Topband: CQ 160 Contest

[Henk PA5KT]

I was only active from Saturday evening on.
Had the idea that there were more participants as last years.

About the DX, I did not hear a lot of asian stations, and those that I 
hear were very weak. Did not work Japan.
Till about 02:00 UTC I did only work 5 NA stations, and signals were not 
good.
I took a break and from 03:00 I was on again. After that time I worked 
several eastcoast NA.
Signals were like on 20m. But almost no midwest.

 From half hour before sunrise (sunrise at 07:30) I also worked AZ and 
CA and several caribbean stations. Signals like 20m.

After sunrise band closed pretty fast. Last dx at 07:33 with W0AIH.
I stopped at 07:45.

Sunday evening was the same, only EU no Asia, only some middle east 
heard. (Not worked as too many stations only calling and not listening).

I did work 2 TX stations, but used to work more.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 28-1-2013 1:45, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy (K5MWH) schreef:
> The CQ 160 contest was a large disappointment this year here in EM21. 
> At least at this location, Europe was weak or not heard. Please, I 
> would like to know what others were hearing.  I saw few, if any EU 
> postings on VE7CC from others in this area.
>
> At least I am enjoying the winter.  It was a frigid 78 degrees F here 
> in EM21pi today. (No, that's not a typo)
>
> 73,
> Mike, W5UC
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