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As of when I left for work yesterday, I still needed them on 160, 80, and
40. Landed them on 40 on the way home from work. (yes, from the mobile. I work second shift so this was around 0700 UTC +/-.) Got home & found them on the bottom of 80. Had just turned on the amp to give 'em a call - phone rang. Server upgrade that worked when I left had gone bad. Had to turn around & go back in. Figured that was the end of my shot at working them yesterday on 80. Guess not. Stuck the 80m resonator on the car on the way home. Found 'em on 3503 working up 3. Took about 10 minutes of calling - but they heard me. Worked on 80 from the mobile. I don't have a 160 resonator, so had to wait until I got home to try there. On 160, the problem was QRN. HORRIBLE on this end - severe storms about 250km south of here in Alabama - and from what I hear it wasn't any better on their end. And, my amp doesn't work on 160 so was limited to 100 watts. Got 'em anyway. Still need 30 and 10 meters. Heard them on 10 during the DX Contest but was a QRP entry & that wasn't enough "soup" to make a QSO. |