I’ll be back out there listening for signals as well. I only hung in there last night till around 00:30 UT and gave up.
Cecil K5DL Sent from my iPad > On Dec 30, 2021, at 4:25 PM, David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> wrote: > > Hello Cecil > > I'll bet you had a rough time with the QRN between you and the DX!! > > I wonder if the QRN dropped off between 0000 and 05;30 UT? When I was on, it > was bad, but I could get calls after maybe 2 or three repeats of just the > call. The noise was low in between crashes, so maybe things had improved. > Looking at the Lightning website, the line of storms looked pretty bad after > midnight. I was not there earlier to compare things. > > Looking at tonight, the storms are centered in GA and SC, so things will be > bad tonite as well. I will be on again for a bit after about 03:00. > >> On 12/30/2021 4:30 PM, Cecil acuff wrote: >> >> I listened around at 00:00 UT up around 1830 and the static crashes from the >> storms in the upper Midwest was covering anything that might have been on >> the band. S9+10 on my RX loop. >> >> Cecil >> K5DL >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:16 PM, David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> wrote: >>> >>> I managed to get on 160 CW starting at 05:30 UT and figured I might catch >>> a few early risers on the "Continent". I was quite surprised at the level >>> of activity. I did not hear many stateside callers, but I was busy for a >>> few hours up until just about Sunrise in Europe. No exotic DX worked, but I >>> managed a number of contacts with new stations for me. As I was getting >>> close to EU Sunrise, I also got a call from ZL1AZ. He was good copy on my >>> Europe beverage wire, and was 579 when I picked a wire that was aimed the >>> other way. He peaked at 290 degrees, so the path was skewed northward a >>> bit. >>> >>> I tried a little FT8 near EU Sunrise and set power at 5 watts. I worked two >>> stations in Spain. That was not much fun, so back on CW after only a few >>> minutes, and worked a few more in Britain, Norway and Sweden as daylight >>> was spreading across the mainland. I managed to not work G3YRO, but I >>> wanted to let him know that I did make an appearance on the Wednesday >>> Activity Night! I had lots of QRN nearby, which made copy poor as I would >>> miss several letters at a time. I am also finding that my CW is getting >>> worse as my hands suffer from tremors. It is starting to ruin my already >>> bad fist!! >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Dave K1WHS >>> >>> _________________ >>> 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