Topband: 3B9C

[Brian Mattson]

3B9C was already coming in at my sunset, and rose rapidly from there. I worked him at 00:18, when he was S7 to S9 on the meter (S1 background). He was even S3 on my slightly sloping, end fed longwire! ( I guess the end feed does work ).
Signals were strong for at least an hour.

The most interesting observation was that his signal was from a zero degree beam heading! I am located up near Lake Superior, and the auroral doughnut usually wipes any DX from the zero degree heading. Perhaps the very low K numbers for several days running allowed this path to work. 

In any event, a good week, with two new zones on Top, and JD1, XF4, and 3B9 in the log! It can get frustrating up in the high latitudes....it's nice when it actually works!

73 & Good Hunting,

Brian  K8BHZ