Topband: FT5XO in the SW USA

[Steve London]

Here in the SW corner of New Mexico, not far from N5IA, I wish I could report 
some measure of success.

I have listened on 80 and 160 every morning and evening except for last weekend, 
when I was doing WPX Phone.  There is a few minutes of common darkness in the 
evening, and we miss common darkness by only a few minutes in the morning.  With 
my mediocre set of beverages, not even a whisper on 160.  On 80, there was about 
a 2 minute window where they were Q5 one evening on SSB, about 10 minutes after 
their sunrise.  Otherwise, on 80, just whispers at sunset, and never heard at 
sunrise.  Most days at sunrise, they didn't seem to show on 80 until around 
1345Z - that's just a little too late with sunrise at 1310Z.

Congrats to K7CA and N7JW !  That's really impressive !

Anyone in West Texas/New Mexico/Arizona have much luck on 80 or 160 ?

73,
Steve, N2IC/5