On Saturday afternoon - I took a break from working on my suntan
to check the band about 70 minutes before sunset. I was hearing
several Europeans. I finally got RU3DX to notice me and put him
in the log at 2329 UTC - and my sunset time was 0035.
GJ4CBQ hung in there and we exchanged RSTs at 0034 UTC - so we
had a good peak at my sunset. The band was okay - but never
great during the evening, but I logged a total of 10 Europeans
before working 5K0T and going to bed. Maybe most of the big
signals were focused on working them as they seemed to be making
a lot of QSOs into Europe.
I had worked HK0BKX before, so this wasn't a new country, but
the GJ4 was - #214 for me. It's been a fruitful season so far
with 9L, A25, OJ0 and UR as new ones. Hoping to get XW1B during
the CQ WW and maybe something in zone 21, 22 or 34.
I got up early in case the band was open like it was the previous
day. I found RU4SU and he initially gave me a 579 when I called
him, but upgraded me to a 599! This was at 1335 UTC. I went
up the band and worked another 10 Europeans. The band was not
as good as the day before, but there were some good signals out
of UA4 land and I worked a few stations I hadn't worked before
(OH1DD, UA4LDP, UA0FAI and UA4YA). I got a few SWL reports from
OZ and I this morning, but no QSOs.
Of course - this means conditions will be horrible next weekend
during the CQ WW DX contest. I am also planning to do a single
op effort in the ARRL 160 contest - so maybe they can be bad
then too. :-)
73 Tree N6TR/7
Boring, OR
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