Topband: Activity Topband Left Coast Perspective

[VE6WZ_Steve]

As Bob says, the band has been open to OC and JA with some excellent signals every morning for the last month or more.
There is a regular east coast group that have been making it through when the conditions are good which is amazing.
But I am a bit surprised that there are not a few more west coast guys showing up before SR. I do realize that many have rolled up the RX antennas and shut down because of the T-storm risk, but our VK, ZL and JA friends sure would like some company besides W7RH, AA6AA and myself every morning, over-and-over-and-over….lol.  Some new blood would be good!

As for the EU polar path, I have been checking most nights, but common darkness has almost left us.  My SS is at 320z so by then most of east and northern Europe is in full daylight.  There is still a short window at my SS for west EU and I have been checking but the geo-mag has not co-operated.
The last EU logged here was ON7PQ, G4UFK and G2XHZ on April 19th.

73, de steve ve6wz 


> Here is a report from West Coast morning Joe group. In some respect we are lucky. The seasonal thunderstorm noise is not real bad yet in the morning hours. I see a few eastern guys looking for OC and Asia in the morning so here is a list of the active stations on CW.
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> JA1LZR Joe, is a regular and has very capable station. Aki, JA5DQH (1000 UTC) is active mostly for East coast sunrise and has great signal and great ears. Other JA include JR1RJZ, JE1TSD, JA4CQS and JH1RZY.
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> AL7JX is active
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> ZL1AZ is active and has very good RX capability.
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> VK activity is very good in the morning. Signals are now not as strong as they were near the Spring Equinox but are workable most mornings. VK2WF, VK3HJ and VK6LW are regulars and have good RX capability. Add in VK3CWB and VK3NX for good measure.
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> While these stations are not rare they have provided great signals for propagation analyzing. 12-15K km contacts in the morning are always fun. With many I have enjoyed working them as they improve their stations capabilities.