Topband: Cq160 report from jw5e land

[Jeff]

Hi all

Typing on an i phone is painful so short and sweet!

I rented jw5e for sat night in the contest

Had an ft1000 mk5 a kw amp and a k2kq double L ant

Interesting nite

1 most of the time. No signals

2 every 30 mins or so i could hear ua4m and ua1oms.  No eu for the most part

3 ok7k who is usually 40 over  at vy2zm was 549 and never hrd me

4 early evening no usa  w1-w4
No n5dx. No k3zm. No k1dg. No w2gd

Nada
Zilch
Zero!!!

5 later kv0q in colo was loud for 2 mins or so
N9rv was loud for 90 secs and i worked pat on the first call

6 Abt 0700z no3m told me on chat he was hring me.  We worked

N0fw joined us and initially was weak
We made a qso  then pete recorded me
For 8 mins or so i was 589 

Then dropped like a rock

7 ve3ej was most considtent na i hrd. 549/559 from 07-09z. We worked

8 hrd and worked na8v. Hrd 1-2 
More na but no cigAr with them

it waz typical polarprop now u see it

Then 30 secs bye bye!

Totals (approx)
31 qso’s in 15 hours
5 na qsos
Worked ua oh sm oh0 ct9 (how?)
No g no dl no ea no i

Probably 10 dxcc entities
In all

Tough condx but it was fun!! 
Insane aurora 

Cu all next week from v84saa i hope with btr condx!!! 

73 jeff k1zm: vy2zm

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