[WARC] DX Galore last night on 144 SSB

[Todd Sprinkmann]

     You may want to read about how things went last night.  
We finally got lucky and hit a good opening in conjunction with a 
Wed. SSB net night.   

    With this stagnant weather pattern, we may well have good 
conditions for a few days.  Preferred times would be toward 
sundown and overnight into early/mid morning.  

     Here's what I've been sending to various other groups today.  
It's all about getting more folks involved with V/UHF, and 
increasing their enjoyment.   

  
    >>> In every ham group, there are a few who enjoy reaching 
out farther with their stations.   I email a lot of hams to make sure 
I'm not missing anyone who feels the same way I do.   A LOT of 
hams moan about how activity has gone downhill.   That may be 
true, but I prefer to DO something about it.     

     Conditions got very good for the SSB nets last night, especially 
later on.  Several newer guys in the Milwaukee area worked grids 
such as EN47 (N. Minn) , EM27, EM29 and EM25 (SW Mo, 
K.C, Mo. and E Okla.) after 9-11pm.   Yes, they have horizontal 
beams, but they don't have superstations.  These were 400-600 
mile paths on 144 SSB, and this sort of thing happens more often 
than 90% of hams realize.  

     It was a good night to stay up and play VHF.   Some details 
from last night are up on the website http://www.kc9bqa.com   

     With no change in the weather pattern, it's a good bet that 
enhanced conditions will continue, especially in the later evening 
thru early-mid morning hours.   Get on the air and enjoy it.   

     It would be wonderful if we could have great propagation 
for parts of the ARRL VHF QSO Party on Sept. 12-13th.          

       73,
       Todd   KC9BQA   EN63ao   40 N of Milwaukee
       http://www.kc9bqa.com   For Frequent VHF/UHF Updates