I listened at my sunset (and theirs) but heard nil even though Bob, W7RH, with
his big antenna had spotted them. I listened periodically over the next couple
of hours and finally decided it wasn't going to happen. After a night of TV
watching I went to bed about 0600Z without bothering to listen again. Imagine
my chagrin to see the spots from last night when I looked this morning. I hope
they're on again tonight. I'll be ready.
Wes N7WS
On 2/24/2020 10:30 AM, David Olean wrote:
Hi Gary,
I was out of the house early in the evening on Sunday, but started listening a
little before 10 PM local time. VP8 was very weak and mostly in the noise.
They would peak up and be readable for short periods of 15 seconds or so. Over
the next half hour the signal started building here. and by 10:30 they were
good copy most of the time for me. I am 30 miles inland, so no salt water
effect. W7RH said they had good ears and to call them even if they were weak.
I took his advice and they came back right away as soon as I called! I was so
surprised I sent my call again to make sure I was not imagining things! It
really took me by surprise. They peaked up 5 hours after sunset here. By 0500
UT they were getting sorta loud at times!
I am not sure, but I think many areas had no propagation as there were few
callers most of the time. I listened up until about 0600 UT (1 AM here) It was
getting close to EU sunrise but very few European callers, and they would call
sporadically. There were not so many NA callers either, although VP8PJ was
making a steady run of contacts. Back at 0300 UT I did hear a good pile of EU
callers calling VP8 when he was impossible copy here. Later on, there were
fewer EU callers. If it is a new country, I doubt people would quit for a
nap! I heard a few comment that VP8 was impossible copy later on.
Then again, maybe everyone was exhausted from the CQ 160 SSB weekend. It was
fun to listen as the night progressed, and I was amazed at how well VP8PJ was
hearing; better than the callers almost all the time!
73
Dave K1WHS
On 2/24/2020 6:04 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
VP8PJ, in South Orkney is a 559 here
tonight. A new one on 160 & my only other
S. Orkney Q was on 15M in 1990.
Amazingly it took two calls and he came
back so N/S propagation is excellent right
now.
73,
Gary
KA1J
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