Topband: JA Openings

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In November, 1995, I was in the process of relocating to a new farm QTH and 
taken down all antennas except for an Alpha-Delta DXA sloper.  The antenna ran 
from a height of 35 feet down to about 5 feet off the ground.  While listening 
to a JA call CQ on the high end of the band I recognized that conditions must 
be exceptional for me to even hear him on that antenna.

I called the JA and ended up running 11 other JA's with my meager antenna and 
500 wts using the small ICOM solid state amplifier.  That day was without 
doubt the best JA opening I have ever heard here in the Nashville, TN, area.

I have not heard a JA station yet this year.

FYI

Tom Neill, K4XG
Windy Hills Farm
6500 Covington-Eudailey Road
College Grove, TN   37046