<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I operated the SARTG RTTY Contest this weekend and 15 meters was good to EU and the band appeared long on Saturday with very little USA worked. It was better to USA on Sunday.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I called CQ endlessly for a couple hours on 10 meters with the 2nd radio. The only station I worked on 10 was a station in Ohio that I moved from 15. I heard him fine but he had
problems hearing my 500 watts. So I'd say ten was not so good at all from here.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Get used to it as we are going into the lower part of the cycle. We still might get some ten meter openings this fall and winter but I would expect ten to be leaving us soon.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>73, Don AA5AU</span></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Steve Lott <lottsphoto@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Contest Club Louisiana <LCC@louisianacontestclub.org>; Mark Ketchell <k5er@arrl.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 18, 2014 8:16 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [LCC] Were the High bands any good for you guys, in NAQSOP SSB ?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6579128191"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>My score this year is very dismal<br></div>of course I got a "hey let's go fishing at the lake house call"<br></div>and therefore spent less time on the air........<br><br></div>
But I am wondering if it mattered that much<br>(3 hours this year versus ten last year probably) duh !!! :)<br><br></div>So I looked graphically at last year versus this year and that is when the images shouted at me the question, did everyone's score dive, <br>
due to no activity on 10 and 15 ??<br><br>The graphics are on my Blog..............<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sdxa.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-dif-year-makesnaqsop-2013-versus.html">http://sdxa.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-dif-year-makesnaqsop-2013-versus.html </a><br clear="all">
<div><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Cheers!<br>steve<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kg5vk.com/">http://www.KG5VK.com</a><br>My Ham Radio Friends<br><br></div></div>
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