Topband: Cndx in the ARRL 160 Test.

[W3HKK at roadrunner.com]

George, thats a big drop off in Q's from a very reliable QTH. 

Bn dabbling in the 10m Contest today...216 Q's so far. Vy strong FR4
called a guy I was calling, so I called him for a quick Q. He was
59+10 on ssb. The 3B8 was more like 57. One of the three Alaskans I
worked was 59+20, the other 55 and 57. Lots of fun but have some new
power line noise to the west. Heard the gal in Saudi, but too weak to
call through the Euros.

Hoping the prop isnt too unstable next month when 3Y0J reaches Bouvet!
They have a terrific video on QRZ.

Bob

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 Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 13:54:24 -0500
 From: "GEORGE WALLNER" 
 To: W3HKK at roadrunner.com, "'topband at contesting.com'"

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 We normally make 1300 Q-s in this contest. This year, with a lot of
hard
 work, only 994. Propagation had to be very selective. C6AGU was
consistently
 20 - 24 dB on the W3LPL RBN, but not heard at W3HKK. At the same
time, EU
 stations were causing QRM on the RX antenna, which is 10 dB down
towards EU.
 Strange conditions, indeed.

 73,
 George,
 C6AGU

 On Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:12:30 +0000 W3HKK at roadrunner.com wrote:
 >Interesting comments!
 >
 >I specifically listened at my SR but heard no JA's.
 >
 >Also typically in this contest at certain hours I get a steady
stream
 >of W6, W7 replies - many surprisingly strong. This time it was less
 >than 20. The West was fairly sparse, there were many cracks in the
QRM
 >wall, and it seemed most sigs were from the NE, Mid-Atlantic
regions.
 >4 Land is usually a big contributor to the log, but again this time
 >much less so. Probably goes to show just how telescopic propagation
can be on TB, ie
 >spotty. Re: DX: I looked for every DX spot and heard none from EU.
The
 >Carrib was about it. No CA or SA ( other than XE.) Or Pacific other
 >than KH6. Dits and dahs: My CQ CW Contest submission feedback
results get hit
 >pretty hard by penalties, and one of the major errors is the other
guy
 >logging me as SKK - so now I try to repeat it an extra time, slowing
 >way down on the H. I thought I might have a sending problem with my
 >7610 memories, but now chalk it up to noise/qsb/haste to move on to
 >the next guy. I do hear and appreciate when the other guy slows down
 >his call. Really helps me get it right by minimizing guesses. Worked
KH6 around 11:30 pm local time here..a bit of a surprise, and
 >then later saw a spot for KL7 but he was buried in the noise and
never
 >got him in the log. Usually hear them well around my midnight and
 >sometimes before my SR. Nothing else heard from the Pacific or JA,
 >even though I had worked JA two mornings before.
 >
 >Bob
 >
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