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<div><font size="2">Over the
years we've not established "mobile windows", intended to give the
relatively weak mobile ops a clear space. Those windows are hard to keep
clear, especially on SSB where there are lots of non-OhQP stations
floating around. And in most cases on CW it's not to hard for a mobile
op to find a clear frequency.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">There is, however, one exception to this. Given the
low solar activity it is quite likely there will be little or no short
skip on 40 meters, making it difficult for people in Ohio and nearby
states to work in-state mobiles, until 80 meter activity picks up in the
evening.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">So to facilitate 80 meter daytime activity by the
mobiles, during the daytime hours please keep 3545 KHz +/- 0,5 KHz or so
clear for mobile stations. That way a mobile can make a brief
appearance there,and be easily found by other stations. And likewise, if
a fixed station can monitor or make frequent checks of 3545, any
activity there will involve a mobile, and quite possibly be a new
multiplier in a rare county.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Once 80 meter propagation picks up in the evening,
after 6 pm or so, this will not be so important. But during the day
please keep 3545 clear for the mobiles. And hopefully you will be able
to work a lot of them in a lot of Ohio counties!</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">73 - Jim K8MR</font></div>
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