Good Evening,
Twenty meters worked wonderfully this afternoon. Many more contacts
than recent weeks have provided. There was QSB and a number of storms
across the country but turning up the RF gain helped dig out the weaker
stations. Forty meters has become quite the local net over the last two
months. I rarely reach over the Rockies let alone the Cascades or
Sierras. Today I got two Californians with very different weather
reports. Dale mentioned 90 while Brian gave me one in the 70s. Both
reports were warmer than mine. I got to 55 degrees today with rain and
clouds. One spot of blue was all I saw.
On to the lists =>
On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z:
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471
K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5182
NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569
KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178
On 7045 kHz at 0000z:
K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183
Tomorrow it is supposed to get warmer, into the mid 60s. Tuesday will
be the hottest day of the week with a forecast of 70 degrees. Then it
goes back down into the fifties again with ever more rain. Looks like
summer will be much like spring. Maybe I should drive east or south to
see some sun and to feel warmth again. What a strange year!
Hopefully the better propagation we had today will continue throughout
the week and into next weekend. Maybe the sun will prove all the
prognosticators incorrect and flare up again. Only time will tell. But
the only way to tell if a band is dead is to call CQ until your hand grows
weary.
Until next week stay well,
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS (Net Control Operator 5th Class)
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