TopBand: New Ones, 2/25/97

[sears@rell.com]

     At our sunrise 2/25 at 0015z I worked #195, ZB2FK. I have worked ZB2 
     before but have never been able to confirm it. I hope this one is 
     better. And then this morning the conditions were excellent, working 
     P29VXX with 579 at 12:31z, a couple of VK's (nice surprise), and 12 
     JA's with up to s9 + 10dB signals!
     
     All this talk about beverages, I have 4 1000' beverages in use. On a 
     normal night my parasitic TX array is as good or better than the 
     beverages. But, if the  noise level is at all higher than normal, the 
     beverages are king. I agree, that for such a simple design the 
     beverage is a remarkable antenna.
     
     Peter
     W5PS

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