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

[John Bastin]

On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Steven Raas wrote:

> 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?

I'm in Ohio, not as far NE as you, and I've never worked AK in the "off-season," but I have a contact with KH6ZM on August 1, 2007,confirmed on LotW, among the HI stations I've worked on top band.

73,


John K8AJS
bastinj at gmail.com