Topband: T88ZY this morning

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Did anyone get through this morning??  I listened to T88ZY from around 12:45Z 
to 13:18Z this morning......he really came up around 13:10, just before the 
solar disk broke the horizon, but no luck even with several opportunities in 
the clear- 

There were 4 or 5 of us in W6/W7 calling him to no avail- his best signal was 
559 at one point, and had the classic peak towards sunrise.  Short of there 
being a thunderstorm over the island, or them/us being on the wrong VFO, hard 
to see how they didn't hear us........must be a lot of noise out there for 
such a good signal not to hear at least the W6's calling.    I did work Jim 
VK9NS this morning at around 10:37Z....Jim had a better signal on 160 this 
morning then he had on 80 meters just a short time before he showed up on 
topband-  73 all and GL CQWWSSB- Might do a 160SOSB from here, but has 
potential to be very, very boring with solar flares hitting landlocked RF 
blackhole Wyo- - Why do 10 meters in these conditions, right?  Go single op 
below 7MHz and enjoy the challenge! hi

Paul  N0AH/7
Carpenter, Wyoming