Topband: 160 condx last night

[Shoppa, Tim]

I found conditions on 160M were spectacular last night at end of CWops event, several loud DL's and F's and HA's and for the first time this season for me, Ukraine.

Highlight for me was working V5/DL3DXX at 0400Z on 160M, and he just got louder and louder after that (his sunrise?)

Right now I have horrible 40M line noise but 80M and 160M seem to be unaffected. How that can be... I do not know. Noise blanker helps a lot. If anyone has any insight for how 120Hz impulse noise can just disappear below a certain frequency, that might help me find it.

Ground is frozen solid right now but I will go out and try to set up the second K9AY loop phased endfire with my first towards west coast for Stew. Eric found these links for me: http://www.kkn.net/dayton2011/K4IQJ_Dayton_Update.pdf and http://www.kkn.net/dayton2012/K4IQJ_Dayton_2012.pdf

Tim N3QE