Topband: First EU of the season

Mon Aug 24 00:38:17 EDT 2020

Listened for DL8LAS and SM5edx  but only a faint trace of SM5EDX CQ on the waterfall at 0300z.

Started CQ at around 0400z and I was spotted by TF4X, G4HSO and ON6ZQ RBN skimmers so I new the band was open.
The QRN was quite bad, but Pat ON7PQ called and made it above the crashes for the first EU QSO this season at VE6WZ.

My sunset is now at 0245z.  I will try and be QRV a bit more now on or around 0400z.

73, de steve VE6WZ