Topband: arizona report

[Jim Brown]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:33:48 -0800, Chortek, Robert L wrote:

>Has anyone else living on a suburban lot in California had good
>conditions? Things have not been good here.

I'm near Santa Cruz on 8.5 acres with vertical, a dipole, and  
Beverages (one aimed at EU), and the only signal I've EVER heard 
from EU is DL2PY. He was there again last night around 9 pm PST, and 
some western US stations were calling. I worked him a month or so 
ago, the other time I heard him.  I also heard strong signals from  
VY2, KP2, KP4, and PJ2 last night, all strong enough to work. 

I like to compare DX propagation on 160 to the tiny beams of light 
peeking through a very dark and stormy sky, moving as the clouds 
move across the sky. Each part of the earth may be illuminated by 
propagation for only 10-20 minutes, and it can be VERY spotty. 

73,

Jim K9YC