<div dir="ltr">I agree. <div><br></div><div>Notwithstanding the fact that I am battling an S9 noise floor, I tried to give away some points yesterday (and will be back at it later today).</div><div><br></div><div>I heard zero USA stations on 14MHz or 21MHz for the first hour! .</div><div><br></div><div>By 9pm I had managed to work 25 stations, including two from MDC (Maryland/DC).</div><div><br></div><div>There was a solar event earlier in the week which may have affected conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>First job when I get back to the Club Station is to investigate an electrical problem in the Yaesu FL2100 which prevented me from using it yesterday, so I was only running barefoot. Probably electrical discharge caused by dust across the HV capacitors, or maybe one capacitor arcing over.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep an ear open for 9Y4TT. I will be in search & pounce mode only...</div><div><br></div><div>Even with my puny signal, I was stunned by the number of 'great audio' reports I got. Not sure if the mic is anything special, or maybe I just take the time to set up the processor and keep an eye on the ALC more carefully than most.</div><div><br></div><div>There was just one really trashy signal on 21MHz yesterday. </div><div><br></div><div>I am not in favour of the automated voice recordings in use.</div><div><br></div><div>Iain</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Alex Fraser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beatnic@comcast.net" target="_blank">beatnic@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">HF propagation </font><font face="Comic
Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Saturday</font> was as bad as
I've seen it on FD. As a C1 I only made 4 contacts. I tried</font>
many more than that, but the only stations getting out were home
stations (with towers and amps) and they all had pile ups of course.<br>
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