Topband: Trans-polar is open!

[daraymond at iowatelecom.net]

. . . and the openings have not just been trans-polar.   After getting my 
antennas back in service on Monday, Tuesday morning of this week I worked 
VK2WF amidst QRN.  Prior to my SR he was peaking an honest S5-S6.  In spite 
of the QRN I decided to get brave and called CQ.  I had a weak caller I 
could not identify.  It turned out to be Phil, VK6GX (Inv V @ 27m).   Last 
night I called CQ toward EU and had a 16 db RBN reading from TF4M but no EU 
takers other than Rino, IK7JTF (mentioned below).   I would say things are 
looking up.  We could certainly use some CW activity.       73. . . Dave, 
W0FLS

-----Original Message----- 
From: VE6WZ_Steve
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 1:11 PM
To: topband
Subject: Topband: Trans-polar is open!

Last night DF2PY was making it across the pole to VE6.
Wolf could not hear me so we did not make a QSO, but Dave W0FLS worked him 
and he also worked Rino IK7JTF who was only running 100w.

I was very surprised to hear the band open in spit of the solar wind still 
kicking up around 500 km/s or so.

Lets hope this is a proxy for the winter DX season to come :-)

Here is a link to a sound clip of DF2PY’s CQ I recorded last night.  RX is 
direct polar path (not skewed). Diversity RX with 9 circle, and broadside 
phased Beverage pair. 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjAp-yq_0KcE-292X5zQMZFPvsEplbQn/view?usp=sharing 
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjAp-yq_0KcE-292X5zQMZFPvsEplbQn/view?usp=sharing>

73, es cu on TB !!  de steve ve6wz


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