Topband: VK6LW on 1821.4 this morning

[W3HKK at roadrunner.com]

Welcome K1WHS. DX seems to come in along the SE coast better than out
here in Ohio, despite the QRN. 

But VK6LW was solid this morning for about 30 -35 mins this morn. In
the past Ive noticed spurts of Pacific/Asia DX come in well during
Oct. So now that my ears are open around SR Ohio time again perhaps
I'll hear some of the ones Joe has been hearing.

VK6 has always been the Creme de la creme DX wise, since its about the
closest spot on land to the antipodal point on the globe from here.
short of Heard Island, anyway, and thats not active very much! So to
do it on 160 is even more exciting. 

He was coming in short path for sure, according to my SAL30...pure NW.

Re: the JA's...40 in a row is definitely not in the cards from Ohio.
Altho I also heard HDT this morning, but very weakly.

Bob

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 Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 10:37:44 -0400
 From: David Olean 
 To: "topband at contesting.com" 
 Subject: Re: Topband: VK6LR Kevin sigs 559-569 from 1111z-1145z this
 morning on 1821.4 (cw)
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 Wow! All this juicy DX makes me want to steal the exciter out of my 
 remote VHF shack and bring it back to the house so I can get in on
some 
 160 meter fun!? I have rigs set up on 6, 2, and 222 MHz. The 160 rig 
 ended up on 2 meters for the summer.? I miss the DX on 160!

 I have been out in the woods looking over my receiving wires and
fixing 
 things as I see them. I have two wires down at the moment, both
victims 
 to dead falling trees.? I use thick aluminum fence wire. If it
breaks, I 
 make splices with aluminum rod drilled with #8-32 s.s. hex screws to 
 hold the aluminum wire.

 73

 Dave K1WHS

 On 10/4/2020 8:34 AM, Joe Galicic wrote:
 > I worked VK6LW with 100 watts at 11:33 Z this morning. He was
peaking nicely here at SC sunrise. WOW, that was fun !
 >
 > I'm in the process of putting up antennas for 160 at my South
Carolina QTH. Inverted L with apex at 50 feet with 14 longish (75-100
feet) radials so far. No RX antennas yet. No amplifier at this QTH yet
either.
 >
 > I heard other VK's over the past couple of mornings as well as
JH1HDT this morning, I was surprised how strong HL5IVL was yesterday
morning. I called several times but he did not hear me. VK2WF got a
partial call sign for me but we didn't make the QSO. He was very
strong at my sunrise each morning I heard him.
 >
 > Getting ready for the upcoming 160 contest season.
 >
 > Fun stuff !!
 >
 > Joe
 > N3hEE
 >
 >
 >> On 10/04/2020 8:10 AM w3hkk at roadrunner.com wrote:
 >>
 >> 
 >> worked Kevin on first call, simplex. He was in there pretty well
from
 >> 1111-1145z, although qsb at times took him into the noise, here in
 >> central Ohio.
 >>
 >> Our Twilight-SR times today were 7:03 local- 7:30 local. or
 >> 1103-1130z.
 >>
 >> A second VK6 was spotted but I never heard him.
 >>
 >> But those SR tables really work! His strongest sigs peaked right
at SR
 >> and were about the same for 19 mins before and 15 mins after SR.
 >>
 >> Heard a very faint JA but not well enough to call. Think it was
HDT
 >>
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