I could hear that conditions were improving on 160M at 0400Z when CWT ended
- my EU rate was great from 0400Z through 0700Z, and the super strong DL
signals were in the 0500Z-0600Z window.
I was very surprised so many Europeans were even awake. There were many
fewer NA'ers CQ'ing, although a good number of NA'ers were doing S&P.
Tim N3QE
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:19 AM, K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net> wrote:
> :::: What time was this opening to EU on 160???
> BILL
>
>
> On 12/31/2015 10:21 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
>
>> Hello Tim
>>
>> I am a "Johnny Novice" on Top Band; my best was 25 EU DX contacts the
>> night before last night. That was the first time I was able to call CQ
>> and have EU stations answer me! Last night I worked a few EU, but was
>> playing with my EWE antenna.
>>
>> TB is indeed fun, and very challenging (at least for me!)
>>
>> 73 Mark K3MSB
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There was a huge NA-EU 160M opening last night and I was surprised to work
>>> 50 Europeans on one night, outside a contest. I'm sure that 160M veterans
>>> can tell me of working 1000 on a good night, but this was great for me.
>>> I'm
>>> surprised there were that many Europeans awake before their dawn!
>>> Including
>>> Russians and Ukranians too.
>>>
>>> It was a little different than the "Belgium-specific" opening I found a
>>> few
>>> months ago, this one seems to have been all across Europe. There was a
>>> good
>>> hour when the DL's, ON's, OK's were loud like regional stations on 80M
>>> and
>>> there were a couple loud Ukranians too.
>>>
>>> Reversebeacon screenshot:
>>> http://www.trailing-edge.com/DEC31-opening.png
>>>
>>> Tim N3QE
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