Topband: N7UA Does It Again!

[Michael Tope]

Bill Tippett wrote:

>Just to prove N7UA's win last year was no fluke, check out Bob's SOSB/160
>CQWW score below.  The top Multi-Multi scores from the East Coast are about
>380/22/83 and the highest single op score I've seen so far was KT1V at
>306/18/65.  Another truly incredible job by Bob!
>
>I hope you Left Coasters are enjoying these great over-the-pole
>conditions...unfortunately they will not last forever!
>
>73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
>  
>

I was at my remote site north of Los Angeles goofing around this year (I 
have some low inverted V's hung for 80, 40, 20 and 15). The only 160 
antenna I have up right now is a single 20' tall top-load W8JI style 
receive vertical. This is part of a 4 square array that I am still in 
the process of building. Despite a bit of powerline noise, I was amazed 
that I could hear EY8MM coming through at my sunrise on Sunday morning. 
There was the usual QSB, but he was solid Q5 at times. I wish I could 
have recorded it, but the soundcard in my laptop won't route to the 
line-in jack for some reason. N6DX and W6RJ were calling, but neither of 
them got a response (at least while I was listening). Amazing job by 
Nodir to put out a signal like that from so deep inside Asia. Hearing 
him was an real thrill.

73, Mike W4EF...........