Nice presentation Don ! The MAGIC is indeed in the unexpected and L I S T E N I N G W I T H Y O U R H U M A N E A R S ... !! I remember that 20 sec multi-hop Es opening with 5J0BV; driving home @ 100+ km/h in the 50km/h zone to work KH7R in Es/F2/Es longpath (!!!); that crazy opening to Far-East with XX9JN and KG6DX with 59+ signals; ZC4 via F2 going over my head to the west of PA - I had to wait for more than 2 hours before the skip got shorter. Now, that's magic. Let's make the band magic again and put out a classic, audible SSB/CW signal and stop FTx when those sigs get audible ... Clicking a mouse is not magic, it's pathetic ! -- Enno, PF5X (220 6m-DXCCs worked in CW/SSB)
Don is modest. His amateur radio resume is stupendous! Great presentation...
Great presentation, cheers from the U.S.
Great presentation on the Magic Band. Thanks Don
BTW Thanks for organising this and other presentations Trystan.
Hope to catch you on 6M de KT1R
Nice presentation Don ! The MAGIC is indeed in the unexpected and L I S T E N I N G W I T H Y O U R H U M A N E A R S ... !! I remember that 20 sec multi-hop Es opening with 5J0BV; driving home @ 100+ km/h in the 50km/h zone to work KH7R in Es/F2/Es longpath (!!!); that crazy opening to Far-East with XX9JN and KG6DX with 59+ signals; ZC4 via F2 going over my head to the west of PA - I had to wait for more than 2 hours before the skip got shorter. Now, that's magic. Let's make the band magic again and put out a classic, audible SSB/CW signal and stop FTx when those sigs get audible ... Clicking a mouse is not magic, it's pathetic ! -- Enno, PF5X (220 6m-DXCCs worked in CW/SSB)
Enno - thank you so much for your comment. It's amazing that you had that contact with the Far East - and more. Quite amazing. Yes, indeed MAGIC.
Exactly! I got into radio to to people, not click on stuff in an app and declare a contact lol.