Topband: OK1CF first EU QSO this season at VE6WZ

[David Raymond]

Congrats Steve!  I've not been very vigilant about getting on in the 
evenings but have been on some and have not yet heard Karel/OK1CF here 
yet this season.  I've probably missed some opportunities during times 
when the QRN hasn't been so bad.  I will start paying more attention to 
the evenings NA time.  And, yes, OK1CF is the worldwide beacon and 
stalwart for 160m CW perseverance!   Hopefully we'll have some better 
conditions this season.

73. . .Dave, W0FLS

On 9/15/2025 9:05 PM, ve6wz at shaw.ca wrote:
> In spite of the sudden blast of solar wind, and elevated geo-mag conditions, Karel OK1CF made it over the pole to VE6 last night.
>
> I must congratulate Karel OK1CF for being the most dedicated and persistent advocate for 160m CW activity from EU.
> I watch TB all the time, monitoring the RBN skimmers, and packet cluster.  OK1CF is the ultimate stalwart of 160m CW .
> Almost every night I see Karel spotted, calling CQ even during the summer months.
>
> Last night I started to see traces from Karel's CQ around 0400z, in-and-out with rapid QSB.
> I warmed up the amp and called around 0410Z and we had a nice QSO. It seems there was a pre-sunrise peak for Karel.
>
> Here is a recording of our QSO. The pronounced noise is from a solar MPPT charge controller from a neighbor 2 km away!!
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1agu3Kmfptp_rmH1YYwhe94N8Qa_7Ds33/view?usp=sharing
>
> My direction to EU is at 20-30 deg N, so a very polar path.
> It's nice to know that even during the solar high the trans-polar path has already started to open into western NA.
>
> 73, de steve ve6wz
> Sundre, AB
>
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