Ken,Good catch! Heard i u calling uk9aa but never heard him. He's been spotted a lot but it would take some very special /weird condx for us to hear him. Otherwise, checked the band several times but never heard EU last nigjt, 0500 - 0800z, EU SR. Ray,Near Prescott, AZ
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Kenneth Grimm <[email protected]> Date: 2/22/18 6:03 AM (GMT-07:00) To: Roger Kennedy <[email protected]> Cc: topband <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night Thanks for the QSO Roger. If it were not for your exhortation to be on the band on Wednesday evenings, I would have missed a QSO with UK9AA. That's a fairly rare one from this side of the pond. 73, Ken - K4XL On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Roger Kennedy < [email protected]> wrote: > Well conditions were strange last night . . . > > Generally poor propagation . . . and high background noise here (even on my > Rx aerial) - apologies if you were one of the stations I heard calling, but > couldn't pull out of the noise. > > However, I did manage to work 16 NA stations in the 2 hours I stayed on, > including across to Texas. > > What was more weird was some of my RBN reports from NA stations (which I > often view when the band's quiet, to check propagation) - several gave me > over 40dB above the noise, one even +48dB ! > > Thanks to everyone who came on (inc several EU stations) . . . > > I shall be on at the weekend, and certainly next Wednesday again. > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- Ken - K4XL BoatAnchor Manual Archive BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
