Topband: Stew Perry

[Wes]

I just dabbled in the test.  I've recently replaced the K3S with a TS-890 and am 
still learning the ropes.  After working flawlessly for a couple of weeks I had 
a newly developed interface problem with the Elecraft KPA500 tuner, which 
naturally popped up during the test.

I thought condx were generally good, with lots of big signals from stations 
which didn't hear me.  As I mentioned in the "low dipole" thread, even without 
the low-noise RX antenna that is commonly deemed necessary, I almost have parity 
between TX and RX, except my RX is often better than TX.  Go figure.  Cases in 
point, JE1CKA seemed to have a robot sending CQ test, without ever listening and 
JA5DQH was working other JAs as his signal was peaking just past my sunrise, 
when the test ended. Neither of them copied me, even though we have worked 
several times before.

Wes  N7WS

On 12/27/2020 4:19 AM, List Mail wrote:
> I had hoped to give a few DX QSO in this SP, but conditions are just horrible. 
> The storm static has been epic all weekend, and signals are pretty ordinary. I 
> did try calling a few stations in NA around our sunset, but had no response. 
> Since sunset, the storm static has increased, and all signals are very 
> difficult copy here.
>
> Maybe next time.
>
> 73 es HNY, de Luke VK3HJ