Topband: interesting condx

[N1BUG]

I experienced echoes for the first time on topband this 
morning.  KL7J was strong enough but almost impossible to 
copy due to echo delayed about 200 - 300 milliseconds.  A 
couple of times it cleared up and I called Les, only to 
have the echo return making copy impossible.

Last night was my first chance to really test the Beverages.  
Most of the time the transmit antenna was hearing better 
but there were exceptions.  I worked 5T0CW which would have 
been impossible receiving on the V as he was right under my 
switcher QRM.  KL7J was not audible on the V at all, but 
good on a Beverage (559 without the echo).  A61Q, 
SV5/DJ7RJ, and 4X4WN were sometimes, but not always, better 
copy on a Beverage.

The big snow storm was making plenty of QRN, but there was 
enough good DX to keep it interesting and managed to put 2 
new ones in the log!

73,
Paul  N1BUG