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Recent content by S&W357

  1. S&W357

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Thus far today right here in 52* rainy North Carolina nothing but mumbling and murmuring and one whistle coming out of my AT-6666. Yaesu 3100 has a little 2 meter traffic. Haven’t awoken the IC-7300. It’s napping and I’m gonna do the same.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    10:30’ish last night here Skip was rolling in from NY, CT followed shortly after by TX and OK.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    I talked to that Triple One Five as did three other guys nearby to me. 1115 had a consistently strong signal for a lengthy time. Local friend of mine (38 Special North Carolina)sent me a text message excited saying he just talked to a station in Columbia. I asked him to call out again and see...
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Good 11 meter DX day here in North Carolina.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Dead here in central NC as well.
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    INLINE SWR METER(S) VS RADIO SWR METER(S)

    All of us in the radio hobby are a little bit little bit crazy.
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    Water in coax

    That would really suck if water was also dripping inside radio gear.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    If you guys ever hear me on 11 meter SSB I’ll be calling out as WDX-556 or 2NC556 or NC556. I know. Confusing ain’t it.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Gimme dat ClusterDX
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Yep for sure. Have done that for years. Been trying for decades to figure out why that’s called the Free Band. Free of 11111111 and other smart alecks I guess.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Every time I try 11 meter SSB Skip there are so many stations piling up it is annoying. Been that way a month or so. I try to make a couple of contacts then move on to another band.
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    Export Radios, Amps, and the Police?

    For Medical Testing Only
  13. S&W357

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Being 80 YO has its hang-ups as well.