Topband: ARRL CW Contest

[Fred Moeves]

Signals last night in Ky seemed better to me.

Many strong signals ...EI7M was very strong here among others.

Lots of very weak stations that must have very good RX antennas was I 
surprised that I was able to work them...and most were running a KW.

Some signals were very strong on the K9AY loop...not sure what that 
tells me ....maybe signals coming in at high angles?

I heard Roger last night I called but he was too close to a very loud 
local and he kept returning my call.

Had fun fooling around in the contest I worked just over 50 on 160.


My area in KY is in a building boom.

Lots of farms being turned into neighborhoods.

Three major developments close to me ...two within a 1/4 mile... each 
with 150 each or so houses.

And the other one is abt 1/2 from me with 1100 big houses.

The QRM is really starting to rise.

I now have a very loud buzz on 160 80 and a little on 40....80 and 160 
are S7.... I never had this before.

I'm hoping this is something the contractors are using...maybe big 
salamander heaters??

It comes and goes and eventually goes off at night...maybe a hour after 
dark.

So looks like this spring/summer will be trying out new RX antennas to cope.


73

Fred KB4QZH


On 2/15/2020 4:57 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
>
> I heard you CQing early this morning (of course you were already in
> the log). You had en excellent signal right up there with the best European
> signals.
>
>
> I hope you try again tonight
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Wes" <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 5:55:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
>
> I answered your CQ many times with no joy.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
> On 2/15/2020 8:52 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
>> Very curious . . .
>>
>> I came on 160m last night to see what NA stations I could work in the
>> contest . . . spent half an hour tuning around and only heard 12 stations
>> calling CQ, all of which I worked.
>>
>> I then figured it might be worth calling CQ, as hopefully Europeans wouldn't
>> call me, as they only get points for working NA stations (unlike the CQ WW)
>>
>> And in just over half an hour I was called by 50 stations ! (I stopped when
>> signals started dropping out after our sunrise)
>>
>> I was just surprised that there weren't more big NA signals on 160 calling
>> CQ, like there is in the CQ WW - is there a reason for this?
>>
>> Roger G3YRO
>>
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