I too had a ball on 160. It was interesting in New England, EU was often as loud as stateside signals. It was interesting though; zero Asia, Middle East, Asiatic Russia, South America heard. The only Africa I heard was 7X&X. I heard a ZL but didn't work him.
The only Pacific I heard was KH7X but... he's stateside with a grid of DM42... Oddly, JW7QIA couldn't hear me and his sigs were low here as well. Still, EU was really fun and abundant. 73 & HNY, Gary > 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 > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
