Conditions were great! Worked them here in Michigan at 1000Z (5:00 A.M.
local) on my vertical with no "real" receive antenna. I want to thank my
dog for waking me and wanting to tinkle at 4:45 A.M. I think I'll go out
and buy her some "ham" as a thank you.
Ron ND5S
-----Original Message-----
From: W7lr@aol.com <W7lr@aol.com>
To: topband@contesting.com <topband@contesting.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 09:50 AM
Subject: TopBand: ZL9CI
>
>After a pit stop I decided to listen for ZL9CI on 160 m just before 0900
utc.
>Soon heard AA0RS and W8JI work him on 1840 ssb, but could not hear the
>ZL9 here in SW Montana, but hrd ZL2JR. Just at 0900 I hrd ZL9CI cq on
>1826.5, listening from 1831 to 1831.5 Soon afterwards about 0905 utc he
had
>built up to nearly s7 on my tx array for ZL and a new one was soon in the
log.
>At this time NE9Z and N7NG near Jackson Wyoming could not hear him, and
>they are only about 400 miles south of here, Bozeman Montana. I soon bid
>them gm (via the KE7X/N7NG) dx cluster. This morning Bill NE9Z said that
>toward 1000 utc the ZL9 signal built up there and both worked him.
>NM7M may have a new task to explain such a shift in propagation.
>The ZL worked quite a few w6 7 0. He was hearing very well, much better
than
>most US stations. Good luck. 73 Bob W7LR
>
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