It is a pileup but I'm still punching through. Gotta take what we can take!
The conditions are erratic, I was talking to a couple guys back east good signals and 3 minutes later they were buried in the noise level.I am hearing California in there too but conditions aren't quite right.
I agree, that is how I found radio today so I didn't even waste my time. It was a good day to fall down on hidden ice and twist my old knee. Limp Limp !The conditions are erratic, I was talking to a couple guys back east good signals and 3 minutes later they were buried in the noise level.
Believe me I can understand your pain. I've been dealing with wore out knees for years. I use 2 walking sticks to deal with stairs because I don't trust the old knees.I haven't gone down to the shack since last Friday. Last week I got my 1st Hyaluronic Acid gel injections in my knees and for the first time in ages I could walk without my knees grinding and popping. Still a little pain, but my tendons and ligaments need to heal. Doc said no stairs and hill climbing. I tried going down the hill to the shack and knees started popping again. So no more radio until the treatments are done in April. Don't want to take a chance on screwing up these treatments. I've been walking like a cripple for so long, that walking normally again feels amazing.
So. . . talk to you all on the air in three months. 73.
- J.J. 399
Glad to hear that you are slowly on the mend my Friend, bummer that you got to be off the air for 3 months,but your health is more important, looking forward to talking to you in April,take Care!!!!I haven't gone down to the shack since last Friday. Last week I got my 1st Hyaluronic Acid gel injections in my knees and for the first time in ages I could walk without my knees grinding and popping. Still a little pain, but my tendons and ligaments need to heal. Doc said no stairs and hill climbing. I tried going down the hill to the shack and knees started popping again. So no more radio until the treatments are done in April. Don't want to take a chance on screwing up these treatments. I've been walking like a cripple for so long, that walking normally again feels amazing.
So. . . talk to you all on the air in three months. 73.
- J.J. 399
MMM has the kind of station that MAKES its conditions. What channel and AM or SSb ??I hear MMM, (Motor mouth mall), almost daily from here in the midwest.
Conditions always, well, almost always, seem right for him hahaha.
10 Kilowatts and a six element horizontal beam will do that LOL! That man's signal darn near vaporizes everything in its path !MMM has the kind of station that MAKES his conditions
Heard him on the Bowl and channel 28 AM. He was sounding choice.MMM has the kind of station that MAKES its conditions. What channel and AM or SSb ??
I certainly agree.10 Kilowatts and a six element horizontal beam will do that LOL! That man's signal darn near vaporizes everything in its path !
That said, I've spoken to him (on channel 6 no less) a few times over the years and he is a fine operator with a very clean signal and audio. He knows what he's doing, that's for sure!
I'm impressed. I've worked a few EU stations on 10m FM(AM too 25w), but I'm a helluva lot closer to them than you. Your Delta Loop is working well. Well done.Just made my second ever contact to Europe in FM mode!! 30KF62 in the South of Spain on 26.805FM. West Coast of Canada to Europe on 120 watts and a homebrew delta loop antenna.
Europe is easy on SSB, but doing it on FM is next level. My other European FM contact was with Limerick Ireland last year, and I repeated that one on two consecutive mornings.........
Conditions have been incredible the last few days....nothing beats being at the top of the 11 year solar cycle.