Topband: CW160

[ALEXEY OGORODOV]

 Hi guys,

Conditions are not bad. I'm running about 80-90 watts to my TL 23 meter Vertical with 40 radials. No RX to speak of if a 80M Inv L with 2 radials counts.
So far 180 q's, some EU. No condx to the West. NA coming spotlightly - one moment EC in a short while MW. West Coast have been scarce this year.
Highlights: 4V1TL, CR2X, UA4M, UW2M, RW7M, EW1A, RV1CC, several SP, 9A1P...

I'm mostly running. When no callers, then I go search and pound. No assistance. 90% of stations called are logged. Due to my poor RX I miss some good hundred Qs.

Good luck,

Alex
HC2AO
EI97NT


>Суббота, 30 января 2016, 16:52 -05:00 от Bill Hider <n3rr at erols.com>:
>
>Totally different experience here.  Condx were fabulous.  At the half way point, I have 71 DX stns wkd (non US &  non VE), 42 DX countries.  EU stns were everywhere and stayed in for several hours.  But, so far, nothing wkd further west than KH6.
>
>Looking forward to tonight, now starting right now.
>
>Bill N3RROn Jan 30, 2016 4:28 PM, Tim Shoppa < tshoppa at gmail.com > wrote:
>>
>> I felt conditions were "OK" to various parts of Europe throughout the 
>> night. Yes, things would seem good to one location or another for a few 
>> minutes, then just evaporate. 
>>
>> That station from Haiti 4V1TL had huge huge signal probably louder than any 
>> Florida guy I heard. 
>>
>> A "new band greenie for me" on 160M was ER4A. 
>>
>> CW5W had a nice signal but had a hard time hearing - never got further than 
>> "N3?" with me - and he was often near or under "other DX" (including 4V1TL 
>> who had a kc cop who was trying to stop me from working CW5W). 
>>
>> Tim N3QE 
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV < k2av.guy at gmail.com > 
>> wrote: 
>>
>> > I felt like the SE US was under a propagation blanket. A look at RBN, NA 
>> > spotted by EU nodes made us notable by our absence, K3ZM the notable 
>> > exception of course. EU would pop in for a few minutes and then go away. No 
>> > clue as to the prop mechanics doing that. The on again off again 
>> > propagation blanket no help copying QRP either. 
>> > 
>> > 73, Guy K2AV 
>> > 
>> > On Saturday, January 30, 2016, Jim Brown < jim at audiosystemsgroup.com > 
>> > wrote: 
>> > 
>> > > On Sat,1/30/2016 11:19 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: 
>> > > 
>> > >> But let's be clear headed about what QRP lays on the other end and what 
>> > >> the 
>> > >> dB realities are. 
>> > >> 
>> > > 
>> > > Like Dave, you have articulated the issues pretty well. BTW -- I called 
>> > > you several times last night, but prop wasn't very good (I heard a half 
>> > > dozen NC stations, none of them very loud). 
>> > > 
>> > > 73, Jim K9YC 
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