Topband: JA opening today

[Jon Zaimes AA1K]

Wow quite a JA opening this morning.....14 in the log with many others in there calling us. Started with JA7NI at 1123z and ended with JA1WTI at 1210z, six minutes after our sunrise.

Also briefly heard 9V1GO at 12z but couldn't pull him out for a new one.

Band was very quiet, many of the JA signals were 579. All were direct path, NW from here, on the phased 935-foot Beverages. But also was hearing them on 500-ft single-wire JA Beverage and on the 3-el vertical parasititc transmit array.

No sign of HL, BV, BY, and  9M0K didn't show up till half hour past our sunrise, too late for us.

73/Jon AA1K
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