Topband: 160 m Propagation Report from the Pacific,

[GEORGE WALLNER]

Hello Topbanders,
Finally 160 is coming alive.

Last night (Sep 25) I was operating as E51D/MM, at anchor in Suwarrow Atoll, 
North Cook Islands (AH86).
Starting at 0925 the only signal on the band was K1ZM. He had a solid 579.
Until about 10:00 I had a few callers with very weak signals, just above the 
noise (on the TX vertical). Then at 10:04 W7DT came in with a solid 589 
signal with a pronounced echo, that sounded like it was coming from the 
bottom of a well. Many subsequent callers were S6 to S7 and by 10:30 some 
were S9. The echo went away by 10:10 and most copy was a true 5. It was 
amazing to hear signals going from barely above the noise to S8 in less than 
5 minutes.
Very encouraging!
E51D will be QRV (from land) next week from Penhryn Atoll. We will be on 160 
at NA SR starting around 10:00. Will also try for EU starting around 0430.
73,
George,
AA7JV