Topband: A61AJ 160M Report Sunday 26 Nov 1545z

[K1ZM@aol.com]

Hi Gang

After alomst giving up on US getting another LP opening to W6 and W7 while I 
was over here, we got a FAIR one this morning - nothing like the signal 
levels of last week - but we did manage to work a few stations.  Here they 
are starting at 1419z:

N7UA
K6SE
W7EJ
9V1PC
VK3EW
N7UA (CHECKING PROPAGATION BEARING TESTS FOR K9LA/NM7M)
W7AWA
5H3RK
W7NN
NX7K
N7UA (FINAL TEST OF BEARINGS WITH STRONG SIGNAL LEVELS TO BE SURE)
VE7SV
VE7KDU

THAT'S IT GANG.

SORRY IT COULD NOT BE MORE.  I WILL SEE IF WE CAN TRY ONE MORE TIME MONDAY 
MORNING UR TIME IN W6/W7 BEFORE I LEAVE FOR NY MONDAY NIGHT/TUES AM AT 0255 
HRS LOCAL.  I WILL ALSO SEE IF UA9BA (WILLY) IS WILLING TO GIVE THIS A GO 
LATER IN THE WEEK AS HE WILL BE STAYING ON LONGER THAN I WILL OVER HERE.

(NOTE TO W4ZV/K9LA/NM7M):

WE GOT A  **GREAT**  PROPAGATION BEARING TEST THIS MORNING WITH BOTH 4 
SQUARES.

TWICE N7UA XMITTED AS FOLLOWS TO ME:

SW SW SW SW (I HRD BOB BEST WHEN HE AIMED THIS WAY)
NW NW NW NW (DOWN 3 DB OR MORE)
NE NE NE NE (DOWN 15DB OR MORE)
SE SE SE SE (DOWN 15DB OR MORE)

I CLEARLY HEARD BOB BEST WHEN HE WAS SW SW SW SW.

THEN I XMITTED TO HIM AS FOLLOWS:

SE SE SE SE (BOB HEARD ME BEST THIS WAY)

SW SW SW SW

NW NW NW NW

NE NE NE NE

THEN BACK TO SE SE SE AGAIN.

BOB CAN ADVISE THE RELATIVE SIGNAL LEVELS BUT HE HAD ME BEST AT 589 WHEN I 
AIMED OUR 4SQ ON THE SE PATH FROM HERE TOWARD HIM.

TRUST THIS IS CLEAR.

BTW, I COULD DEFINITELY HEAR BOB QUITE WELL WHEN HE WAS AIMED NE AND SE - BUT 
WAY WAY DOWN - HE WAS 579 TO NW AND PEAKING 589 WHEN HE WAS XMITTING ON HIS 
SW QUADRANT.

73 JEFF

K1ZM AT A61AJ

K1ZM@AOL.COM


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