Topband: AK & HI On 160 A Day late & a dollar short?

[Henk Remijn PA5KT]

I am not from NE USA but from SE Europe, but I have these confirmed 
through LotW:

      Call sign    Worked    Date/Time    Band    Mode    Freq    QSL
Details    PA5KT    KL7HBK    2008-11-14 05:32:50    160M    CW    
1.83    ALASKA
Details    PA5KT    KL7RA    2009-01-22 17:13:49    160M    CW    
1.82200    ALASKA
Details    PA5KT    KL7RA    2009-10-18 03:12:18    160M    CW    
1.815    ALASKA
Details    PA5KT    KL7RA    2010-01-14 17:15:03    160M    CW    
1.822    ALASKA

      Call sign    Worked    Date/Time    Band    Mode    Freq    QSL
Details    PA5KT    K9FD/KH6    2008-11-07 05:12:53    160M    CW    
1.83600    HAWAII

It gives you an idea about when, or actually not. I hear, if the 
conditions exist, KL7 and KH6 through the season. My season starts 
around end of october and ends with the ARRL DX contest CW. Greyline for 
both is best, but one of the stations is greyline is helping as well.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 06-03-2012 2:17, Steven Raas schreef:
> Being fairly new to TB, I'm not quite sure when I should hang up my efforts
> for the season to get the last two states for 160m WAS. I have been able to
> get the other 48 in one season, all cfmd on LOTW however I've only heard AK
> &  HI very few times for very brief periods about 8 weeks ago, with no
> resulting qso. I suppose this question would be directed to stations in the
> NE US, how late in the season have these states been worked for you?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Steve Raas
> N2JDQ
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