Maybe the band is finally recovering from all the recent solar activity?
At any rate 171 and 252 LWBC were finally heard again at decent levels
this evening, with even Sync AM on the modified R75 giving good
reception for several minutes, around 0340 utc.
Steve AA7U
near Sahuarita, AZ
R75; E/W and N/S longwires
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