I heard several stations calling up 2 from where I thought they would be at
1320 zulu.. Just like in Seattle they popped out of the noise 15 minutes past
their sunset at 1325 zulu on my vertical only.. I listened for a minute or 2 on
various antennas and they became perfect Q5 at 1340 on the 8 element rx array
in the SW short path direction. I worked them at 1347 with Q5 plus signals.. At
1359 the path began to shift here and the vertical took over on readability.
They were Q5 here well past SR at 1430Z surprisingly enough shifting to my east
810 ft beverage while not audible on the 90 ft tx vertical or 8 element
vertical array. I am guessing there must be a high angle lobe off the back of
the east beverage that is not there for the vertical antennas. Sunrise here
according to W6ELprop is 1356 zulu. It seems more than coincidence to me that
the last time I worked a station over 5000 miles the northern polar cap index
was down to a 1 just like this morning???
Lee K7TJR Oregon
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