I was just lamenting in my last post that I hadn't worked any DX on 160m this season. Then this morning the propagation spotlight shown on N TX. Incredibly strong signals from Asia. JD1BMH, HL5IVL and several JAs logged. RX antenna is an SAL-20 (with the original preamp) feeding an FTdx5000. Amp is 500w.
Anecdote: I almost missed the opening. Monday I found several chewed spots on the SAL-20 feedline. I cut out the bad spots then realized I didn't have enough crimp on connectors. By this time it was getting dark and chilly so I *almost* decided to wait until Tuesday afternoon when it would be warmer to finish the repair. But I ultimately decided to forge ahead and got the job done. I would have been kicking myself had I missed the opening. 73, Kris N5KM --------- original message ------------- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:56:56 -0500 From: Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> To: Top Band Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Topband: JD1BMH Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Wow! I heard Harry this AM for the first time ever! Unfortunately, he was weak and in the noise most of the time. Here's hoping propagation makes it's way a bit further north soon. 73, Roger N1RJ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
