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Het ging de laatste tijd alleen maar berg af met de propagatie.
Veel  geomagnetisch stormen.
Dan was 10m toch nog redelijk open zaterdag middag.


160m was de slechtste band
aantal gehoorde stations slechts 5 
Met 100W was er niet veel te beginnen
Maar toch KC1XX en KM1W  beiden op 6 banden 
 W3LPL  kon me niet horen  eindeloos CQ hoorde niemand!
Jammer dat zou ook een 6-bander zijn.


Op 80m ging het s'morgens goed.    Wat ik hoorde kon ik gemakkelijk werken.  Ik hoorde velen tevergeefs roepen
 Dus slecht kan de   geïmproviseerde  80  "shunt" verticaal niet zijn.
40m zondag ochtend  goed open naar west-kust   NV MT UT BC WA CA   ze kwamen allemaal tot verbazing retour.

Ook de  duoband 30/40 inv-V dipool  kan nooit helemaal trash zijn ik kwam in de piles redelijk snel aan de beurt.

de teller staat  10uur lokaal op 369Q  141 multy's


live score te volgen op
http://www.getscores.org/live/


Zondag  10m  zwak  geen nieuwe stations kunnen werken
Maar  15m was tijdens SS  super veel multy  NV UT WA CA BC    SK nog gehoord 
Dat maakt de ARRL weer mooi. Ik werd een beetje verzadigd van al die oostkust W's  


op 160m zondag tegen einde  alleen VE1ZZ  599! 
Op 80 en 40 nog wat multies erbij


0.0  Wyoming en Southdakota!
de eindscore







QRV 4M   transverter (old 6m)  + BLF177 
7ele 2/4/6m 3-band  met 160m inv-L white wire feed through using isolated stand-off  




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