Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Steveo wrote:
Jay in the Mojave wrote:

Hello All:

Anybody getting DX skip stations that come in and go in a matter of
only a few seconds. I have a 2 and a 4 element quad beam antenna up and
testing. I have this fast in and out skip stations on all of my
antennas.

Jay in the Mojave


Hello Jay

I had a bit of that over the weekend but the band has been fairly quiet
over here for the past week or so otherwise. The ground-wave has still
been in there fairly consistent.

Steveo:

Yeah still seeing the skip in and out. But then this weekend it was in
there pretty good. Hearing stations 100 miles away, no problem, and back
east. Should be gettin skip condations this weekend I hope.

Jay in the Mojave

Hi Jay

That 100 mile mark makes it fun, I like it more than DX mostly because you
can usually carry on a qso with the guy much longer than a skip contact.

It's a better test of your gear too, imo.