Topband: VK6GX in the Spring Stew

2023-03-13 Thread TreeN6TR
Phil, VK6GX, showed up in the Spring Stew Perry and made 18 QSOs with USA stations across the country. A few of his QSOs were with low power stations which resulted in some pretty big QSO point contributions to his score: KG9X is a low power station - worth 70 points! K9MMS is a low power

Re: Topband: VK6GX in the Spring Stew

2023-03-13 Thread Jim Clymer
Phil called me on Sunday morning (local) just a bit after my SR. I kept getting "6GX" and then got the "V." There was just too much QRN and QSB for my little RX antenna to pull it through. Sorry Phil!! I was running 100 Watts to an Inv-L. Jim - WS6X On Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 10:46 AM TreeN6TR wrote:

Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 243, Issue 6

2023-03-13 Thread Richard McLachlan
I was copying K6NR for about 15 mins in heavy QSB around 0600 but he could not hear me. I also heard AA7JV/MM very briefly at about the same time. Some very strong signals from E Coast but almost no VE audible here. Richard G3OQT -Original Message- From: Topband On Behalf Of

Topband: Good conditions in the Spring Stew

2023-03-13 Thread Roger Kennedy
Conditions seemed a little strange to NA from here . . . I came on for a few minutes before going to bed around 0030Z and couldn't hear ANY NA stations. Came back on at 0430Z and there were several NA stations coming through, many over S9. I worked everyone I heard, a total of 16 stations . .