I had some unusual short skip today. I never never never ever get into Kansas or Oklahoma, but made a contact in Wichita (117), and into Tulsa (42) on .385 lsb today from Fort Worth, Texas. Great conditions, and they were "firsts" for me.
73,
RT307
I talked to Austin today, and both listened and called for both of you.
I'm surprised I didn't talk to you today 307. I talked to Lubbock, Denton, Tyler, and all around you into Oklahoma and others when the short stuff was rolling. This is Old Grampa and I was on .385, working my Starduster. The frequency was kind of quiet, and not all jammed up with signals like usual. It seemed to me like all the noise of the jam was in the background. I could hear it, but it wasn't dominating my receiver. If a strong signal popped up, you could talk to em' just like they were down the street.
I'm still getting DX from all over the US today and again the band is not just crazy with signals either. It is a rare condition for me, and I've been around two way radio since the '60s.
You guys in the US had short skip, but everyone I hooked up with was in California, 3500 miles from me. Like Marconi, I could hear all of the scramble in the background, but it didn't dominate my receive. California stations and I had a direct hookup,with the only interference being other stations in Calif. It's been like this for three days. Strange what Mother Nature can do.
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