I missed you last night, Roger
I did try listening on the band 2 hours before my sunset and was
surprised to hear a DL1 station at S7 or S8. It was an amazing signal at
19:42 UT. I just happened to be in the 160 shack working on some
shelves for a test equipment bench. At my sunset, I heard VK6VZ on
long path with a great real 559 signal. He was in for a tad over 15
minutes, but too much EU QRM to get through. That was my first long path
signal heard on 160. I have also heard JA stations at my sunrise three
days in a row. That is a normally impossible path!
I promise to be more active in hopes of working plenty of rare DX as
well as talk to the many friends I am making on 160! What a great band!
In a weak moment, I even tried some FT8 but had a miserable time as the
software seemed all screwed up. I could not send RR to answering
stations, and it took me a few minutes to realize that the FOX/HOUND
push buttons had been activated! What a dope I am at times. The FT-8
adventure was short lived and back on CW I found a station in Andorra
for a new country! I am up to 193 now. I will try to get on for EU
sunrise in the coming days too.
I am so happy that 160 condx are getting so FB. I hope to make the most
of them. Thanks for all of your efforts.
Dave K1WHS
On 11/2/2018 1:10 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Good to hear the band open most nights this week, and a reasonable number of
NA stations coming on CW! Worked my old friend Dave, AA0RS for the first
time in ages.
And I had a great chat on SSB with Jeff VY2ZM last night . . . he's always
such a great signal over here, and was peaking S9 +20dB ! (shame there
weren't any other NA stations calling in)
Hope there will be a lot more NA stations on 160m on CW and SSB over the
weekend.
Roger G3YRO
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