Hello All
I have just come back on to Top Band after about 40 years QRT so very pleased
to be getting some contacts. I am still coming up to speed with all the
operating changes since I last was active in pre Internet days. I still have to
sort out my RX antennas etc but should be back next season properly set up.
73
Richard G3OQT
> On 21 Apr 2019, at 02:27, VE6WZ_Steve <ve6wz@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob, and all,
>
> Yes Bob, here also two nights ago G3PQA and F5NZ were both worked in VE6 via
> the direct polar path…no skew here.
> Last night the band was in great shape again with G4UFK, ON7PQ, G3OQT and
> F5NTV all making it across the pole.
> For me the band opened up around EU greyline beginning around 0400z. The
> QSB was long and very deep with the signals disappearing completely for a
> long time with only very short peaks of Q5 copy.
> The band is still very much alive!
> Here is John, G3PQA CQing two nights ago:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SxJymY4gozZGdcO26L9dhOIGlXmGjDGH/view?usp=sharing
>
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SxJymY4gozZGdcO26L9dhOIGlXmGjDGH/view?usp=sharing>
> And this is Richard G3OGT calling CQ last night:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ywxw_04oE6x_YQ5RNY_zuhqNz57lT9ZN/view?usp=sharing
>
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ywxw_04oE6x_YQ5RNY_zuhqNz57lT9ZN/view?usp=sharing>
>
> de steve ve6wz
>
>> On Apr 20, 2019, at 6:18 PM, W7RH <midnight18@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Now two days old due to mail bounce.
>>
>> Last evening a brief pre-greyline opening occurred to western Europe on 160m
>> from the SW. I was able to work G3PQA at 03:33 UTC. This late in the season
>> makes this type of contact rare. Propagation at the time favored southern
>> east coast. At that time solar wind was below 250m/sec and proton density
>> was less than 2cm squared.
>>
>> A side note. 40m was popping with S9 plus EU during this time period.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Bob, W7RH
>>
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