Topband: ARRL CW Contest
David Raymond
daraymond at iowatelecom.net
Mon Feb 22 09:43:27 EST 2021
Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful. I could never
hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call. Other EU beacons like
OK1CF were just detectable. Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I
never did work a JA on 160. I still had a good time.
73. . . Dave, W0FLS
On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to
> peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on
> 80 or something. 80 was great too.
>
> How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger?
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
>>
>> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday
>> night . . .
>>
>> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased
>> with.
>>
>> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what
>> saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a
>> Contest !
>>
>> Roger G3YRO
>>
>>
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