Topband: First Europeans heard yesterday evening

[Pete Smith]

I thought people might be interested in the first Europeans and Atlantic 
island stations heard here yesterday evening in the half-hour before 2200, 
in full sunlight.  I was using an SDR-IQ RX and CW Skimmer, covering the 
entire band up to 1870, with a makeshift omni-directional antenna 
(actually, my tribander stack, which worked better than my shunt fed tower 
for receiving this weekend).  Conditions must have been fantastic indeed.

Here's the list, in chron order, with their frequency, signal-to-noise 
ratios and time first heard.  Those marked CQ or DE were determined by the 
software to be running or S&P.  Blank ones could not be assigned for sure 
to either category.

1827.6 TM6M 25 dB 31 WPM CQ 2118Z
1816.5 EA8AH 17 dB 32 WPM   2125Z
1830.2 CU2X 6 dB 32 WPM CQ 2130Z
1813.7 CT9M 4 dB 30 WPM CQ 2132Z
1832.7 GM3POI 2 dB 28 WPM   2141Z
1864.4 LN3Z 1 dB 28 WPM   2142Z
1813.2 ES9C 6 dB 30 WPM   2144Z
1834.6 UA6LV 1 dB 28 WPM CQ 2150Z
1826.9 RK3AWK 5 dB 32 WPM CQ 2154Z

I verified each of these by listening to the recording after the contest.

73, Pete N4ZR
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