Topband: Today's "HEARD" report

[Barry N1EU]

ZL1HY was the first ZL I've heard in the 1100-1200Z timeframe here in 
upstate New York over the past several seasons.

73,
Barry N1EU



>From: "Larry Emery" <k1uo at prexar.com>
>To: <topband at contesting.com>
>Subject: Topband: Today's "HEARD" report
>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:36:08 -0500
>
>Looks like the 28 day cycle is coming around right on time..
>
>This morning seemed to be a wash until about 25 minutes from local
>sunrise.  With the Aurora a little hotter this AM than yesterday,
>signals from the NW toward Asia were nonexistant and are nearly
>impossible at this QTH anyhow.    Obvious the signals were being
>skewed and arriving here again from directly West.
>
>It all started with Saka JA1HQT breaking through around the 11:30Z
>time but readability never seemed to get above 339 here when listening
>to his QSO with Tom, W8JI.
>
>Next came Bob 9V1GO for about a 10 minute opening and some readibility
>for the first time in the AM here.  Signals again never much above
>339-449 range.
>
>Then at 11:47Z , about 5 minutes before local sunrise, I heard NO2R at
>XU7ACY call CQ and was Q5 the entire time!  Had about a 1 minute
>opening to XU peaking at 529 before he was quickly a mere whisper.
>ZL1HY called him at that time and "HY" was a good 569.
>
>I listened for VR2KW on 1828 but never did hear a peep from that area.
>
>BTW:  I was torturing myself listening to this without an operational
>amplifier!  I topped off the morning embarrasing myself by calling the
>4V200YH Haiti station with what I believe to be an ERP of 10 watts on
>80 meter SSB!  All in all a great start to the day!
>
>
>
>
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