[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW Propagation "spotlighting"

[Ken K7ZUM]

Scott,

            NK7U,K7ZSD,N6TR, and the rest of the gang out here in the
Pacific
Northwest (that's very soggy Pacific Northwest !!) were really loud, because
they have "bigger antenna's" than everybody else out here !!!

73 de K7ZUM
Ken in Gres"HAM"  Ore



>
> I asked N2IC "15M?" and was told 21.041 - only to hear nothing, which is
way
> unusual.  Never did work NM on 15.  Texas signals also weak on 15 and 20.
> Tried for a couple of minutes to work W7SW in AZ at ESP level and finally
heard
> NIL NIL . . . signals from So Calif, AZ, NM, TX way down this time on 15
and 20
> - K6LL, K6LA, W6YI are usually banging in here and weren't this weekend.
>
> By contrast, the Pacific Northwest had large signals everywhere, led by
NK7U
> being about S9+40 on 15 meters and well over S9 on 80 as well.  K7ZSD -
loud.
> N6TR - loud.  N0AX - very loud on 20 and 40.  West coast very early in the
day
> on 40 - was working W6's at 2100Z without difficulty.
>
> 160 was great out here this time - W6 and W7 worked without any problem.
> K7ZSD, NK7U, N6TR, N6IP and a number of others.  N2IC, too, I must have
been
> one of the few east coast to work you (whether I'm really "east coast" is
> debatable as I'm due south of Indianapolis at K4JNY...)
>
> You never know...but that Texas and the southwest were weak all weekend is
> unusual out here...usually parity with the W7's.
>
> Scott W4PA
>
>
> W4PA 2005-2006 Contest Calendar
> Sept 11:  CW Sprint SOABHP
> Oct 29/30:  CQ WW SSB SOABHP @ VY2ZM as VY2PA
> Nov 5/6: CW SS casual operation SOABHP, home QTH
> Nov 18/19:  SS SSB M/S as K4JNY @ K4JNY.  6 ops.
> Nov 25/26:  CQ WW CW M/M - PJ2T
> Jan 14: NAQP CW SOABLP
> Feb 11: CW Sprint SOABHP
> Feb 18/19: ARRL DX CW - Barbados - SOABHP - 8P*** call TBA.
> Mar 4/5: ARRL DX SSB - unknown.  PJ2T M/2 ??
> Mar 25/26: WPX SSB M/S as KM9P @ K4JNY
> May 27/28: WPX CW SOABHP as KM9P @ K4JNY
>
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