Good day for skip today.
- Mr Audio
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Good day for skip today.
Great day on 28 today. 35 plus good contacts from Florida to Hawaii out of the Mojave Desert, So. Cal.
Jim (213/Mr.Audio)
Jim (213/Mr.Audio)
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Re: Good day for skip today.
Any day is a good day if I can get across the street, I enjoy the shots to the UK in the morning on 38 and 39LSB. Tried a few on 35AM too.
3's
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Re: Good day for skip today.
I guess I need to start hanging on 38lsb. But I am enjoying the skip on Channel 6, 11, 15, 26 and 28 -- Hawaii, Australia, Barbados and Bahamas. I plan to start hanging on 38lsb soon.
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Re: Good day for skip today.
11 is pretty hot here today. Even the local 15 has some gong in and out. I have not been past 15 today.
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Re: Good day for skip today.
Knoxville was hammered with Cleveland Ohio and Michigan today. Made a few contacts with those two states on low side of 38
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Re: Good day for skip today.
Skip's been rolling in from all over but it's been turbulent. One minute it's Texas or Louisiana and the next it's Minnesota and Illinois. Made a couple of barefoot contacts on 37 though.
Earlier in the week it was wide open coast to coast. No way I could break through all the QRM on my barefoot little rig. In the afternoon I'd get the West Coast. A couple of hours later Hawaii. Then about the time the sun would start to set I'd hear New Zealand and Australia.
Last couple of nights after dark it was all North South. New York and Connecticut paired with Florida and the Caribbean.
I have an Antron 9 feet over the roof line but my next project is to hang a vertical dipole 60 feet at its apex.
Earlier in the week it was wide open coast to coast. No way I could break through all the QRM on my barefoot little rig. In the afternoon I'd get the West Coast. A couple of hours later Hawaii. Then about the time the sun would start to set I'd hear New Zealand and Australia.
Last couple of nights after dark it was all North South. New York and Connecticut paired with Florida and the Caribbean.
I have an Antron 9 feet over the roof line but my next project is to hang a vertical dipole 60 feet at its apex.
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Re: Good day for skip today.
Like you it has been coming pretty much the same directions, even had short skip from Chicago which is rare for me at least. Even heard some traffic in SE part of my state that I normally don't hear.
Re: Good day for skip today.
So strange, just tried locals and 21,23,28 were hammered from midwest. Last night I found chatter to my state like previous post TwettyBird mentioned, and the other state was so loud. Skip is so funny, sounds like they are in the driveway.
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Re: Good day for skip today.
Wide open to Canada from EM84ru.