Greetings, I worked NO3M... OK, OK, NO3M worked me ;-) at 0537z on 2015/09/17. Given this discussion I thought I'd add my ha'penny's worth as grist to the "how in goodness name does topband actually work" connundrum; that morning NO3M was the *only* non local EU station I heard and the only station I worked. He was quiet with me but steady, no noticeable QSB. As there was nothing else about (no offence to my local topband neighbours in G, F, ON etc.), I listened to him for a while (10 minutes or so) and the signal was quite consistent here in IO51. Local sunsrise was at 0610z and if I recall (I really have to start keeping more detailed notes), he then disappeared, about 20 minutes before my sunrise...
I was running 100w into a battle creek special (without the 40m trap, vertical element 53' high, reasonable ground system) and listening on it as well as my K9AY was in a heap on the deck being reconditioned and my beverages weren't (and aren't) yet up and running... -- Regards Cormac, EI4HQ [Cobh / UTC+1] NNNN++++ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
