Topband: EP6 from the KH6 side

[Lennart m]

Hi Merv and all,
According to their WEB site the noise problems have now been taken care of.
They had a very good run both on 80 and 160 last night. In Europe we do have
problems with deliberate QRM on 80 and 40, much less on 160. I must say the
Ops are doing a very good job. Most EU stations obey directions from EP6,
e.g qrx now for JA as an example.
73
Len/SM7BIC

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Från: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] För Merv Schweigert
Skickat: den 21 januari 2015 19:10
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Ämne: Topband: EP6 from the KH6 side

I see and hear all the complaints about the EP6 operation, I heard at one
point they had severe noise issues,  I do not know if that has been solved
or not.
Out here the signals are far better than what I expected.  I worked them on
40 meters the first day,  signals peaked
599 at sunrise.
80 meters the same,  the "hour before" sunrise peak is 579 to 599 and again
at sunrise there is a peak of 599, I hear them with good signals every day
on 80.

So far not a peep on 160,  and the high bands they are very weak, but thats
expected when its dark there and daylight here.

What surprised me as I went to LOTW today to load logs,  there are my 40 and
80 qsos already in LOTW.
Thanks to them for fast service and not holding LOTW QSOs hostage waiting
for donations.  A tactic used by many operations these days.

All I can say is if you have never been on the other end so to speak its
very easy to criticize an operation,  conditions out of their control can
make things difficult if not impossible.
Last I checked EP was not a place I would be "comfortable" operating from,
so I give the guys a thumbs up just for going there.

If you think this operation is poor,  just think of the upcoming VP8G trip
where the guy is not used to pile ups of any type, and is going
to "search and pounce"   if you need that for a new one your going
to be pulling more than hair out when that comes on.

73 Merv K9FD/KH6
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