Topband: Was it a plane, was it a bird, was it Luis (IV3PRK) on 160 meters CW this morning?

[VE6WZ_Steve]

Yes it was!!
I was also very surprised when Luis IV3PRK answered my CQ last night. During the last min (2008-11) Luis was pretty much QRV every night.  My last QSO with him was Jan 2019.

Condx were quite good last night into EU, but not many callers….perhaps most were recovering from a weekend of contesting.

I worked IV3YYK, IK7TJF and IV3PRK….perhaps the Italian ops are staying home for CV-19 isolation.
Also logged, SM5EDX, SM5AOG, OM2XW, ON7PQ, PE5T and ON7DR.

The 160m DX season is not over yet.  The last EU DX in my log last spring was May 16, with many logged during the month of April.  The QRN levels are starting to get bad but fortunately from VE6 most of the US mid-west T-storm activity is off the side of the RX.

Lets keep the band going into spring.

73, de steve ve6wz



> On Mar 16, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Don Kirk <wd8dsb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wow, just about fell out of my chair with Joy when I heard Luis (IV3PRK)
> calling North American stations on 160 meters CW this morning.
> 
> Luis had a very nice signal, and hope we continue to hear him on 160 meters
> CW like the old days.
> 
> Don (wd8dsb)
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