Topband: JA's came in droves today on 160

[GEORGE WALLNER]

I was CQ-ing looking JA-s from C6AGU, with quiet RX conditions. I managed 
only one CW JA QSO. Hmm...

George,
AA7JV

On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:56:23 -0600
  <daraymond at iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> As if there was any doubt, this pretty much proves they're all up on 1840. I got on this morning and CQd for 40 minutes beaming Asia and never got a response.
> 73. . . Dave, W0FLS
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Herbert Schoenbohm
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 1:00 PM
> To: TopBand List
> Subject: Topband: JA's came in droves today on 160
>
> This morning starting an hour before dawn 34 JA's were worked on FT-8 with
> a 1840/1908 split.  The best path was straight west for me. I don't know
> how this path existed or what caused this to happen. The regular NW path
> was nothing but the W and SW paths were great.  Maybe the massive Arctic
> air mass was causing the signals to take a warmer route and avoid the
> extreme cold. Just kidding of course. But some interesting phenomenon
> causes this path to exist from time to time. I hope to hear from some of
> the JA's worked as to which direction was best for my signal.
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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