TopBand: E30GA on SSB? No way!

[Larry Menzel]

Well, Bill, At least you're hearing *something* other than line
noise and tractor drivers.  

Conditions in the rest of the country are nada.  A quick look at
the 160 spots on DX Summit this morning confims that.  Not a 
single call area represented exept a few 1,2,3's.  

So take heart, and enjoy.  Guess I'll go work on my 12 and 17 meter
totals and hang laundry on my beverages.

Larry N0XB
Northfield, MN



At 09:00 PM 11/12/98 -0500, Bill Tippett wrote:
>
>        To be honest, I had just about given up on these guys with
>the poor conditions recently.  I thought the same true for today
>when I listened at sunset to the guys up north calling JY8ZW
>and other EU's...never heard a trace!  After dinner I listened on
>75 SSB and heard Max operating with a fair signal here but some QRN.
>Around 0110 he disappeared which I assumed was due to a lack of callers.
>Went down on 160 and was surprised to heard I2NFW on 1840 SSB with a 59
>signal.  He and a group of others were waiting for Max and I thought
>there might be a chance.  Sure enough, he showed up (44 under the 
>noise) and I managed to QSO after IK1GPG at 0119.  Never thought
>it would be possible but that's 160!  Never say die and never
>give up!
>
>                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
>
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