Topband: 160 this morning (11/24)

[Ron Spencer]

Worked JS1UFF this morning on 1815 at 11:43Z. He popped up on the panadapter and, at first, I figured it must be someone in the US as the signal was quite big (i.e. loud). I didn't note but certainly 20dB or more above my noise floor. That's on one of the  receive antenna arrays with no preamp. 



Tuning there it was JS1UFF just finishing a cq. Dave, W0FLS, worked him then I called and worked him. I think he's the first JA I've worked this season. 



Oddly no other stations from JA or that area were heard. He seemed to leave the band shortly after I worked him. 



I hope this means we'll start to enjoy some better prop on 160 as its been pretty sparse so far this fall.



Ron

N4XD


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