspot.it/2015/01/faq-why-does-your-map-show-my-qth.html
72, Marco