Topband: arizona report

[Rick Karlquist]

Jim Brown wrote:
> 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.
> Jim K9YC

Similar situation here, 20 acres, 6 beverages, a receive dipole
1/4 mile from any power lines.  A few weeks ago, when DF2PY
was 599 on the east coast (per spots), I think I could tell he
was in there, but didn't copy more than a few letters.  I have
a total of 2 Eu QSO's (not counting Azores, which counts as
Europe for WAC, but is not on the continent).

Last year during the CQ 160 contest, I drove out to an area with
no power line noise and listened for Europe on 160.  I was only
able to heard the Azores.

Rick N6RK