I thought it was just me, Mike, who's been grousin' about poor conditions! I
don't have exotic receive antennas so, in the context of being located in s/w
Utah with a top-loaded 43' vertical and a new Ten Tec 539 QRP transceiver which
I was using for my QRP entry (which I dearly loved to use - first time with a
receiver that truly could filter out near by alligators): - east coast signals
were noticeably weaker than in the past two CQ WW events. Some states areas,
e.g. New England, were continuosly weak. - southwest signals, particularly NM
and AZ were BOOMING in here. - mid west states, e.g., WI, IL, IN and MI were
not up to par, strength wise, from years past, but more easily copyable than
MN, OH, MO and SD, for instance.- CA and OR were two states I heard
consistently over the weekend but they would fade, occasionally. Never heard a
WA until Saturday evening.- Heard a couple of JAs and an HL and did get a
couple of ??? from one of the JAs but, with QRP power, wasn't
expecting to work him. Note: I did work three JAs three or four years ago
but not since then. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! m 72, Jim
Rodenkirch K9JWV
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:45:24 -0600
> From: w5uc@suddenlink.net
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: CQ 160 Contest
>
> The CQ 160 contest was a large disappointment this year here in EM21.
> At least at this location, Europe was weak or not heard. Please, I would
> like to know what others were hearing. I saw few, if any EU postings on
> VE7CC from others in this area.
>
> At least I am enjoying the winter. It was a frigid 78 degrees F here in
> EM21pi today. (No, that's not a typo)
>
> 73,
> Mike, W5UC
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