From the east coast with wire antennas, I was impressed with working
Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan on voice. Must be much more common for
other folks. There were close to 100 J stations on the cluster
Saturday, and I worked quite a few. Even worked a couple on 15m.
David Wilburn
NM4M
http://www.nm4m.com
Alan Leith wrote:
> Well, Barry, you beat me because I didn't even S&P. This is one CQWW in
> which I did not participate. I've missed a few others in the last bunch of
> years because I was not able to operate but this year there was nothing to
> spark my interest, and I didn't even get on to give points to some of my
> buddies. From what I heard, or didn't hear as the case may be, they
> probably could have used the points -- assuming they could have heard me.
>
> 73
>
> Al, VE1AL
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry [mailto:w2up3@verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:28 PM
> To: Alan Leith
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] European sigs to W9
>
> Condx were miserable. This is the first contest I can remember where I just
> S&P'd and never called CQ. 10 was useless. 15 was almost useless
> - big guns were workable, little guns weren't there. 20 was too crowded to
> find a clear spot. 40 was 40, with too many EUs listening only below 7100.
> 80 was a mess - too many EUs operating way down in band where NA was
> covered in EU QRM, and our antennas don't work well below 3700, anyway. 160
> was 160, especially on SSB.
>
> I had more fun playing with Morserunner and practicing my CW typing on
> lcwo.com.
>
> Barry W2UP
>
>
> Alan Leith wrote:
>> Almost every one of the stations you mentioned are big guns with lots
>> of power and great antenna systems. They are, in no way, indicative
>> of band conditions. The little pistols, like you and me, are still
>> down in the mud and washed away by QSB.
>>
>> The only good thing is that signals other than the big guns' might
>> come up out of the noise long enough to scrape out a QSO.
>>
>> Mind you, out here on the east coast, signals from Europe were fairly
>> reasonable for several hours. However, to me, several hours does not
>> a contest make.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Al, VE1AL
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of KI9A@aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:54 AM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] European sigs to W9
>>
>> I just made pass thru 20 meters, and made a few notes of signal
> strengths.
>> Obviously not scientific!
>>
>> Rig ICOM 756 PRO3, AGC set slow. No preamp on, 2.4 filter Ant
>> Cushcraft A3 tribander at 25'
>>
>> 1330 Z ( 8:30am local) in Belleville, IL
>>
>> RW1AC 59+20 loudest on the band
>> ER0WW +15
>> DR1A +15
>> RK2FWA +10
>> LY5R +10
>> S56M +10 must have had bad rx freq had at least 5 calling, did not
>> hear any of them OK4U +10 OH5Z +10 OH4A +10 RK3DZB +5 ES5TV +5 RL3A +5
>> IR2C +5 SO0Q 59 DR5Z 59 GI5K 59 SM6U 58 YT1BB 58 IO2L 58
>>
>> Just an idea of what the loudest European stations sound like, in
>> southwest
>>
>> Illinois, on 20, at the bottom of the solar cycle, with a low tribander!
>> And
>> condx today seem very good!!
>>
>> 73- Chuck KI9A
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