Topband: Wednesday activity report

[uy0zg]

I hope that conditions in our southern Ukraine will soon improve.

  And now it's almost summer here. I don’t remember when it was so warm

here. Nature works wonders...

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

Paul Mcl писал 2023-11-04 14:18:
> Some action here last two nights before bedtime:
> 
> 2nd Nov, 20 min session N4XD, K3UL, N2MF, AA1QW
> 3rd Nov, 30 min session N1PGA, W3BGN, N4XD, VA2MD
> 
> Regards
> 
> Paul MM0ZBH
> 
> On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 06:26, uy0zg via Topband
> <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I also didn’t manage to open the season in the USA today.
>> 
>> RBN readings are almost non-existent.
>> 
>> N4XD heard and called me (I saw his comment in the dx cluster).
>> 
>> But you RON noticed that your CQ was not seen by any RBN in Europe.
>> Even
>> England...
>> 
>> These are the nuances of the conditions. Conditions are better in
>> one
>> direction and worse in the other. This happens often.
>> 
>> So don't scold me too much :-)))))))
>> 
>> The final result for the night is poor, interrupted sleep:-((((((((
>> 
>> __________________________________________
>> 
>> At sunset I listened to KH8/AA7JV.
>> 
>> Beveridge 240 m.
>> 
>> I didn't hear. The best contenders were HA9RE and UT5UGR. They
>> called
>> constantly. Dima has a very good indoor rx antenna. I don't know
>> what rx
>> the HA9RE has. But the guys are great anyway.
>> 
>> ---
>> Nick, UY0ZG
>> http://www.topband.in.ua
>> 
>> Mark Lunday писал 2023-11-02 02:52:
>>> OK1CF/Karel heard about 0040 UTC calling CQ, very deep QSB going
>> from
>>> Q5 copy down to nothing and back again.  K4TL worked him from
>> Florida
>>> but I was not heard.
>>> 
>>> I called CQ numerous times but no replies.  Even with 500 watts I
>> was
>>> not making it onto any of the RBN spotters from EU.
>>> 
>>> Went up to 80 with 500 watts and was spotted by G4IRN.
>>> 
>>> This is depressing.  I don't have high hopes for the 160 meter
>> contest
>>> in December.  What a difference from 2009-2010 when 100 watts
>> easily
>>> got me into EU and middle east.
>>> 
>>> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>>> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
>>> wd4elg at arrl.net<mailto:wd4elg at arrl.net>
>>> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>>> SKCC #16439  FISTS #17972  QRP ARCI #16497
>>> 
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