Topband: west coast in the mornings

[Wes Stewart]

I just worked K6SRZ in San Francisco @ 2355Z. Our sunset here in Tucson is at 
0054Z.  So I worked him approximately 1 hour before our sunset and 2 hours 
before his.  BTW, he's a real RST 589.

My antenna TX & RX is an inverted vee about 45' high at the apex and the ends 
about 6' high, rig is an old K3 + KPA500.  In case you think the QSO was perfect 
for a NVIS antenna and a fluke, I have 55 DXCC entities confirmed with this 
setup.  Worked all of the usual suspect JAs past sunrise this AM.

Wes  N7WS


On 1/28/2017 7:56 AM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote:
> Hi guys and gals,
>
> After walking Snoopy and going out for breakfast this morning, I got back
> on 160m around 1320z (8:20 AM local here in Ft Wayne - about a half hour
> past our sunrise). Between 1324z and 1340z I worked AZ, CO and OR with
> decent signals on my SAL-20 Shared Apex Loop.
>
> I also heard quite a few other West Coast stations, but they kept CQing in
> my face. It could be they have a noise problem or it could be a propagation
> issue (since we don't fully understand all the interesting things that
> happen on 160m).
>
> But it also could be those stations were listening to the west with their
> directional receive antennas, not towards the east since it was daylight
> here. If this was the case, be sure to take a listen back towards the east
> every once in a while. With the Sun in the southern hemisphere, ionospheric
> absorption is minimal on the mid to high latitude northern hemisphere paths.
>
> I hope to work some of you tomorrow morning!
>
> Carl K9LA
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