I listened on 160 meters at my sunset yesterday Feb 8, at about 2200 UT
and was able to copy (weakly) V84SAA calling CQ on 1.805. I called for a
few minutes when they peaked up midway between my sunset and their
sunrise at about 2240 UT. I could no longer copy them at their sunrise,
but could tell that they were still on calling. At best V84SAA was Q2
or maybe Q3. At times I would have recognized my call if it came back,
but, alas, no luck, and then signals started to fade. It did not take
much fading to make them impossible to copy. I had listened at my
sunrise yesterday morning, but heard nothing. I overslept this AM. (again!)
Best signals seemed to come from my 100 degree wire.
Dave K1WHS
On 2/7/2019 6:13 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
They were quite readable here at my sunset yesterday - about 2215Z on 80M CW
but were working EU. Best signal was Long Path from the SE. This morning,
I had no copy on them at all on 160M but could hear what seemed like a
pretty small pile of W5,6,7,0s calling. Usually the sunrise path from here
is NW but LP or skew paths produced no joy. Note that I was not able to
hear 9Y1YC on 80M CW this morning either. He spotted himself at a few
minutes before sunrise here - 1155Z.
Will keep listening. Both would have been new zones for me.
Ed N1UR
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