Comparing aurora oval photos between the 27th and 28th, it seemed the pattern
was very similar, with a little less intensity on the 28th, so I thought last
night would be another good opening- But after hearing just about every EU
posted after about 04:30, I was unable to work anyone until 06:53. The band
was full of EU signals- Very frustrating to hear OM2XW for over 2 hours,
with stations in IA and UT working him but not me- OE6MBG and OM2XW had very
good signals, but I never could get through to them- Then, finally at 0653z,
DJ7RD answers my CQ, DF2PY is weak, but worked first call right at his
sunrise at 07:18, and G3XGC at 0727, ON4WW 2nd night in a row at 0730 and
G3PQA at 0733. This was much more like a typical weak 80M opening when the
sunrise terminator line making the difference between being heard or not.
But what a strange night with W0FLS in IA and K7CA in UT working EU all over
the place, and me, in between them, not making into EU until much later-
F8BPN was copiable for over 2 hours last night but I just got word from her
that her rig is down and it might be awhile before she is on again- 73 Paul
N0AH
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