Topband: Not so ood in the contest last night

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> The worst part was I did not hear the South Lyon Group who was
> running W1AW/8 and they are only 10 ish miles away from me. Maybe
> tonight :-)

Don't worry about them ... they've been an alligator on 160 all
week.  Easily copyable through -60 dBm atmospheric noise here in
Florida but not working anything except the strong stations within
500-600 miles.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2/22/2014 8:41 AM, goldtr8 at charter.net wrote:
>
> I only made 35 contacts last night from my QTH.    I did however get 5
> new states and if those contacts use LOTW I will only need 5 more
> contacts for my WAS on 160m phone.
>
> My antennas are an inverted L and big loop so I dont hear real well. But
> thats my realilty.
>
> The worst part was I did not hear the South Lyon Group who was running
> W1AW/8 and they are only 10 ish miles away from me. Maybe tonight :-)
>
> I am following the converstations on the receive loops and hopefully
> will have time and money to invest in one for a summer project and also
> figure out how to get my inverted L higher before my flat section.
>
> Have fun everyone I know I do.
>
> ~73
> Don
> KD8NNU
> FH#4107
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