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Matt285:
So as I posted in the Rf area. I got my Icom 718 back from repair today. Managed to work IN, NC, and a VE7 as well as Lithuania and Guatemala with a mix of LSB and CW on 40m with my lowered OCF dipole at 20' .Cant wait to get my antenna back up over 35'. Also building a vertical. So glad to be back on and making contacts. Gonna try to make one more DX contact and call it a night.

ThaDood:
GOOD!!!! Now you can also work those dudes in the afternoon on 60M, and later Sporadic "E" 10M around May. Speaking of which, caught a dude on 28.415MHz USB whom just upgraded to General Class and threw together a 102" whip and home brew GND radials to get his Anytone rig on 10M. But, wait until you try a 102" whip on other bands with just RX. Then, TX with a tuner down as low as 20M. Even MW isn't half-bad to DX with such an antenna. Be lookin' for ya on 10M! Even the OCD does decent on an "E" opening.

Matt285:
I love 10m. i can't wait for it to come back to life. I did work some openings out to around 700 miles a while back. I currently don't have 60m capabilities. Never used it.

Josh:
If you like 10m, try 15m.

Matt285:
I see reports of activity on 15m during the day when I'm at work, but the activity seems to taper off by the time I get home. I'll check out 15m this weekend.

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