Tod,
Your reference below to NI6T should be to NI5T. I was never happy about
their callsign choice for their contest station, for obvious reasons,
and your observation merely serves to maximize my discomfort. I was not
QRV in this contest.
Garry, NI6T
On 2/26/2012 9:15 AM, Tod Olson wrote:
> Barry:
>
> I found your tape fascinating. I am very envious of the low noise level
> that was recorded - - beverages must make a difference. :)
>
> Although I heard, from my Idaho QTH, some of the same signals you
> recorded, the signal levels were considerably different. KG7H, WA7LT, W6YI
> were noticeably louder for me. Even AB5M was louder. NI6T seems to be
> missing from your tape although they were active and loud every time I was
> operating.
>
> The big signals on your tape seem to be from stations that are less than
> 700 miles from you. The DX stations simply did not exist - at least for me
> while I was listening. [I was sleeping at 4:00 AM MST<1100 UTC>]
>
> I managed to hear and work a couple of FL stations, one ME station, and
> one VA station. Only the ME station was comfortably above the noise level.
> This year most of the East Coast stations simply did not seem to be on the
> air. [I am sure that they were on the air but I just could not hear them].
> While it seemed I could fairly easily work stations within 700 miles of my
> QTH, there simply aren't enough of them. Most of the stations I was able
> to work by calling CQ had signals that required a great deal of
> concentration. All in all I found this to be one of the more challenging
> years for this contest. It simply seemed as though the propagation was
> insufficient to overcome the listening challenges of my station on 160m.
> In other years this has not been the case. In fact, it was not the case
> for the ARRL 160 and the CQWW CW 160 earlier in this contest season.
>
> The conditions served to make one appreciate good propagation. And your
> tape, during what I deem to be a poor propagation period, shows how a
> really good station can overcome some of the poor propagation effects.
>
>
> Thanks again for making it available.
>
> 73, Tod, K0TO
>
>
>
>
> On 2/26/12 6:49 AM, "Barry N1EU"<barry.n1eu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had the tape running this morning around 1100Z as I scanned the band and
>> I caught 49 stations, and I posted the sound clip to
>>
>> http://n1eu.com/mp3/cq160ssb26Feb12_1100Z.mp3
>>
>> That's what it sounded like in Albany NY on my Orion and Beverage antenna.
>> Unfortunately the stereo diversity was lost in the recording (my bad).
>> Below is the list of stations in order:
>>
>> W0AIH
>> N4HB
>> WW8OH
>> ND8DX
>> K4WW
>> N2EOC
>> WA7LT
>> W8CO
>> NT8Z
>> AB5MM
>> C6ANM
>> W0MR
>> KK1KW
>> NF8J
>> WD5COV
>> N2CW
>> WB9Z
>> VE3MIS
>> N3RR
>> K2GE
>> W8GP
>> W6YI
>> KG7H
>> N9UY
>> W2ID
>> K3STX
>> W2MF
>> W8XXX
>> W5PR
>> AK5DX
>> W3TS
>> AB2DE
>> ZF2AM
>> WA4ZXV
>> N3HBX
>> K1AR
>> W3KL
>> W1XX
>> K1LZ
>> K8PO
>> CO2GG
>> VE3DC
>> WJ2D
>> K9NW
>> N4BCC
>> W0MR
>> KA1IOR
>> AB5MM
>> N2EOC
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry N1EU
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