S53M's signal was huge here in western Washington state. I was running 50W
into a whimpy wire for 40M and worked him on the first call, so ostensibly he
hears well too.
73 - Guy, N7ZG
> From: ulli.grunow@ospreyribs.com> To: cq-contest@contesting.com> Date: Tue,
> 30 Sep 2008 09:40:04 +0200> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW rtty - condx ?!> >
> Dear,> > I was one of the active contesters during last weekend CQWW rtty.
> Following> the results issued on the 3830 reflector, I wonder, what to think
> about the> condx. More specifically what should I think about the condx on
> 40m ??? > > I was SOSB 40m in the high power class, and have the idea, that
> this weekend> again the more northern stations are much less favored or even
> punished by> the aurora zone.> > When I see the logs of southern Europe
> stations, I cannot believe their> results - especially S53M - how did you do
> that ?!> > > > Running 12m high elevated 4square 100% above steel plate of
> 2000m2 with> saltwater all around, what can I do more to work DX ?!?> > But
> is was difficult to establish a good run to the USA, especially in the> first
> night. And only 25 JAPAN-stations worked (about 200 USA). That's a big>
> difference to S53M (by the way already 25years in contesting.)> > > > So: Can
> someone report from the USA, which stations they heard best ? Who> were the
> loudest from EU in the USA ?> > > > This was interesting: At 20:30 UTC (very
> early !) East coast stations were> strongest. The later it became towards
> their sunset, the weaker they got.> When it was darkness after sunset,
> USA-stations where dropped by almost 20db> in signal strength ! I worked the
> Midwest when it was almost 3hours before> their sunset. Later in the night -
> nothing ! Someone from Norway reported> the band was dead during first
> night.> > Same situation towards Asia: I worked JA with best signals between
> 14:30h> and 15:30h - later the band was almost dead to the far east.> > > >
> Unfortunately no station from West Australia heard and no station from South>
> Africa. may be no activity on 40m> > > > REMEMBER: All questions about 40m -
> although other band information may be> very interesting, I don't know, as I
> only have a reasonable antenna for 40m> at the moment (no towers, no space =
> big problem)> > > > Thanks for your feedback and any reports !> > > > Ulli,
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