worquau ([info]worquau) wrote in [info]furryhams,
2010-11-08 01:40:00

Nice QSO Party

H ere are my first thoughts and comments on the first Furry QSO party / Net:

Nice nets.  I think I heard KC2WQW on 14.288 before he faded out.  Or maybe the solar flare disrupted the ionosphere.  Thanks for posting the log of the digital net that happened on 20 meters.

40 meters was better today.  I heard some ham radio operators checking in. I'm glad that KC2WQW moved the net to 7193 KHz because I heard a lot of noise on 7188 KHz.  Ronald's signal was fairly loud.  But around 1:25 PM EST, he started fading away.

 I tried to check in.  Hey KC2WQW, the RRE station was me.  I am using a Kenwood TS-440 and a 4 foot CB radio mobile antenna.  I think I was only putting out 10 watts.  Sorry we couldn't really have a conversation.  I need to erect an outdoor antenna in the spring or summer.

Thanks to everyone who participated in both nets.  I hope we have a few more QSO parties and nets soon.

Um, that is all I can think of.

Bye

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[info]stormnikita

November 7 2010, 23:29:07 UTC 1 year ago

I tried to check in but I couldn't hear any radio traffic =(

[info]robertfurry

November 8 2010, 00:44:19 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  November 8 2010, 00:53:00 UTC

The 40m was tied up with local chatter and did not hear any one but them. I have to get my psk back into operations. I forgot about the 20m on Saturday. Was able to hear stations on 20 and 40 from all over the USA and a little South America. I was even able to hear Canadians on CW also.

73 de N5YWA

[info]ron_overdrive

November 8 2010, 04:36:06 UTC 1 year ago

Please call me Ron, I hate it when people call me Ronald because the only ones who do are my family when they're pissed at me. ;P

I tried my best both days, but the RF gods didn't give me their blessings this weekend. The M5.4 flare did a number on the ionosphere Saturday blacking out radio comms initially then leaving the bands like crap. I could barely hear WWV! The move to PSK31 was a last minute decision. Me and Yappy weren't sure how well it'd work, but sure enough CW and digital modes were very much able to punch through the noise despite my digital rig only puts out 5 watts (Yaesu FT-817).

As for today I called CQ for the better part of a half hour plus. I received a few reports from those who couldn't check in later on. Hrrunka, for example, reported hearing me across the pond in England so I know I was getting out there! Even the locals in the surrounding states asking about the net were giving me 20+ over S9. I figured between the flare yesterday and Sunday probably not be a good day for folks very few were trying to check in.

In case anyone was wondering, my base station rig is a Kenwood TS-120S running 100watts into a full wave 40m loop w/ a 1/4 wave ground radial trimmed for 80m.

[info]hrrunka

November 8 2010, 19:45:30 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  November 8 2010, 20:45:15 UTC

Yeah, with it being past sunset over here, 20 metres wasn't doing much on Saturday evening, and the QSB and (presumably relatively local) QRN (or QRM from plasma TVs?) on 40 on Sunday made it very tricky to pick anything out, so I could catch a few words now and again. Another time, if we can catch the bands in a better state, it should be fun. (Edit: Fixing those Q-codes. Gotta get them right! ;)

[info]tigerpaw

November 8 2010, 15:56:10 UTC 1 year ago

Glad to see some of ya got to make contact.. I was finishing up a Vert. Antenna project so didn't get time to give it a go. Hopefully the next time around :)


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