Topband: VI9NI

[David Olean]

I would echo ur comments, Bob. I had to scrape the XYL's car windows 
early this morning, as we have had two days of snow and ice. So after 
finishing the ice removal, I went and checked 160 M before sunrise. The 
band was a tad noisy and I started CQing on 1822 and went on for awhile 
with no answers.  AA1K was calling CQ as well. I even tuned up to the 
FT-8 segment to see who and what was going on.  Back to calling CQ on CW 
on 1822.5 and VI9NI answered my CQ.  I almost fell over. We exchanged 
reports and a few FBs then they went up to 1825.5. I stayed on 1822 and 
then VK6VZ in Perth showed up right after! Both stations peaked up 
really loud. VI9NI hit S9 for a few minutes and was good copy for about 
15 minutes after my sunrise at 10:11UT. All this with the K index at 
four! Nothing heard on northern paths.  No JAs and no HL5IVL.  VK6VZ was 
good copy on a skewed path aimed west. Normal direct path is about 330 
degrees for me and thru the AU belt.

A number of us East Coast stations worked VI9NI and many midwestern 
stations made the grade. They must have had fun on Norfolk Island!

73

Dave K1WHS

On 4/10/2019 1:24 PM, Chortek, Robert L. wrote:
> VK9NI had a very nice signal on the West Coast today and lots of stations made it into the log on 160.
>
> Very good propagation this morning.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob AA6VB
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