Topband: Boring Report - very boring

[Tree]

Well, the band didn't open that I could tell - no european signals 
heard at all.  Reminds us that indeed it is a special night when it
does open.  Also, near the end of the evening on Saturday night, it
started sounding like a big blanket was being thrown over the band
as many USA signals started getting really weak.

FP/VE7SV made a lot of noise last night - and worked lots of people.
He was being heard in the Pacific NW before sunset, but most of us 
had to wait until later to make the QSO.  

This next week is a great opportunity to pick new countries as many 
people are showing up for CQ WW SSB efforts.  The QSO that Bill cited
as his first (TI2/N6ZZ) was just that.  Many people make a point of
being active on 160 meters for at least one evening before the contests.
Look for VP2E and HC8 to be active as well as plenty of others.

So - make an extra attempt to be on the radio this week.  

Thanks for all the pointers to the QSL route for VP6BR.  Actually, there
is a great web site for this operation including a log lookup utility.

http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/logs.html

73 Tree N6TR
tree at kkn.net