Topband: Sunset peak today

[Paul Kelley N1BUG]

Conditions this season have been mostly poor to terrible for me. Until 
today I had not seen any evidence of a real sunset peak. Today was a 
radical change! A few JA's were 339 briefly at my sunset and again at 
their sunrise. Not workable but this is the first time I have detected 
any trace of them at that time of day. Right at sunset 4J5A peaked 579 
but he was focused on JA at the time. While I was calling 4J5A I 
realized the other loud station calling him was SU9HP - who was peaking 
an honest 599! Amazing! 4J and SU would both be new ones, but no chance 
to get them in the log today. Nevertheless, it was exciting to see 
conditions like this after such a long dry spell. Let's hope it is a 
sign of things to come and not merely an isolated occurrence.

Prior to this brief peak the most exciting part ot topband DXing in 
recent weeks has been repairing a broken Beverage. With the ravine wall 
and river bank having dry powdery snow over a thick layer of ice, that 
was quite the adventure! I've got bruises to prove it. :)

73,
Paul N1BUG