Hi Joel,
What is the antenna there for 160? You were loud here in Phoenix.
Mike KC7V
On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Great score Joel at ZF5T on 160 Meters!
>
> The geomagnetic field was active during the CQ WW CW with storm conditions
> Friday evening. And with thunderstorm QRN Saturday evening it made for
> challenging conditions from the Caribbean on the Topband.
>
> 810 contacts in 75 countries is amazing in light of this.
>
> 73 — Jon N0JK
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> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:13:18 -0500
> From: Joel Harrison <w5znjoel@gmail.com>
> To: uy0zg <uy0zg@mksat.net>
> Cc: Kenny Silverman <kenny.k2kw@gmail.com>, Topband
> <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: TK0C skimmer on 160
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> Hi Nick,
>
> I was the 160 meter op at ZF5T. Thanks for the Q and glad to put you in
> our log.
>
> Condx from ZF Friday evening to EU were very gud but around 0330z to 0400z
> the band went pretty much dead to EU. There was no EU SR peak.
>
> Saturday around 0130z we had horrible QRN from a storm somewhere in the
> Caribbean that made copy on 160 and 80 near impossible. It calmed down
> around 0300z but condx were very bad to EU and sigs weak.
>
> To the west our furthest contact was with KH6J and one other station on
> Hawaii but that was it. No JA?s or anything else. We had JA?s spotted on
> the cluster but they were being picked up by a JA skimmer.
>
> Overall it was a good weekend but could have been great with some better
> condx and no QRN during the Saturday evening session. We finished with 810
> Q?s, 18 Zones, and 75 countries on 160 from ZF for the weekend.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN / ZF2ZN
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