W2LJ's Blog - QRP - Do More With Less.

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Rained out

Posted: 31 Jul 2016 05:16 PM PDT
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I think good ol' Charlie Brown probably had a better day than I did.

The rain didn't come to an end here until 2:00 PM, an hour after FOBB
began. I went with the plan of staying hive-bound, which didn't work out so
well, either. My wife Marianne decided to do some laundry, so I was not
only fighting QSB on the bands, I was also fighting horrific washing
machine QRM. I could hear the "swish-swish" of the agitator in my ear
buds. Criminy!

I ended up making a paltry 15 QSOs. W4MPS, Marc in North Carolina was by
far the loudest signal I heard all day long.

I am hoping and praying for better weather for the Skeeter Hunt.

The only bright side was that I was close to the snack drawer and the ice
cold water in the refrigerator!

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

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Bee # 17 might be hive-bound today

Posted: 31 Jul 2016 07:56 AM PDT
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Not looking too good at the moment, and it's been pouring for most of the
morning.


But start time is two hours away. Maybe I can get in an abbreviated
session. If not, it will just be "W2LJ NJ 5W". :-(

We'll see, because if the terrestrial weather picture above isn't bad
enough ..... there's this, too:


I guess some sunspots are better than none.

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!