Topband: Where are the JA stations?

[GEORGE WALLNER]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:38:21 -0500
  "Diane and Edward Swynar" <deswynar at xplornet.ca> wrote:
> "What happened
> to all the *DX* stations on 160?"
> 
DX conditions towards Europe were fine in South Florida 
last night. I have made 20 EU contacts, mostly from 
Eastern Europe. Signals were between S4 and S8 (UA3ZJG). 
Almost all the stations were better copy on my TX vertical 
than on my Pennant, which is very unusual and happens only 
when noise is low. Noise on my vertical, which is usually 
S4 to S5, was around S2 last night. Conditions, however, 
did not last, and signals started to fade around 0430Z.

Yet more misterious behavior by "The Band".

73 and Happy Holidays,

George, AA7JV