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Author Topic: Good morning for beacons  (Read 2495 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Good morning for beacons
« on: September 26, 2009, 0957 UTC »
Finally, after several mornings of not being able to hear much of anything...

A  2097  faded out before I could get an exact freq
OK  3449.83
MO  4077.43
W  4078.25
Ditter 4089.17
Dasher  4096.60
W  4102.33 Not very windy this morning
Blinky  5157.61
Pike-78  8003.33
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Re: Good morning for beacons
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2009, 1336 UTC »
NO ECHO....LOL
ECHO has really been visiting Colorado...
Nice catches way out there...

WW 4078.25  (Wild West) 80-100mw into a mobile whip...


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Re: Good morning for beacons
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 1345 UTC »
Those loggings were around 0930z - too early for Echo here.

Echo coming in nicely now at 1344z, it is usually best around this time, mid to late morning.
Chris Smolinski
Westminster, MD
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