Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Hello All:

As everyone has talked about the conditions changing not a hole lot is
being done. So I figured it was on me to get things going here.

The old adage of washing your car knowing this will bring rain. So I
have taken down my beam antenna for a few adjustments. This should bring
in massive band openings and such. Needing to install a new winch
assembly as this small tower is used to raise and lower all my test
antennas and such, the winch needs replacing. I have eating up 3 of the
cheap winches from Harbor Freight. They just arn't made for the powerful
gear reduction torque motor I use to lower and raise the tower,
sometimes ten times a day or even more. Depends how misinformed I am
thinking how the antenna works.

So as you can I am doing my part. Your cooperation would be appreciated,
by keeping an ear open for the band openings.

Jay in the Mojave

Hi Jay

Yeah you can never tell when it will open up but it is more likely to
happen when you have your gear apart. I just got my relay/alc cable
soldered up for this 430 and want to try it with the dx, so it probably
won't open anytime soon.