Topband: Lack of QSO's

[Wes]

In a very casual non-contest contest mode I worked 14 EUs, three of them new 
ones for me on topband between about 0330 and 0800Z.  Also worked PY0F and LU8 
for new ones.  A few extra hops and the east coast competition make it 
problematic for my modest station.

Wes  N7WS

On 2/17/2019 2:25 PM, Don Kirk wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> I thought conditions last night (Saturday night) were very good all night
> long on 160 meters, with signals from Europe pretty easy copy near
> Indianapolis at least 45 minutes before sunset.  I was only going to put a
> few stations in the log before heading to bed around 11pm local time but
> wound up operating until 3am local time (0800 UTC) due to all the activity
> and fun on 160.
>
> 73,
> Don (wd8dsb)
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 12:05 PM GEORGE WALLNER <aa7jv at atlanticbb.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The bands may be quiet at times, but last night from C6AGU I had contest
>> runs that were more like what you experience on 20 m: 180 - 200 QSO-s per
>> hour peaks.  No lack of QSO-s here.
>>
>> TKS and 73,
>> George,
>> AA7JV/C6AGU
>>