Contact Report
Charley Scarborough
Nothing on 14,225kHz.
Charley AC7LU
de...@goldenwest.net
Charley was coming through clear on 7.240 and 7.285 Could not hear Bob
on either
On 14.230 I could barely hear Bob and not Charley
Dennis
Charley Scarborough
Couldn't hear Dennis on 14,230kHz, but heard Bob weakly.
Charley AC7LU
de...@goldenwest.net
Mostly good copy on Charley at 7.285
Nothing heard on 14.225
Dennis
Charley Scarborough
Dennis on 14,230kHz or 14,225kHz. Well have to try Bob again in 2 hrs
when the 20m frequency will be 14,225kHz.
Charley AC7LU
de...@goldenwest.net
7.285 good copy to Charley, nothing with Bob
14.225 got a little poor copy from Bob, nothing from Charley
Dennis
Charley Scarborough
hear Bob or Dennis on 14,225kHz, but an Oregon station was booming in here.
Charley AC7LU
Robert Joseph Glaser
4:54pm edt - somebody's got a radio program on 7.285
Was able to copy Dennis great on 7,285 at 1PM MDT, but no Bob. Could not hear Bob or Dennis on 14,225kHz, but an Oregon station was booming in here.
Charley AC7LU
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Robert Joseph Glaser
14.265 was clear in New Jersey @ 5:15 pm edt and I could hear both AC7LU, Charley, in Wyoming, and KDOTTF, Dennis, in South Dakota, but turned out to be a dedicated Salvation Army emergency communications frequency to my understanding. Pray the cell towers don't go out.
73, Brother Bob, WH6UO
Charley Scarborough
we could not contact Bob on the east coast. Late in the day Dennis and
I had weak communications with Bob on the 20m band, but could not
communicate with each other. Does this match everyone else recollection?
If so, what lesson should we draw from this test? Although 80m is not
working for us at the moment, it has in the past so it might be a good
idea to continue the 3,802kHz net at 5AM MT. On the other hand, 40m has
not been working for us at that time. Maybe we should move the 7,285kHz
call to around 9AM MT to have access to what we saw today? What do you
guys think?
At this point, I'd say 20m results are still too tenuous to be included
in the net. Maybe more experimentation and changing band conditions
will lead to future insight into how to make use of this band at some point.
Charley AC7LU
Robert Joseph Glaser
I'll go with your evaluation as I did not take enough log notes. Bands were very busy, probably because of storm. (?)
Dennis
I have been watching the http://www.suspicious0bservers.org/ report each day but have not been able to correlate sun conditions with radio. Did notice that solar wind decreased this week as our radio conditions improved. Will keep watching.
Trying different frequencies at different times of the day was a good idea. We should keep doing it until we find a frequency and time that allows all of us to connect.
Charley, Thanks for setting up the test
Dennis KD0TTF
Robert Joseph Glaser
I believe the frequencies will not be consistent each week with varying conditions. But trying different frequencies sounds reasonable.
73, Bob, WH6UO, New Jersey
Charley Scarborough
You guys are correct about the variability of conditions. This
time of year 40 and 80m usually work the best. During the summer
months it's usually 20 and 40m. Unfortunately, Dennis and I
usually can't make contact on 20m no matter what time of the year
it is. I suspect our signals just skip right over each other, so
for us 40m is the common denominator.
I believe the frequencies will not be consistent each week with varying conditions. But trying different frequencies sounds reasonable.
73, Bob, WH6UO, New Jersey