[SEDXC] K4JRB back on 80 and band conditions

[John Harden, D.M.D.]

I was on 75 meters early in the morning (around sunrise) several days 
last weekend and there were big signals from Australia and New Zealand. 
K4JPD and I worked quite a few with S9 plus reports. Of course he is 
running a 3 el M2 monobander at 170 feet and I was using a 1-el M2 
rotary at 100 feet.

73,

John, W4NU

On 7/12/2011 1:25 PM, rfoxwor1 at tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> ---- David  Thompson<thompson at mindspring.com>  wrote:
>
>> I have noticed for the last few weeks that PY and LU (plus even KP4) have
>> open shots at EU and Asia even on 10.  If you wonder why K4WES in NC said
>> that JX5O was weak on 17, there is a Mountain in the way of working the SE
>> USA.  Seems that W6 and 7 and NE USA hear them well but the band has to be
>> really open to hear them here  Best I have heard them was 559 on 40 CW and
>> 5/5 on peaks on 20 SSB.  Many times they are reported working USA on 17, 15,
>> and even 20 and they are not even faint here.  W3AZD says South Florida gets
>> openings on 15, 12, and 10 that only his area and South get.  I listened to
>> KP2/AA1BU work everything in sight from EY7 to all of Eu on 15 the other day
>> and only two weak French stations were heard here on the KT-34XA at 76.5
>> feet.
>>
>> 73 Dave K4JRB
> For what it's worth, last night (Monday) between 2300 - 2330 Z JX5O was a real
> honest 579-589 on 14034, and of course when they are this strong, brings out all
> those who call on frequency and ignore "up". Every time I've heard them before
> this, they were between ESP level and 459. Within a half hour they had dropped
> at least 20 dB. This is on an inverted Vee up 30 feet, cut for 80m and fed with
> ladder line. Location Lakeland FL. This may be the type opening that Don AZD is
> referring to. My 30 and 20 CW were at ESP level and the benefit of this is that
> many can't even hear them. No competition?  Using 100 w to a inv Vee.  - Bob k2euh
>
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