Topband: ARRL CW Contest

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in all I spent about 5 hours mostly from 04:30Z to 07:00Z both nights

Signals were generally good . Unusual "spotlight" propagation Friday 
Night/Saturday morn. Worked a half dozen S5xxx stations ALL with 
unusually loud signals. More than one over S-9 on the BOG. While ALL 
other EU's were down as is typical just above my noise floor. One S5xxxx 
commented that I too was very loud.

In general things were better on a broader scale the 2nd night here in 
the tropics

Did not seem to be the same level of participation as prior year. only 
68 Q's in 27 countries this year  vs 98 Q's in 51 countries in 2020.  
This might reflect the impact of fewer multi ops and dxpeditions this 
year due to CV-19 ???


Dave
NR1DX


On 2/22/2021 6:49 AM, Roger Kennedy 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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