Topband: Yellowstone report

[W7lr at aol.com]

Not a Boring report.  We live in Bozeman, sw MT, not far from  Yellowstone 
Park and Yogi Bear.
 
The band is not dead yet.  Our sunset is about 0130z.  I got to  the rig 
about 02z.  My rx antenna is a short Beverage pointed to South  Africa. tx 
antennas two 90' verticals; one used omni for most directions; two as  an end fire 
array for Europe. 1.5 kw
 
Here is what I was hearing:  YT5A S5; PT5AG S9; UA2FF S4; 6V7E S5;  HA8BE S3; 
DJ6QT S2; YV5MBX S7.  YT5A would have been a new one. The only  qso was with 
6V7E.
 
Didn't stay up for possible sunrise bump in Europe.  Band had died out  by 
03z.  
 
73 Bob W7LR     



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