Excellent Bill!

I heard some at 4:30Z, then it went away, I waited (saw folks trying, cluster spots indicated East Coast and EU). Then at 6:20Z I was hearing partial calls, in between the tune uppers and someone with a really awful distortion (1.5 KHz wide too) just below the DX freq. I called, think I heard partial calls to me, so put that in as a maybe, wishful thinking possibly into club log (only) just in case (but I expect to delete it tomorrow, it's a dream shot). The dipole has reached it limits, the inverted L is looking interesting (with traps for multiband perhaps, I have enough space for two).

If lightning strikes and I did get it, I'd just need 10 for a band sweep. I had the mode sweep on the first day. I'll be back tomorrow too, duh.

Well done Bill, good luck Rick!

From a study of what was said on arrival to SG, it appears that FRIDAY (our time) may be the last day of QRV. If you go by the web site, it'll be Monday (before they got chased off STI). So hunters, sharpen your arrows, time is short either way!

Rick nhc

On 2/2/2016 11:04 PM, Bill Haddon wrote:

At 0332Z here in Kelseyville Lake Co I could just hear them . an occasional partial callsign.

At 0530Z, a few dB stronger; I even called them just a couple times.

At 0648, sunrise, S-5 on peaks on the Eu Beverage.

Amazingly, I worked VP8SGI at 0652 with 150 w to my inverted L.

(Rick, he called N6RK three times. . apparently w/ no answer. . hope you got him!).

An amusing story: Looking back in my log, found my QSO with VP8ORK on 160m on Feb 3, 2011 at 0650. . 5 years ago to the minute!!!).

73 Bill n6zfo