Topband: TX3A this morning

[Jim Brown]

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:17:50 -0700, Art wrote:

>It seemed to me TX3A was having receive troubles just like we 
>were,

The problem was VERY deep QSB, more rapid than we are used to on 
160M. Here in Santa Cruz, he was 599 on peaks, 339 or less on 
dips. When I called (my call twice) he was strong, he gave me a 
report, and by the time I was sending his report QSB had nulled 
the path so that he didn't even hear me. He sent K9YC?, was in 
the mud here, I repeated his report a couple of times, and 
signals were back up by the time he acknowledged it. All this 
happening very quickly. 

He also had bad QRN, and took a one hour QSY to 80M around 10Z.

73,

Jim K9YC