They report lots of noise down there. 160 operation must be a nightmare.
73,
Bill WE5P
Comfortably Numb
> On Nov 19, 2020, at 13:13, Thomas Hoyer via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
> Would be interested in hearing (no pun intended) what type of antenna you,
> or anyone heraing the 7q7, are using
> TomW3TA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Salvatore ["Ted"] K2QMF <k2qmf2@gmail.com>
> To: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy@gmail.com>; thoyer1@verizon.net
> Cc: Greg Chartrand via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 19, 2020 12:20 pm
> Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night
>
> The 7Q7 was 100% copy here on Long Island!!Tried for over an hour to work
> him!! No Luck...Ted K2QMF
>
> On 11/19/2020 12:15:01 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy@gmail.com> wrote:I
> heard the 7Q7 call sign here in NC exactly once, of course at the tippy
> top of a long QSB cycle, which then immediately dove into the noise not to
> be heard again in the 30 minutes
> before I had to go downstairs.
>
> 8’s and 9’s appeared to be hearing him. Go figure.
>
> 73, Guy K2AV
>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:44 AM Thomas Hoyer via Topband <
>> topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> Observation from my little gun station in eastern PA is that propagation
>> seems to have moved more to the west of me, western PA, Ohio and further.
>> Whereas for the last two weeks or so I was hearing EU fairly well given my
>> S5 noise level which is quite for me.
>> Worked the KP2 and YL stations last night but as Roger alludes to some
>> deep QSB made it a couple try QSO.
>> That 7Q7 was drawing a lot of activity bit I could not hear him at all.
>> Seemed like stations to the west of me were hearing better.
>> TomW3TA
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roger Kennedy
>> To: topband@contesting.com
>> Sent: Thu, Nov 19, 2020 9:40 am
>> Subject: Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night
>>
>>
>> Once again, lots of stations on the band last night from both sides of the
>> pond . . . good have such a nice turnout.
>>
>> However, quite deep QSB on most signals, and propagation didn't seem as
>> good
>> as the night before (when I worked several stations right across to the
>> West
>> Coast).
>>
>> Thanks once again to all that made the effort to come on 160 to have a few
>> QSOs . . . let's hope we can keep the DX CW activity going again next
>> Wednesday.
>>
>> 73 Roger G3YRO
>>
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