Topband: K9W

N1BUG paul at n1bug.com
Fri Nov 15 07:05:07 EST 2013


The first night they were on, K9W peaked 599 and a bit over here in 
central Maine around 0800z. Amazing! They were very readable for 
hours, but that was the peak. There was a secondary, much weaker 
peak at sunrise that morning.

After that first night, conditions were never as good again. There 
were nights they were not readable at all, others they got up to 
559, maybe 569 for short periods.

This underscores a lesson I re-learned the hard way when I missed 
3C0 and ZL9. On topband, you have got to lose some sleep and put 
some hours in the chair if you really want the DX. :-)

73,
Paul N1BUG
(happy to have worked W8A for # 281 this morning)



On 11/15/2013 06:35 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Missed them, was trying at the wrong times I guess. Was listening at
> their Sun rise & afterward, was up till 3AM several nights trying.
> guess I should have been listening at my SR.
>
> So here's W8A I'm listening for & I'm not hearing them at my grayline
> but I hear plenty of others banging away for them. Hope this isn't a
> harbinger of this season for me on TB.
>
> 73,
> Gary
> KA1J
>
>> Hoping to get K9W on top band tonight. I couldn't hear them last
>> night but see they were on after I went to bed.
>>
>> I snooze, I lose...
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gary
>> KA1J
>>
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Paul Kelley, N1BUG
RFI Committee chair,
Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club
http://www.k1pq.org


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