Roger, I think you're getting out alright but RX may be a little lacking or perhaps it was just overly noisy in Ol Blighty last night.
Called you last night after a couple Midwest USA stations gave up. Probably around 0040z or thereabouts. You were solid. Finally got 1 QRZ, then you just started calling CQ right away after giving me enough time to send my call 2-3 more times. I called 2 CQ's just afterwards a few kcs up the band and lit up 18 skimmers from G through VE6(right at SS in VE6), so I know I was getting out. I am not the loudest signal on the band, but I do "ok'. Legal limit to an inverted L type of antenna. GL with your CQing. Hey, I tried ! 73 de Mike VE9AA ------------- Conditions have been pretty good this week . . . and there has also been quite a few NA stations coming on the band. (I usually come on for about an hour at 00.30Z, as that seems to be when propagation is best, based on received signal strengths on NA RBN stations) Although it's hard to be sure, but it seems that my slight Antenna improvements after putting my Dipole back up after the terrible gales we had over here have made my Tx signal a little stronger. (basically this involved putting a taller mast at one end, to get it about 10 feet above of the trees that have grown taller over the past decade, and were getting near the wire - I'm pretty sure this causes loss due to absorption by the trees). Roger G3YRO Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Ridge, NB _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector