Topband: Conditions last night

[tombaugh]

Interesting from Central U.S.A.

HB9ATA called me with true 579 sig.
While listening for YI ... I listened for EU sigs as well but heard none...
not even a whisper...
W8JI informed me that many EU were calling YI but I heard none.. except for
HB9, who called me on my Freq.
What a unique band...  I heard many stations East and west of me calling YI
but only heard a squeek a couple times from him. Thanks for going split and
trying to sort out the mess. At least we were able to try to hear through
the QRM.

Tom Baugh
AE9B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown at verizon.net>
To: "topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:53 AM
Subject: Topband: Conditions last night


> Heard several DL and DK stations QSOing KH6AT. Some of them were an
> honest 579. I'm sure they would have heard me had I called them. I did
> not realize that I would ever hear EU that strong here. The options that
> I knew of were to listen quietly to KH6AT's CQs and string of EU QSOs,
> or call CQ or try to call a specific station. Either of those last two
> options would have resulted in serious QRM to KH6AT, who is about 3
> miles away. I chose to listen and wait. KH6AT kept calling CQ and
> working EU and also working NA stations. The opening to EU expired, and
> I still have no EU QSO in my log. I would like to QSO EU. In this
> environment ( DX cluster spotting and a nearby active 160 meter
> operator) It seems that the only way to accomplish that will be to have
> sked with an EU station. Any suggestions about how to work EU here?
>
> DE N6KB/KH6
>
>
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