I knew the morning was going to be good when VK3ZL answered my CQ and was
569. . .he was running 50w. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Zaimes AA1K" <jz73@verizon.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:08 AM
Subject: Topband: Another good LP day on Top
> The December Doldrums are officially over.
>
> For the second day we had good long path/skewed path conditions in the
> pre-dawn hours.
>
> This morning's excitement started with VK3IO (579) calling in at 1018z
> and VK3ZL (599!) at 1037z. Often when the VK's are this loud it's a sign
> the band will be poor to the tougher paths in Asia and the Pacific, so I
> didn't get my hopes up.
>
> But then KH2/N2NL came through nicely on the direct path at 1100z.
>
> And a few minutes later, Hiro, DU1/JJ5GMJ, showed up on 1811.5 and was
> being heard in New England. And I could copy him here in Delaware! DU
> has been a long, hard chase for me, having heard my first (a US station
> portable there) around 1980 when I was in Connecticut. I heard a few
> others over the years, including a 5-year pursuit of DU9/N0NM, who I
> heard many, many times with no QSO. And I've heard DU1IST both in our
> morning and LP in the evening the past two years.
>
> But unlike some of the others, Hiro manages to hear stations quite well.
> And his 300 watts and inverted L put out a good signal. I was fortunate
> to get him in the log at 1110z (no. 314) and numerous others also had
> success. Thanks Hiro for your persistence!
>
> About this time BU2AQ also started coming through, peaking due south
> though later shifting sometimes to SSW. I was copying him up till 1200z.
> No prize for me today but Allison did work several East Coast stations.
>
> DU1IST also started CQ'ing, and while his signal was stronger than
> Hiro's, he has difficulty hearing and no QSO's were observed though he
> had many callers from the USA East Coast.
>
> Peter, XU7ACY, has had a strong signal here on the long path the past
> two days, and he gave many a new one today.
>
> Ross, 9M2AX, also was coming through again today but had some trouble
> with local thunderstorms there.
>
> In other years with these long and skewed path openings, as sunrise
> approached the Asian signals often would shift around to the short path.
> But that hasn't happened this week.
>
> 73/Jon AA1K
> Felton, Delaware
> www.aa1k.us
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