Topband: Cndx in the ARRL 160 Test.

[GEORGE WALLNER]

Bob,
Before the contest we were on 160 a number of nights. Only a few nights were 
we able to work more than a handful of EU stations and they were all much 
weaker than normal. Regular S7 stations, like DL8LAS and OK1CF were barely 
audible. Two years ago, from the same spot and a very similar antenna, we 
were able to work EU-s 45 minutes before SS, in almost full daylight. This 
time, EU came in weakly around 2100 local and than again between midnight 
and 1 AM.  Interestingly, noise levels were below normal. (But not during 
the ARRL 160, when noise was high due to a front passing through.)


GL with 3Y0J!
73,
George,
C6AGU


On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:02:48 +0000 W3HKK at roadrunner.com wrote:
>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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>From: "GEORGE WALLNER" To: W3HKK at roadrunner.com, "'topband at contesting.com'"
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>Subject: Re: Topband: 160 contest; dits and dahs; propagation
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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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