Topband: FO/N6JA on Topband

[Jim Brown]

Brad has been pretty active on the HF bands with a pretty good signal 
for several years now. When I asked several months ago if he wanted 
to try 160, he replied that he didn't have an antenna up. Well, now 
he does, and I began seeing spots for him a few weeks ago from VK 
(but always when I was still sleeping). 

This morning, about an hour before my sunrise, he was spotted by 
VK3ZL, just as I was climbing out of bed. A few minutes later, I 
became his second stateside QSO. I later heard several others working 
him, including W7IUV and W4EF. Brad's signal isn't very strong, but 
he's a very good op and seems to hear fairly well. 

73,

Jim K9YC