Topband: Wednesday activity nite.

[David Olean]

Hello Roger & topbanders,

I took a nap in the early evening, then was out on 160 a bit after 0300 
UT. Activity was steady and the QRN level was pretty low. The QSB was in 
evidence, as usual, but I thought condx were pretty nice. I worked 56 
stations in between making a sliding shelf for my relay rack. I am 
trying to install an old 1955 era Collins R-392/URR receiver there, and 
it needs a shelf.  The shelf came out fine and the activity time on 160 
M came out fine too.

I noted a few NA stations, but not too many. W2RE was in the Caribbean 
and had a small pileup. I think W0FLS was on along with a few others.  I 
only had one NA station call me, but that is to be expected. Still, it 
seems that NA activity is pretty low compared to Europe. Here is my list 
with calls and distances listed.

I detected one caller but could not make a QSO. Their call had BL or BN 
in it. It was very weak and I could only copy on the QSB peaks. They did 
not stick around for too long.


03:10 SM5NZY          100watts      5865
03:12 RA3QTT           7563
03:15 ON8BE             5521+-
03:18 LY5W                100 watts    6389+-
03:20 DL2OE               6095+-
03:24 SP5INQ             6533
03:27 RA4FW             7638+-
03:29 RZ3MM            7025
03:33 OK1CF             6113
03:37 OZ1NF             5767
03:44 KV5V               2714
04:23 UR4MKK         7320+-
04:28 DK6WH            5927
04:34 S57IPA             6407+-
04:37 UA6AIR           7949
04:40 G4UFK            4901+-
04:43 OK2SG            6378+-
04:44 HA5MA          6625
04:47 OH2MAS       6223+-
04:49 UY5VA           7693+-
04:54 DL2RTJ         500w       5999
04:54 LY4A               6425
04:58 OK1ATH        6289
04:59 SM6CPY       5742+-
05:02 YU5W          6883+-
05:06 UT3QU        7508+-
05:07 RA2FV           6351
05:21 FJ/W2RE      2912+-
05:26 SP9NLX        6453
05:29 OK8AU         6188+-
05:30 OK1DOT      6289
05:31 IKØAGU       6550+-
05:33 IK7JTF          6882
05:34 HA6PC         6645
05:36 IL4LAM        6550+-
05:37 ON6MH       5564+-
05:40 YL2BJ           6375
05:43 G3OQT        5098+-
05:49 S54X            6421+-
05:56 DL3RAU       5689+-
06:00 PA3FQA       5605+-
06:01 LA7KJ            5520+-
06:05 OZ4MM        5696
06:08 SP9FOW       6444+-
06:15 HB9BIN         5908
06:29 ON5FP          5414
06:30 PE5T             5389
06:47 G3YRO         5033+-
06:55 ON7PQ      his sunrise     5434+-
07:01 F8ALX           5499
07:04 F6DXE           5078
07:10 G3OLB          5057
07:11 G3XHZ          5057
07:13 EA1ALE         5250
07:16 ON5CT          5476
07:45 G3WZT          5169+-

Thanks Roger for suggesting CW activity on Wednesday nights.

73

Dave K1WHS