Lucky guys, not a peep so far on the West Coast. If they stay a few more days, maybe we'll be lucky too...
Ray, N6VR/W7YA On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:39 AM Artek Manuals <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom > > I'm using a 470 foot E/W Beverage here in Florida on receive and a 60' > high "T" with four 90' elevated radials for transmit (TS890/KPA1500) . > The CW operation the first night was quite a QSB roller coaster and I > had no success catching the right xmit frequency with the peaks. The > second night on FT8 I was a bit luckier finally logging them at 02:15 > though they were not as strong on average as the first night. For > comparison a friend, 30 miles south of me who lives on an ocean access > salt water canal only heard one decode all night on his 65' high > inverted V ( He usually kicks my behind on 80M though) > > My sense is that the propagation favored the upper Midwest the first > night and that Europe clearly had the edge the 2nd night, It did not > seem to be all that many USA getting through. > > Dave > NR1DX > > > > On 11/20/2020 12:28 PM, Drew Vonada-Smith wrote: > > Tom, > > > > He was about S6 the other night in Kansas. First heard 2330Z, but much > better from 0010 to 0030Z. I worked him at 0020Z in about ten calls. > Antenna was an inverted L, and RX was a 650 ft Bev to the SE. He was > similar strength on the NE Bev as SE, but my noise level is much higher NE. > > > > 73, > > Drew K3PA > > > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:12:07 +0000 (UTC) > > From: Thomas Hoyer <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Would be interested in hearing (no pun intended) what type of antenna > you, or anyone heraing the 7q7, are using > > TomW3TA > > > > > > **************************************** > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > > -- > Dave [email protected] www.ArtekManuals.com > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
