I am in PA, not out west, but I managed to work 60 EU stations last night
(Wednesday night / Thursday morning). For my small station, this was
absolutely huge and completely unexpected!!
This was the first time I used the BOG exclusively.
Shut down at 0730Z and went to sleep, and the alarm clock went off at
1100Z. It was ignored.......
73 Mark K3MSB
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org> wrote:
> I'm an old ham but relatively new to top band. Last night from here was
> amazing. I heard lots of EUs and managed to work S58N for my first EU on
> top band. It's super tough from AZ to get by you guys in the midwest and
> east coast, even on higher bands, with modest equipment. (Inverted-vee,
> 45' at apex, 6' at ends and 500W.) Even without a dedicated RX antenna I
> apparently hear much better than I get out.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
> On 12/7/2016 1:03 PM, Matt Murphy wrote:
>
>> Superb conditions to EU from IL last night as well. Definitely the best
>> top band conditions I've experienced.
>>
>> Matt NQ6N
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 1:56 PM Art Snapper <art@nk8x.net> wrote:
>>
>> Conditions to EU were better than I have seen so far this season I was
>>> only
>>>
>>> on from 0430-0500z, but even that was impressive.
>>>
>>> Tom 4O/KC0W was very loud. In fact, he was louder than he is at our
>>> sunset
>>>
>>> peak.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Art NK8X
>>>
>>
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