Topband: Notes on early JA to East Coast QSO's

[Ve6wz_Steve]

Steve WB6RSE wrote:

> JAs are easy pickin's from here on the left coast. But JA is just one 
> country. Imagine chasing your first 100 on Topband from this side and 
> hearing only noise while watching one after another Eu spots on the 
> cluster from the east coast deserving. And that's night after night!

This is true, but how exciting when we do get those openings !! I think
this is the BENEFIT of the West Coast !! Think of all those DXCC
entities in EU that could be worked when the band does open.  Each new
one being a shot of excitement. Just hearing EU on TB can be
thrilling....almost like that first QSO!! The fact that it only happens
a few times a year is exactly what is good about it!!  For myself even
working EU on 80m SP is still exciting.  The East Coast has somewhat
less to choose from on the equivalent difficult JA path.....poor
East-Coasters : )

BTW, I have always been impressed at how gentlemanly the East Coast
stations have been when we do have an EU opening...usually standing by
patiently as we repeat our call many times trying to get it through.

de steve ve6wz.