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dave · June 2nd 10, 03:26 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:19:43 -0700, wrote:

wrote:
QSL received from Jamestown, St. Helena Island for amateur contact on
3/15/10 on 21.240 at 1320UTC.

Jim

What power?

100 watts. Conditions were great for about a week back in March. I
worked a bunch of stations on 15 meters just running barefoot. The
only time I had to use more was working some of the far east stations
on 20 meters. Hong Kong, Indonesia. Thailand, etc.

Sunspot number went up for a few days. Then we got hit with a
geomagnetic storm. Was talking to a guy in Missouri and one in Indiana
on 40m earlier today and both guys just faded out. The only guy that
stayed strong was a truck driver in North Carolina.

The truck driver is a cool guy. He is taking a job for a couple years
in Japan and he already has his Japanese license so he can transmit
from there. I will be listening for him and hopefully can make a
contact.

Jim

FB & badass! The sun is wigging. I'm working 2/3's of the world with
=/ 40 Watts PSK31. I'll need sunspots for India and SW Asia.