Topband: A desert ?

[bruce whitney]

Anybody got a card from ZK3YA?
I don't often go after cards - but in this case I sent a SASE & 1 green stamp to W7YAQ (listed in QRZ.com) some time ago - and nothing...


--- On Wed, 3/31/10, Herb Schoenbohm <herbs at vitelcom.net> wrote:

> From: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs at vitelcom.net>
> Subject: Re: Topband: A desert ?
> To: f5phw at free.fr
> Cc: topband at contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:46 AM
> f5phw at free.fr
> wrote:
> > Since 1 month, top band is like a desert here in souht
> Pacific.
> > The only QSO I made were ZK3YA and one VK station.
> >
> >
> >
> > - it is due to solar activity who is better for high
> bands.
> > - it is just the bad season for low bands.
> >
> > Best 73 de FO8RZ Phil in Tahiti.
> >
> >   
> Phil,  You were on at 0900 this morning peaking at
> 449.  I have been 
> able to work ZL3IX at east with 589 both ways at this time
> so if the 
> tropical static is not to high you should be able to get
> some replies as 
> a path exists.  I noticed that you have not been
> spotted when you are 
> on....so you might check your TX antenna and also try the
> high end of 
> the BC band and use Pacific AM Radio stations as an
> indicator of your RX 
> capabilities. You should be able to here ZL3IX and VK3IO
> plus VK6GX on a 
> regular basis from 0900 to 1030 when they are on.  If
> yuo don't I would 
> recheck your antennas since although the bands arenot ashot
> as the 
> winter months they are still producing many DX contacts.
> 
> Please keep trying.
> 
> Herb, KV4FZ.
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