Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations

[Frank VO1HP]

Thanks Trevour...you were very strong here....of course it helps that we
can practically see each other.!


Frank VO1HP

73
Frank VO1HP


On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:19 PM, MR TREVOR DUNNE <ei2glb at eircom.net> wrote:

> You were the loudest NA station here Frank and you were workable up until
> 09Z when I retired for the day,
>
> 73
> Trevor
> EI2GLB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: VO1HP Amateur Radio <invl160 at gmail.com>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:05:02 -0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Re: Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations
>
> I decided to do 160 SOSB HP....as that is where I have best lowband antenna
> these days.   I found condx on first evening strange in that Eu signals
> were very strong on my BOG but very hard to work.  USA signals were very
> weak on the BOG but when I would switch to the "L" most W/K became
> Q5....but almost non existent on the BOG...BOG runs NE/SW unterminated.
>
> I worked following:
> 0 points=16;
> 2 points 168;
> 3 points 208 (incl KH6DX; KH7M; A44A;  UA9FAA?)
>
> BTW UA9FAA zone 17 maybe a busted call...can anyone clarify for me.
>
> I called ZB3X for a long long time several times until finally got
> "?"...his signal was very strong with me and we finally worked.  Same
> calling with CN2 stations that I never did work.  I had a couple of good
> runs going on first evening but that didn't happen on 2nd.
>
> The first  evening  00-04z  243 Q's and 2nd(sat) only 46; sunday morning
> 40;  sun evening: 51.   First Eu on Sat evening EI at 19:26Z which is
> approx 1600 local.  On Sun morning EI2GLB at 0829Z.  Long after daylight in
> EI.
>
> I have a video on Youtube of ZA1WW at 2:15 local time :  (
> https://youtu.be/wJcos1DkSw0)   I am switching antennas to show the
> effectivenss of a BOG working immediately adjacent to the cold ocean.
> I can hear Eu signals most days well before 1900Z but have yet to work one
> of them until after 1900.
>
> My goal was  500 contacts but fell very short due to the peculiar
> conditions....despite that it was fun.
>
> 73
> Frank VO1HP
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