J. Mc Laughlin wrote:
I am located well out in the country in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. (A
troll because I am below The Bridge.) The nearest large city is Flint.

OK, about as far away as you can be in 8-land without being a
Yoopergrin! I was invited to give a paper in April, but I am
not in shape to do such
a thing in person. Several other members of my department are also radio
amateurs, but they too are not able to go. In this modern age, I will
present electronically. We all hope that those who attend with
licenses and
antennas will be effective with the path our way right through the
magnetic


I had the same experience with the last VU4 group (December 2004). I heard
them well enough to be almost certain of call signs about twice for a few
tens of seconds. I have a quiet location - well, most of the time, P-noise
can be a major problem - and one can take to the bank that they (VU4) were
weak.

Yep. My QTH is also usually quite quiet, so a signal has to be awfully
weak to be weaker than the noisegrin!

pole. Have you heard of a group with a track-record that proposes to
attend?

I've not. It is, however, still early & there's time for things to change!

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