TopBand: Did the opening skip the Black Hole?

[Melvin J Crichton]

Solid copy of GM4BES last night from Indiana... easy to work... Graham stayed
in there a long while after sunset... about 2300 Z onward.

Around 0030 I could hear random letters and occasional full words from the /FH
but not enough to jump in, as I would not have been able to pick out my own
call. But I expected not to hear much

But what amazed me was all the stations around (but not in) Indy who were
working European stuff that I could barely hear. Solid copy later on with
IV3PRK, and a DK.... but not as many stations copied as were on the packet
cluster.

Gonna check the new slinky bev this weekend to be sure a raccoon hasn't
modified it.... but it seems to work other days. I think we just got hosed
last night.

Mel KJ9C



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