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I moved to 160 the last 30 minutes and wow !!! Loud, very loud signals from EU....armchair copy on most....

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> On Feb 17, 2019, at 6:59 PM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow, I thought the first night was FANTASTIC on 160M. But the last hour on
> Sunday was CRAZY. Especially northern Europe sounded like it was in my
> backyard. Scandinavian stations just booming in, rest of Europe doing great
> too!
> 
> Tim N3QE
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:50 AM W7RH <midnight18 at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings All,
>> 
>> Spotty openings to Europe from the SW with one surprise contact LZ2WO
>> just before sunset. Otherwise 1 G4, and a few EA stations. Also Q5 at
>> Sunset was IK2CLB with no QSO.
>> 
>> After 0300 no further EU DX worked. The band went downhill rapidly. Off
>> to bed. In the morning only a few JA and RT0C were worked.
>> 
>> Regarding V84SAA. Comments on the reflector were not cool. If you are
>> going to work one in the contest then work them all as a multiplier is
>> just that. Sorry if it's a dupe. However at my Sunrise you were doing
>> contest exchanges. IMHO
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Bob, W7RH
>> 
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