Topband: V84SAA report 1530z 09 Feb

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Jeff, 


I never heard even the slightest trace of V84SAA on topband this 
morning. I'll be there again starting at 1000Z tomorrow. 


I started to hear Krassy on 80 meters at 1213Z, 6 minutes after sunrise. 
It was extremely difficult to break through his big JA pileup, 
but after what seemed like a hundred calls I finally attracted his 
attention at 1222Z moments before the band faded out. 


I was receiving Krassy a solid 559 on my 80 meter 8-circle array 
pointed NW. No trace on the other paths. I was transmitting on 
my 2 element 80 meter quad at 180 feet. 


Great ears Krassy, thanks! 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 








----- Original Message -----

From: "k1zm--- via Topband" <topband at contesting.com> 
To: topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 3:28:16 PM 
Subject: Topband: V84SAA report 1530z 09 Feb 

Hi Gang 
I am off to bed but a quick update on the lowbands out here. 
On 80m at our SS we had some good luck. K1LZ worked KV4FZ, FM5BH K8MFO some W0's W3LPL, W3UR and quite a few others. 
This was as the sun setting out over the ocean. 
On 160m where I was - it was really tough - but managed to copy N4IS in (FLA) and work N0FW in Cincinnati Ohio. 
We have a 1000 ft beverage aimed at NA on the short path - and the xmit antenna is almost in the salt water - but honestly NA signals on Topband are about RST 109 for the most part. 
Only the west coast is about 559 with some exceptions Keep the faith - we are trying - with an S meter resting at S1 and only atmospheric noise to deal with - it is still beyond hard to hear stations considerably BELOW that level. 
It is almost ESP like out here on Topband! Keep the faith - maybe we will get an uptick in propagation while we are here 
73 JEFF K1ZM/VY2ZM 
Jeff BriggsDXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters Available worldwide through BookBaby, Array Solutions, DX Engineering, Radio Society of Great Britain, & Amazon 














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