I was calling CQ, and heard what was probably the same carrier you were hearing. I think the radio was working, but the antenna was lousy. Ed On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:11 AM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/18/10 00:43, j. eric townsend wrote: >> >> finally got on the right list... >> >> My job has me working west-coast hours from my house, from around 11am >> until 7pm most days. If anyone wants to test an antenna/setup/whatever, >> just drop me email and I'll turn on my radio and take a listen. I've an >> FT-897D with a good antenna down to 80m and a VHS tri-band in the attic. > > ...and a laserdisc player and a 8-track. Clearly the cold meds were > starting to kick in. > > That is to say, I have a VHF in the attic along with the dipole. yeesh. > > Last night I was listening for the club but all I could hear was some sort > of faint carrier tone, like someone was tuning up maybe? > > > -- > J. Eric Townsend > design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ > PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 > >