Re: Topband: 3B7A

2018-04-13 Thread Gary Smith
It turned out to be a good day & contact with 3B7A accomplished. I worked them on 160 so my agenda has been completed It was just a lot of repetition on my end and very good ears on theirs. While I now have 331 confirmed on CW (when this is confirmed), the next 10 are going to be the hardest

Re: Topband: 3B7A

2018-04-11 Thread Gary Smith
Probably true. I'm using HI-Z circle 8 & triangular arrays and mixing them with a NCC-2 to try and deal with local RFI but on 160 I can hear pretty well. They haven't heard me yet on 160 and I was trying to keep away from everyone else's signals. with my seaside location you'd think I wouldn

Re: Topband: 3B7A

2018-04-10 Thread Wes Stewart
The problem will be getting him to hear you.  I was calling in a pile on 20 SSB yesterday when he announced that they had another station coming up at 18130.  I doubt that anyone else heard that, considering the out of control mob.   I tuned up there and he was calling CQ at a solid S7 on my K3S

Re: Topband: 3B7A

2018-04-10 Thread K9FD
He was good copy out here in KH6 land, happened to tune the band at 1600Z and he was 559,  later he came up to 579,   heard him an hour past sunrise and still going. JT1CS was also on the band about 1600Z.   too late of course for most USA but they may be on earlier than that, Good hunting, 7

Topband: 3B7A

2018-04-09 Thread Gary Smith
Elusive again tonight but a better signal than yesterday. Only heard him well at the beginning of GL and he dropped off 30 min later. Could hear EU calling him clearly before GL so the band was in decent shape still. Going to be tough for me to hear him at this QTH but that's the game. GL to