[SCCC] 160 Conditions from ORG

[Bill Haddon]

N6PE wrote:
>Worst conditions in a long time last night.

Better in N Cal . . w/ 150 watts. . .  42 states worked, missing: NH, RI,
MD, SC, FL, MS, WV,  ND [MS, ND and of course FL heard]. . PJ2 and VP2M v.
easy. ZF2 a huge struggle, but made it. ZF2AH was persistent and courteous
far beyond the call of duty.  Didn't even try FG5CD.  Early,  rate meter
was over 100 for brief periods on 1806.  Ended w/ 62 mults and about 225
Q's. Last year, 63 mults and 170 Q's for same time period but w/ no
Beverage.

30 min pre-sunset, VY2ZM was S9 on the Eu Beverage w/ noise at the floor --
maybe strongest stn on band, easily worked; noise increased later, then
subsided about 0800Z. Nary a JA, UA, ZL or VK heard in the 0800-1100Z time
slot.  Fair W1 peak at E. Coast sunrise provided some insurance New England
mults plus W2GD, who was surprisingly weak.  Missing easy mults MDC and
EPA.

Eq:  Inv L with 80 ft vert, about fifteen 67-ft radials on the ground and a
Beverage pointed roughly NNE,  remote from Tx antenna.

73  Bill N6ZFO (NCCC)
Kelseyville CA
atop Mt. Dali-Dona at 2000 feet.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:49 PM, <W6ph at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 12/3/2011 12:30:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> n6pe at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Worst conditions in a long time last night. Worked a couple of VE2,3, 6 an
> 7s, KL7, KH6, all the 6's 7', and most all 8, 9, and 0s. GA, KY, TN, VA,
> AR,
> LA.... lone CE and XE. Didn't bother staying up or getting up for the JA
> openings. 45 mult's so far but only 100 Qs, usually 2-300 Qs and 55-60
> first
> night.
>
> Big lack of 1, 2, and 3s  PJs where fairly strong but I didn't break the
> pile ups.
>
> Rick,
>
> I have to agree.  I'm up to about 62 multipliers and 6 countries but
> absolutely nothing heard east of PA (except VY2ZM worked).  I never heard
> any W1,
> ENY, NNY, NLI, or NNJ.  It was like an RF curtain hanging there.  I have
> chatted with some of the YCCC guys and they only heard some very weak 6's
> and
> 7's west of Colorado.  None had a contact with California.  The JA's were
> very readable this morning but no other long haul stuff.
>
> I'm just using an AL1200 to a MA160V.
>
>                                       73, Kurt, W6PH
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