Superb conditions to EU from IL last night as well. Definitely the best
top band conditions I've experienced.
Matt NQ6N
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 1:56 PM Art Snapper <art@nk8x.net> wrote:
> Conditions to EU were better than I have seen so far this season I was only
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> on from 0430-0500z, but even that was impressive.
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> Tom 4O/KC0W was very loud. In fact, he was louder than he is at our sunset
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> peak.
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> 73
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> Art NK8X
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> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM, <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
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> > Greetings Topbanders. . .
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> > I got on the air on TB late last evening about 11:00 p.m. Central
> Standard
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> > Time and had a pleasant surprise. I had been QRV 160 earlier in the
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> > evening and found conditions to EU to be poor (when I have trouble
> copying
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> > SV3RF, F5IN, HA8RM, etc., things are bad). However, I got back on later
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> > having suspicions that maybe conditions were beginning to improve so I
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> > started calling CQ. I was pleasantly surprised and ended up working 32
> EU
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> > stations (not a bad run from here in the Midwest). It wasn’t a
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> > run as I stopped to tune around from time to time to see what else might
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> > going on. I could have worked more stations but was tired and went to
> bed.
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> > The real surprise was well over half the EU stations worked were either
> new
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> > call signs for 160m or all time new call signs. I was careful to make
> sure
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> > I was getting call signs accurately so I’m confident the “unique” call
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> > signs were indeed valid. As we get further into the season I’ve noticed
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> > the past week or so this pattern of improving conditions as EU SR
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> > approaches. It most definitely has not always been that way this season
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> > here in Iowa. In any case, it might pay for you stateside guys to stay
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> > a little late as EU seems to waiting.
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> > 73 and compliments of the Season. . .Dave, W0FLS
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