Adding to the mix... 80M this morning from my QTH in MD to JA and RA0 was the best I'd ever heard it. I called CQ DX and when I first heard the response I was sure it was a local. But no it was a JA1!
Tim N3QE On Thursday, January 21, 2016, David Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > The whole band opening last night from NA to VP8STI on TB was rather > bizarre. The opening started in earnest with big signals coming first in > Maine. The guys in 1 land reported signals rivaling "locals." The opening > then started moving slowly and selectively southward. Guys in 2 land and > then 3 land started working them next and then into 5 land. As the was > opening into 5 land it also began opening westward, but again, selectively. > Stations in 8 and 9 land were hearing and working them but not everywhere. > I sat here in Iowa for over three hours with virtually nothing from them at > all. Finally about 0400 I began hearing them. They slowly improved and, > at 0424z I put my call in and was answered immediately. They continued to > build here peaking to S5-S6 around 0445z. After that they slowly faded and > were gone here before their SS. The opening appeared to be very limited > and, in some places, non-existent in 4 land. A handful in 4 land made it, > several using HWF for RX. Several big stations reported hearing little or > no signal. It seemed odd to be listening to them here with S5 signals and > the guys in the far SE and FL had none (and they are 1200 or 1500 miles > closer). But perhaps the most bizarre thing of all was K4SV and W4ZV > having to listen to the NORTH to hear them with apparently no signal from > the direct path. It would be interesting to know what mode of propagation > that was. All in all it was an odd night. Nevertheless, a LOT of NA > stations made it into the log. Joy for many but frustration remained for > quite a few. Antennas here a full size ground mounted four square for TX > and Hi-Z 8 circle optimized for 160. > 73. . . Dave, W0FLS, in Iowa > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Harrison" <[email protected]> > To: "topband" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 11:15 PM > Subject: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path > > > Tonight on 160 VP8STI had a good signal. Here in Arkansas their signal >> arrived from the NE from around 0115z until around 0200z peaking around 5 >> dB above my noise floor. Around 0200z they went "QRX" for a few minutes. >> When they returned their sig was much weaker and finally faded. >> >> As the evening went on their sig returned around 0330z here and was in and >> out of the noise, still peaking to the NE and somethings shifting E to SE. >> Right About a half hour before their SR the signal peaked to the SE and >> remained their until they faded into the sunrise. >> >> Best signal level here was 10 dB above my noise floor. >> >> Just wanted to pass that on for the folks (K9LA, W4ZV, etc) that keep >> track of these paths for us. >> >> 73 Joel W5ZN >> >> >> www.w5zn.org >> >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >> >> > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
