Very low solar activity at sunspot minimum makes 40 meters nearly a 24 hour DX band, especially during December and January and especially further north where there are 14 hours or more of darkness.
73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "terry burge" <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:59:35 PM Subject: Re: Topband: V84SAA report 1530z 09 Feb Don't know what to think of this. I just worked V84SAA on 7175 at 9:52AM PST! He is a very good copy 56/7 on my K3. Something it's hard to figure for almost 10AM on 40 mtrs. Terry KI7M > On February 9, 2019 at 8:41 AM [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi Jeff, > > > I never heard even the slightest trace of V84SAA on topband this > morning. I'll be there again starting at 1000Z tomorrow. > > > I started to hear Krassy on 80 meters at 1213Z, 6 minutes after sunrise. > It was extremely difficult to break through his big JA pileup, > but after what seemed like a hundred calls I finally attracted his > attention at 1222Z moments before the band faded out. > > > I was receiving Krassy a solid 559 on my 80 meter 8-circle array > pointed NW. No trace on the other paths. I was transmitting on > my 2 element 80 meter quad at 180 feet. > > > Great ears Krassy, thanks! > > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "k1zm--- via Topband" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 3:28:16 PM > Subject: Topband: V84SAA report 1530z 09 Feb > > Hi Gang > I am off to bed but a quick update on the lowbands out here. > On 80m at our SS we had some good luck. K1LZ worked KV4FZ, FM5BH K8MFO some > W0's W3LPL, W3UR and quite a few others. > This was as the sun setting out over the ocean. > On 160m where I was - it was really tough - but managed to copy N4IS in (FLA) > and work N0FW in Cincinnati Ohio. > We have a 1000 ft beverage aimed at NA on the short path - and the xmit > antenna is almost in the salt water - but honestly NA signals on Topband are > about RST 109 for the most part. > Only the west coast is about 559 with some exceptions Keep the faith - we are > trying - with an S meter resting at S1 and only atmospheric noise to deal > with - it is still beyond hard to hear stations considerably BELOW that > level. > It is almost ESP like out here on Topband! Keep the faith - maybe we will get > an uptick in propagation while we are here > 73 JEFF K1ZM/VY2ZM > Jeff BriggsDXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters Available worldwide > through BookBaby, Array Solutions, DX Engineering, Radio Society of Great > Britain, & Amazon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
