No DX was worked today, but, and this is a first, I ran out of battery power 3/4's of the way through the activation. It's a good job I also carry a 12v 3 amp Bioenno as well, just in case, and today was the day. It allowed me to finish the activation.
Propagation numbers today were: SFI=109, SN=111, A Index=9, and the K Index=2.
Radio was my KX3 at 10w, and the usual hamsticks for antennas.
I wonder if any other POTA activators have had the following issue. Today, I started on 40m at about 7.189, and while working stations I noticed another station had appeared on top of me calling out strings of weird combinations of letters and numbers. It didn't sound like a recording. Anyway, I QSY'ed up the band to 7.288, and soon after the same station was there calling strings of numbers and letters over me again. I QSY'ed once again to 7.180 and within a few minutes the same station was there pulling the same stunt. In the end I QSY'ed to 20m and the issue went away. I guess some people have nothing to do with their lives but to be idiots.
The day ended with 19 in the log, and then it was home for lunch. I'm planning on being back out tomorrow after our club breakfast.
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During my CWT operations yesterday I noticed the same very rough band conditions. QSB was bad and station who normally boomed in were in the mud. As for DQRM I have had issues as well and as you did changing bands I find works great (if conditions allow) with the new band there is new propagation zones and the DQRMer may not be in them and they just can't hear you.
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Mike
VE9KK
Hi Mike, conditions were not much better today, stations still down in the mud, and some deep QSB again. No DQRM though ;-)
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Bill VE3FI