On the other coast, the big JA stations were 10 to 20 dB over S9 at my SR (1515 UTC), but then faded 1/2 hour later to S9. Jim was easily copyable, but no where near that strong when I worked him last night.
Rick N6RK On 12/29/2019 1:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Another Top Band Challenge has come and gone. This one will stand out in memory for a LONG time. I began hearing EU a full hour before my sunset, and by 2200 UTC (my official sunset) had logged 6 EU. This set the pace for the evening. Unfortunately, prior commitments allowed me only 5 hours in the fray, so pulled the switch at 10 PM local. Most of that time was spent S & P, looking for big point counters. When I hit the big switch, I had worked 52 EU! Never seen anything like it in my 35+ years on 160! I went to bed a very happy camper! Some of those EU stations were well over S9, and I sometimes tuned past the blip on the spectrum scope, thinking they were locals. The only EU I never could work was an LZ2. He was loud here, but never heard me. Thanks to all for digging me out of the mud. 73 es HNY! Jim - WS6X _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
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