[Today’s run: 5.5 miles – hot]<\/p>\n
Yesterday I got together with AD5T, Roger up in Smithville and we did an on-the-air test of my new VHF configuration.\u00a0 It was he that gave me the CATV 75-ohm hardline to try out.<\/p>\n
I heard him fine.\u00a0 He said that I’m a couple of\u00a0 S-units louder than I was before.\u00a0 That’s a good thing!<\/p>\n
Tonight there was a big E-s opening on 2 meters.\u00a0 I saw the big red blob on the APRS map.\u00a0 I also watched the\u00a0 on-line 2-meter chat and lots of guys were making lots of contacts.\u00a0 I heard a few local stations.\u00a0 I got one contact, which was a very good one, n9olt on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.\u00a0 That is a _long_ shot for 10 watts on 2 meter sideband.\u00a0 He came in plain as day.\u00a0 But then he was gone.<\/p>\n
They tell me the E-s cloud was too close to me.\u00a0 It was up over W. Kentucky or Tennessee.\u00a0 The guys south of me were able to talk into Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and more.<\/p>\n
So, the new setup is working fine.\u00a0 And I got it put back together in time for a big band opening, maybe the biggest of this year.<\/p>\n
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