Conditions may not have been spectacular this morning but I did manage
to work JA for the first time at my sunrise.. Heard two JA's but one
was too weak for me to make the QSO. Happy to have another one in the
log for 160m. First time I have heard JA on 160m. Apparently JD1BMH was
on as well, but heard nothing from him - would have been an ATNO for me..
1Kw to inverted L, 70ft high 90ft sloping. fed against approx 5,000ft
radials for inverted L, 80m vertical and 40m 4square - all radials
connected together.
Tony
ve3rz
On 12/18/2018 12:53 PM, Don Kirk wrote:
As a followup to my previous post about great band conditions early Monday
morning, the band this morning (Tuesday) was back to its typical self if
not a little worse from here in the Midwest USA. European stations peaking
25 dB above my noise floor early Monday morning were lucky to be peaking 5
dB above my noise floor this morning (which is much more the norm). I
would call what we experienced Sunday night / Monday morning one of those
rare special days (magic days). I sometimes notice a day each side of the
magic days where propagation is a little better than normal, but this
morning was not one of them here in the Midwest. What Sunday night /
Monday morning shows is that you must check the band everyday or you have a
great chance of missing one of those very special moments where the band is
red hot.
Just FYI,
Don (wd8dsb)
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 6:20 PM Don Kirk<wd8dsb@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dave and Gang,
This morning I was on from 0600 to around 0730 UTC and the band was in
great condition into Europe from the Midwest (but lots of QSB), and at the
same time I heard KH6 really pounding in strong. I typically call
conditions like this morning as one of those special days that occurs only
a handful of times a year on 160 meters. Stations like DL5AXX and SM5EDX
were at times peaking 25 to 30 dB above my noise floor, but there were lots
of smaller stations easily workable which is an indicator of very good
conditions.
Here is a link to a recording of DL5AXX that I made this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqLKMjG7L8
73,
Don (wd8dsb)
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