TopBand: USA Signals in UK

[Mike Devereux - G3SED]

Hi all,

I thought the contest would give me the opportunity to take some
"snapshots" of USA signals strengths as received here in southern
England.
The following reports are taken from the S meter of my Yaesu FT1000D
using my main vertical antenna to receive on. They are just snapshots at
one particular time - since the band changed from hour to hour.

6th DEC 2345Z (for 30 mins)

K1ZM  5-7/8-9      K8CCV  5-7/8-9     WW2Y  5-7/8-9    W3BGN  5-7/8-9
K9DX  5-7-9        WB9Z   5-7-9       KQ2M  5-6/7-9    K3WW   5-7-9
N1BB  5-8-9        K3RR   5-6/7-9     K1VW  5-6-9      W2GD   5-6-9
K0HA  5-6-9        W4WA   5-6-9       Ve3EJ 5-7-9      W9XR   5-6-9
W3GN  5-5/6-9      KC1F   5-5/6-9     N2MM  5-5-9      K5NA   5-5-9
N2TX  5-5-9        N5JA   5-5-9       W1SJ  5-5-9      W4MYA  5-5-9
W9RE  5-5-9        NA2U   5-5-9       WF2W  5-5-9      K8KS   5-5-9
N4AR  5-4/5-9      K4IQ   5-4-9       W8KX  5-4-9      K3SV   5-4-9
K0EJ  5-4-9

7th Dec (Here) 0535z onwards 

K1ZM  5-8-9       N5JA   5-7/8-9     K5ZD   5-7/8-9    K8MK   5-7/8-9
WF3T  5-7-9       KV0Q   5-7-9       K3SV   5-7-9      WF2W   5-6-9
W0UA  5-5-9       VE3ZW  5-4-9

7th Dec  0610z onwards

K8CC  5-7/8-9     K1FK   5-7/8-9     W0AIH  5-7-9      VE3PN  5-7-9
W0BV  5-7-9       N9DX   5-7-9       K0HA   5-7-9      K1MEM  5-7-9
P40P  5-7-9       W9XR   5-7-9       NN4T   5-6/7-9    K8FC   5-6/7-9
N2ZX  5-6/7-9     W0GJ   5-6/7-9     N5IN   5-6/7-9    W9RE   5-6-9
K1AM  5-6-9       W0HW   5-6-9       KV0Q   5-6-9      K5TT   5-6-9
K8KS  5-6-9       KA2CDJ 5-6-9       W1SJ   5-6-9      W0XV   5-5-9
K5NA  5-6-9       N5JA   5-6-9       K3SV   5-6-9      WF2W   5-5-9 
W9OA  5-5-9       K9NX   5-5-9       N2TX   5-5-9      N0AV   5-5-9
KE9I  5-4/5-9     K4IQ   5-4-9       W9GIL  5-4-9      N8AA   5-4-9
W1OP  5-4-9       W8AF   5-4-9       W1DEO  5-6-9

7th Dec 0815z onwards (MY sunrise)

VE5RA 5-7-9      K1ZM    5-6/7-9     KC1XX  5-6/7-9    N1BB   5-6/7-9
WB9Z  5-7-9      W4WA    5-6/7-9     AA1K   5-6-9      N0IJ   5-4-9
K9DX  5-4-9      WB9Z    5-4-9       K8MK   5-4-9      K5NA   5-3-9
K8CC  5-3-9              


I tried to wait for peaks of QSB before logging the reports on each
station. These observations made me realise just how difficult it is to
give comparisons - propagation  really did move around quite quickly.
An S 8 report now could be S 5 in 15 mins time, then back up again an
hour later.

I decided to use my main transmitting antenna to get meaningfull reports
of the FT1000D meter so that you can relate to them.

The antenna consists of a 100ft top section with a 75ft vertical dropped
from the middle of the horizontal wire - a classic T antenna. I have
around 100 quarter wave radials radials laid out on the ground with a
further 30ft by 30ft area of bonded chicken wire at the base.

I hope you find the report of interest anyhow 

73's MIKE G3SED


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