I listened around at 00:00 UT up around 1830 and the static crashes from the
storms in the upper Midwest was covering anything that might have been on the
band. S9+10 on my RX loop.
Cecil
K5DL
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> On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:16 PM, David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
>
> I managed to get on 160 CW starting at 05:30 UT and figured I might catch a
> few early risers on the "Continent". I was quite surprised at the level of
> activity. I did not hear many stateside callers, but I was busy for a few
> hours up until just about Sunrise in Europe. No exotic DX worked, but I
> managed a number of contacts with new stations for me. As I was getting
> close to EU Sunrise, I also got a call from ZL1AZ. He was good copy on my
> Europe beverage wire, and was 579 when I picked a wire that was aimed the
> other way. He peaked at 290 degrees, so the path was skewed northward a bit.
>
> I tried a little FT8 near EU Sunrise and set power at 5 watts. I worked two
> stations in Spain. That was not much fun, so back on CW after only a few
> minutes, and worked a few more in Britain, Norway and Sweden as daylight was
> spreading across the mainland. I managed to not work G3YRO, but I wanted to
> let him know that I did make an appearance on the Wednesday Activity Night!
> I had lots of QRN nearby, which made copy poor as I would miss several
> letters at a time. I am also finding that my CW is getting worse as my hands
> suffer from tremors. It is starting to ruin my already bad fist!!
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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