Topband: TB Conditions

[GEORGE WALLNER]

G'day Topbanders,

Conditions have been excellent during the past few days on 
TB. I was able to make dozens of EU QSO-s from South 
Florida using 5 watts. Some EU stations had signals over 
S9 (SM7BIC, G3ROO, OE3GCU, HA5JI, and many others), and 
apparetnly low noise. One comment from HA5JI, who was 599+ 
last night: He has been CQ-ing for long periods with no 
takers. Obviously, it is late in this part of the world 
and it is hard to stay up past 1 AM. On the flip-side, I 
often miss great openings to JA/Pacific by not getting up 
early enough. Perhaps we should look into the possibility 
of sending out alerts to interested TB-ers when CONDX-s 
are exceptional. (SMS, Skype ?)

73 and CU in the Contest,

George
AA7JV