Topband: Condx last night

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 2/24/2018 11:07 AM, cqtestk4xs--- via Topband wrote:
> 
> My apologies for sounding like a lid last night.  Almost continuous static crashes made rx almost impossible with the exception of a couple of the big guns and W6/W7.  Short skip was definitely in play.  85% of the stations I worked were W6/W7.
>   
> Bill KH7XS
>   

> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 2:26 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
> 
>> It was conditions and it was SSB!  I could not hear PJ4G last night. The
>> only DX that was "loud" was ZF2.
>>
>> W0MU

I worked Bill (KH7XS) on Friday night.  He didn't sound like a lid
but his signal strength was unimpressive for KH6 to W6.  We know
the antenna he is using has substantial loss so maybe that explains
it.

FWIW, I easily worked PJ4G and ZF2AF (or whatever his suffix was)
on Friday night.  Also worked VY2ZM on Friday running 40 watts!
(I forgot to switch on the amplifier :-)
I waited until after EU sunrise so Jeff would be listening
for the West Coast.  Good ears, Jeff.  Despite this, I only
worked 2 East Coast stations in several hours of CQ'ing.

Rick N6RK