Topband: condx last night

[Steve London]

Here in southwest New Mexico, we received a lump of coal !

You and F6ARC were the only EU stations heard for more than a few 
moments on a 600 foot beverage. Your signal varied from inaudible to 
559. N5RZ, located 400 miles east of me, reported that you peaked S9. It 
was very discouraging when the east coast USA skimmers were hearing the 
Europeans 20 dB louder than they were hearing me.

The band seemed way down this morning. Even NH7O was weak. There was a 
brief lifting of the shroud at sunrise, with a good signal from JT5DX, 
who seems to hear very well.

73 and MX to all !
Steve, N2IC

On 12/24/2012 04:15 AM, Braco OE1EMS wrote:
> Hello Topbanders,
>
> what a X-mas present from TB last night!
> I had one of my best openings on TB to NA ever!
> Unfortunatly there was not to much acitvity  :(
> I started around 01:00 and finished around  05:00
> and in those 4 hours worked well over 200 Ws and VEs!
> (i made few short QSY to 80m to work some DX but in general i spend
> most of the time on TB)
> Not to much stations from WC....just to name fews of them,  K7VIC peaked more as S5
> on bev when he worked me N9RV was around S4, WB6RSE was only CA i worked
> and he was around S3 etc etc
> Generaly signals from east cost and midwest were amazing for long long time!
> Some stations from mid west i never heard so loud ever...they moved my meter
> well over S9 on beverage ?!
> It was even easy to work stations with 100W!
> Band was so quite here and i had feeling i was hearing
> better with my 450m long 305 deg bev as some station heard
> me with my 4SQ!
> Intersting  i worked many many new callsigns and allready got bunch
> of emails from them, thanking for QSO etc etc.
>
> This was one of the moments we all waiting or looking for :)
>
> I hope condx gonna stay like this for TBDC.......another wish to Santa ;)
>
> CU next weekend in best TB contest ever!
>
> 73s
> Braco
> E77DX