Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations

[Henk Remijn PA5KT]

I did not long stay on 160m as conditions did not seem very good.

Heard JA3YBK on saturday evening, but heavy pile up.

Worked some zone 5 and 4and some Caribbean.

I just had my inv L up on Friday. It has 2 radials. All temporary setup 
till the rework of the garden is finished.
K9AY loop is adding RX capabilities.

Power around 600 Watts.

73 Henk


Op 27-11-2017 om 18:33 schreef Ed Sawyer:
> I worked G4IIY at about 03Z on Sunday morning.  Ian was one of the most
> consistent signals CQing and heard from my end (nice job Ian).  However - no
> one from EU was strong.  A few of the Carib and Zone 33 stations were strong
> some of the time but even then not frequently.
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> I worked EI9E around the same time as G4IIY but EI9E was not quite as strong
> and if he was CQing frequently then he wasn't heard a lot here.  Many EU
> stations were at the noise level on the end of my phased 1000 ft beverages
> to EU.  They clearly could not hear the USA well.
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> I worked a total of 15 EU stations in this contest.  It ranks as one of the
> top 5 worst CQ WW 160/80/40 conditions in memory (since 1997 for me).
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> See you all on for a bit in ARRL 160.
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> 73
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> Ed  N1UR  (2 el phased array and 1.5kw from Vermont)
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