<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sorry to hear that propagation was poor on the East Coast. Here in Michigan, the bands were pretty good, actually, at least 20m and 40m. The problem here was that it rained all day, and the winds were incredibly high. The tent we put up for the GOTA tent was completely demolished, and it was even a bit scary in the campers that a couple of guys dragged out.<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">73!<br><br>Dan KB6NU<br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>CW Geek, Ham Radio Instructor<br>Author, The CW Geek's Guide to Having FUN with Morse Code<br>Read my ham radio blog at <a href="http://www.kb6nu.com">http://www.kb6nu.com</a><br><br><br>On Jun 28, 2015, at Jun 28,2:33 AM, Alex Fraser <<a href="mailto:beatnic@comcast.net">beatnic@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><font face="Comic Sans MS" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">HF propagation<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><font face="Comic
Sans MS" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font face="Comic Sans MS">Saturday</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was as bad as I've seen it on FD. As a C1 I only made 4 contacts. I tried</font><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">Tomorrow is another day!</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">Alex Fraser wrote on 6/25/2015 11:21 PM:</span><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face="Comic Sans MS">I missed FD last year, just mixed up the weekend. I'm kind of looking forward to it, real radio stuff for a change. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br> I mounted my screwdriver antenna on my truck today</font>. I first mounted it on the truck about 10 years ago so the work goes very quickly. I've not decided if I will have 6 meter this year. I use a half wave whip for 6 and if I find the mount it is a bolt on mount with matching network built on. Sometimes I also have a 3/8 " mount for playing around, but with all the rain expected Saturday it might not be any fun tuning 20 & 15 meter whips. I'll use a mag mount dual band antenna for 2 and .70 meters, you don't get many contacts, but since I use an Icom 706 it isn't much trouble and I think it important to at least try.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br> This year I'll drag one of my Chinese 2.4 GHz quad copters along. I'm curious how they will behave around a lot of RF. WWI set up near by, they run a few stations and have some beams, should be interesting. I'll try and get some aerial videos, which is I guess a pun?<br><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
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