Topband: Night 1 of the 160 contest

[Mark Lunday]

Not much to get excited about.  Turned on the rig at 0200 UTC and went to bed at 0600 UTC.

Worked G6XX, S59ZZ, OM3GI, KH6AQ, ZF9CW with 100 watts and inverted L.  HiZ 4-square for receiving, band was not noisy but signals were not strong.

Several DX spotted that I did not hear: LY7M, OH0Z, G4IRN.  I did not notice a sunrise signal peak for EU.

Ops were very courteous and disciplined when calling DX, very typical of topband behavior...nice to hear.



Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
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