George, thats a big drop off in Q's from a very reliable QTH. Bn dabbling in
the 10m Contest today...216 Q's so far. Vy strong FR4
called a guy I was calling, so I called him for a quick Q. He was
59+10 on ssb. The 3B8 was more like 57. One of the three Alaskans I
worked was 59+20, the other 55 and 57. Lots of fun but have some new
power line noise to the west. Heard the gal in Saudi, but too weak to
call through the Euros.
Hoping the prop isnt too unstable next month when 3Y0J reaches Bouvet!
They have a terrific video on QRZ.
Bob
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From: "GEORGE WALLNER" To: W3HKK@roadrunner.com, "'topband@contesting.com'"
Subject: Re: Topband: 160 contest; dits and dahs; propagation
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We normally make 1300 Q-s in this contest. This year, with a lot of
hard
work, only 994. Propagation had to be very selective. C6AGU was
consistently
20 - 24 dB on the W3LPL RBN, but not heard at W3HKK. At the same
time, EU
stations were causing QRM on the RX antenna, which is 10 dB down
towards EU.
Strange conditions, indeed.
73,
George,
C6AGU
On Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:12:30 +0000 W3HKK@roadrunner.com wrote:
Interesting comments!
I specifically listened at my SR but heard no JA's.
Also typically in this contest at certain hours I get a steady
stream
of W6, W7 replies - many surprisingly strong. This time it was less
than 20. The West was fairly sparse, there were many cracks in the
QRM
wall, and it seemed most sigs were from the NE, Mid-Atlantic
regions.
4 Land is usually a big contributor to the log, but again this time
much less so. Probably goes to show just how telescopic propagation
can be on TB, ie
spotty. Re: DX: I looked for every DX spot and heard none from EU.
The
Carrib was about it. No CA or SA ( other than XE.) Or Pacific other
than KH6. Dits and dahs: My CQ CW Contest submission feedback
results get hit
pretty hard by penalties, and one of the major errors is the other
guy
logging me as SKK - so now I try to repeat it an extra time, slowing
way down on the H. I thought I might have a sending problem with my
7610 memories, but now chalk it up to noise/qsb/haste to move on to
the next guy. I do hear and appreciate when the other guy slows down
his call. Really helps me get it right by minimizing guesses. Worked
KH6 around 11:30 pm local time here..a bit of a surprise, and
then later saw a spot for KL7 but he was buried in the noise and
never
got him in the log. Usually hear them well around my midnight and
sometimes before my SR. Nothing else heard from the Pacific or JA,
even though I had worked JA two mornings before.
Bob
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