hi reflectees !
This years ARRL160 did not yield the propagation we had last year. There
was an unpenetrable curtain from VE2 thru the great plains down to the
rocky mountain division. At least true from my 50deg north location. No
w7 or w6 stns heard, no western W0s either. The westernmost stations
worked, follow a nice curvature beyond which a nice black hole seemed to
be existing. Minnesota was the northwesternmost DX.
Southern Texan stations were the only ones peeking around the corner of
auroral activity zones in the south. Anything west or north was
fabulously shielded.
On the other hand i must say that all the stations i called and worked (
only 124 ) had good ears - despite the QRM they surely had. Due to the
lousy condx, i only put a total of 7 hrs of op-time into the test - more
op-time would have found me sleeping in front of my radio for sure.
But it sure was fun again, not every year is for breaking records :-)
73 until next years ARRL160 de wolf df2py
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