Hi Roger I would suspect activity.
This weened during the CQ WW CW contest our club worked 86 countries on 15M. We were running 100W into a 3 element beam. Nice openings to Africa and a delightful long path opening to the Pacific around 2100Z Saturday. The sun spot number was 0. I commented to my team mates that if there was no contest I doubt you would have heard any activity on 15M. Looking forward to this weekend’s festivities….. I heard you calling CQ last evening but a bunch of stations answered so I moved on down the band. 73 Mark K3MSB On Dec 1, 2017 9:03 AM, "Roger Kennedy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I came on 160 when I got in from a gig last night, around 23.30Z . . . > > And ended up working 35 NA stations! Including across to Texas and several > Midwest states . . . brilliant! > > However . . . was it good conditions? Or just the fact that a lot of > stations were active? > > I note that my reports from RBN stations were just the same as usual . . . > yet when calling CQ DX it often results in NO replies! > > And the stations I worked last night weren't particularly strong - only one > just peaked S9, whereas the "big signals" historically would be much > stronger than that, when conditions are good. > > (I also came on again just before sunrise . . . and as I've noted before, > NO > Sunrise Peak! Didn't hear any Europeans work any DX at this time . . . and > my RBN reports were way down) > > Roger G3YRO > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
