Hi Paul and Raoul,
I agree, although listening to the east from here in the evening has been
particularly punishing this spring/summer. The racket seems worse than usual,
but maybe it's me. Reminds me of the adage about getting old and finding that
there are fewer and fewer things I'm willing to stand in line for. Guess that
applies to QRN, too.
On the other hand, I listen most mornings from about 1000Z to my sunrise
around 1140Z. Remi, FK8CP comes thru well most mornings from about 1045Z to
1120Z. He calls long CQs on 1835 most of the time, listening up 5.
The digital signals from New Zealand on about 1818.6 give a good indication
of that path being open, and it is the majority of the time. Stalwarts like
Bob, VK3ZL and others like Phil, VK6ABL and Ron VK3IO are often there for a
contact through the waning noise of nighttime thunderstoms. Some mornings the
JA's are strong, too.
Louis, HP3XUG is usually lurking about, and a few mornings ago, about 1030Z,
Pedro, CX5BW was BOOMING in calling CQ for a long time and mostly lonely.
The PY's are there lots of mornings, but I have to get up a little earlier for
them. E51QMA was getting thru up til the first of June, but haven't heard
anything out that way for a while.
I think there's more life in the band than in many of us operators at this
time of the year. 73 and best DX, Barry
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