Topband: Contest

[Julius Fazekas]

Henk,

I would agree with your assessment of conditions by contests for both years.

The key question now is: what is in store for us for the SSB CQ160? ;o)

Sunday afternoon was kind of fascinating here. I was on about 3 hours before the end of the contest and stations from Ontario were booming in, the closer we got to the end the weaker they were, almost a whisper. I was hearing stations as far west as IA. May have to play in the daytime more, might be some nice surprises!

Cheers,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
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Tennessee QSO Party
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--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Henk Remijn PA5KT <pa5kt at remijn.net> wrote:

> From: Henk Remijn PA5KT <pa5kt at remijn.net>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Contest
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 3:26 PM
> Experience from the EU side:
> 
> During first night conditions were not very good, but
> normal, I did hear 
> Midwest and West coast USA but not workable, europeans and
> East coast 
> USA were strong the whole night.
> Second night conditions were better during USA sunset, I
> heard a lot of 
> midwest but no west coast. However in the half hour after
> my sunrise I 
> worked couple of caribbeans and most of the west coast
> states, including 
> Utah, which was one of 3 missing states for WAS160. What
> also might help 
> around my sunset is that I dont hear most of the eastern
> Europeans, so 
> the overall noise floor is lower.
> I still hear more than I can work. I did not try to break a
> lot of pile 
> ups, because of the "call forever, never listen" europeans.
> Cq-ing was 
> much more efficient.
> 
> Most suprising experience was that XE2WWW was stronger then
> the G 
> stations around 45 minutes after my sunrise. Also heard
> HI3TEJ calling 
> him with same signal. This took about 5 minutes, then
> signals 
> disappeared and band closed. Did not work them.
> 
> When comparing ARRL160, Stew Perry and the CQ160, I have
> the feeling 
> that Stew Perry was best (but less stations), followed by
> Stew Perry and 
> ARRL160.
> Last year CQ160 had best conditions, followed by ARRL160
> and Stew Perry.
> 
> 73 Henk PA5KT
> 
> Julius Fazekas schreef:
> > Propagation... Well at least that's what I hope it is.
> EU was pounding in here Friday night early, but from the
> sounds of it, even the Top Band heavies were having some
> difficulty making the contact. Funny, later in the evening,
> particularly during the EU SR period, their signals were way
> down (compared to our SS) but QSOs were much easier... well
> at least in Tennessee, YMMV ;o)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julius
> >   
> -- 
> 
> Henk Remijn PA5KT
> email: pa5kt at remijn.net
> www: www.remijn.net
> 
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