Topband: A Bit of Zone 2 History Was Made Last Week

[Steve Ireland]

G'day

As Mike VE9AA has indicated there have been several excellent Zone 2 
operations in the past from the Point Amour lighthouse in Cape where the 
operators have had a good 160m setup. Unfortunately despite the 
operating teams kindly making skeds with me, we've had no success. Mike 
VK6HD SK also tried skeds with temporary well-equipped stations 
operating from Labrador on 160m without success.

After many years of both of us chasing Zone 2, Mike finally managed a 
QSO with a temporary VE2 (during a CQ 160 CW contest, I think?) station 
operating just inside the Zone 2 boundary in Quebec.

There is a nice little overlap between sunset here and sunrise in VO2 at 
this time of the year (now VO2 sunrise is at 1128Z, whereas VK6 Perth 
sunset is at 1054Z) but despite this my attempts in the past 
during/around the CQ WW CW have still been negative. Maybe it has just 
been conditions, but it is certainly seems a harder path to Z2 Labrador 
than Z2 Quebec.

All that being said, I'd love to try a sked again on 160m with a VO2 
station prior to the CQ WW CW. Dave VE9CB (of VO2AC) and I are good 
mates so maybe this is possible one day.

Vy 73

Steve, VK6VZ


On 10/11/2019 1:00 am, topband-request at contesting.com wrote:

> WRT to Steve's comments, I am*very*  surprised that few VK's have worked
> Zone 2.
>
> In recent memory VO2AAA/VO2AC have put on 2 pretty big 160m contest
> expeditions from the Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador with exceptional
> antennas and huge signals into NA and EU.(and elsewhere)
> In recent memory VO2AAA/VO2AC have put on 2 pretty big 160m contest
> expeditions from the Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador with exceptional
> antennas and huge signals into NA and EU.(and elsewhere)

Mike VE9AA/VO2DX.etc.