"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Diverd4777 wrote:

S-5 S- 7 here on the east coast
Almost as clear as a local / regional AM Station

Nothing really unusual about that. They generally put in a good signal
here on 9580.

What was unusual this morning was having to go out and do some minor
antenna repairs. The PL-259 on my 200' wire must have worked its way out
of the matching transformer due to repeated heating and cooling. This
mornings 9 degree temp put the finishing touches on it and it was not
making a good connection. At first I thought my coax had failed (it's
buried), but after doing some continuity checks, and finding out that
the PL-259 seemed just a tad loose, I quickly got it up and running
again.

It's damn cold out there in the wind and snow!

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers"


They were playing some weird stuff this morning. I finally got tired of it
and changed to listening to QRM. Actually hams talking over each other on
7219 and 7219.25
Kinda funny.

Yes Steve, I had to do that a couple of weeks ago after a bad snow storm.


73's
Rick

Drake R8 R8B
ICOM R75
Yaesu 7700
Hammarlund SP-600-JX-17

"If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?"