TopBand: 160M Activity, 7/4

[sears@rell.com]

     I finally got up before sunrise to checkout conditions to the South 
     Pacific on topband on July 4th. The band was very quiet at 1045Z, so I 
     called DX towards the Southwest. Nothing heard at all, I tried again 
     and again...nothing. So I switched to 75M and the band was packed. 
     From 1100Z till just after sunrise 1128Z I worked 8 JA's, 11 VK's, one 
     korean, and 3 South Americans. I worked every VK district except VK6. 
     The signals peaked at S9+25dB for the VK's at 1128Z. So my question 
     is, what happened to everybody on 160M?
     
     Even in the summer I can usually work VK's and JA's on 160M. The band 
     was very quiet and propagation was certainly good on 75M. I'll try 
     again this week. 
     
     One last thing, I've looked all over for these QSL routes and found 
     nothing. Please eemail direct if anyone knows routes for:
     
     EU6AF, Z31RQ, 9H1BT, and ZB2FK
     
     I've started my offseason "bury more radials" activity. The array 
     seems to be working but some more activity would be a big help. Hope 
     to hear you all on Topband,
     
     Peter
     W5PS (ex-WB2ULI)
     QTH- North Texas 

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