Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef

[Willem Angenent]

I was on Conway Reef in 2001, I might still have the 160 log. I will look
for it and report the times worked USA.
I still remember the NI6T QSO he was one of the loudest. (If I remember
correct he has wires in his trees).


73
Will
K6ND

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Milt --
N5IA
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:20 PM
To: Robin; 160
Subject: Re: Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:52 PM
To: 160
Subject: Re: Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef

SNIP--------

During the VP6DX expedition, we made many contacts before sunset and after
sunrise, some quite notable distances.  There is a recording of the SSB
contact during the SSB contest with EA6 when it was almost 2 hours after
sunrise at EA6.

SNIP---------



I believe the contest contact Robin is referencing was the 2nd one with CN3A
during the 2nd night of the contest.  I had worked CN3A earlier in the
evening and it was a bit difficult.  It was now hard daylight in all of EU
and AF, and the terminator was out in the Atlantic on the Cape Verde
Islands, past the Canaries and the Azores.

I was giving a few minutes of directional calls for the central Pacific and
ZL/VK.

CN3A calls in while I am listening on the Beverage in the opposite
direction, directly to ZL/VK.  He reports the VP6DX signal is
"unbelievable".  I switch to the EU Beverage and the CN3A signal is 10-15 dB
stronger.  CN3A and I exchange signal reports with his report of that VP6DX
was like local 20 Meters to CT (Portugal).

It truly was an exciting minute of time inside the unreal two night of the
CQ 160 SSB contest from the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific.  Sum
total was only two contacts out of more than 1,000 Qs that were less than
3,000 miles.

Anyone interested in listening to the MP3 of the contact and viewing a jpeg
graphic of the path taken from the GeoClock screen can request them in a
direct E-mail.

73 de Milt, N5IA.  Also VP6DX and XZ0A.
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