Those are motivating numbers! You must have been might tired to fall asleep with so many callers. :)
I started on 160 but only worked a couple of Caribbean stations. Nothing copied from EU so I migrated to 80 ( not much) then 40, and finally to modulate the pillow. Last October I built a home brew 10M Moxon. using all left over plastic and aluminum. Its an ugly looking, tilted/slightly twisted thing ( holes drilled by "eye" and the eyes arent that accurate anymore!) but it works like gangbusters. Its on a 15 ft mast on the back patio, turned by the Armstrong Method. After an 8am start on 20m at my sunrise, I jumped to 10 since it was almost as busy and has a lot more elbow room. Wound up with 479 qsos in 11 hrs OTA, including 73 JA's, two DU's and one YJ plus a half dozen VK/ZL, nine KH6's and 8 KL7's. Overall the northern latitudes were ample, but not much from the equatorial regions or below. More Russian/Ukrainian stations that in recent past. 10M kept me busy all morning and for two hours around sunset. I had hoped to find more success on 160/80 and esp. on 40 into JA/VK - but not much doing. The Moxon is so close to the shack that when I beam JA ( through the shack) the rf keeps knocking my mouse offline, forcing me to pull the usb plug out and then reinsert. It corrects the problem until I transmit again. However I have better success when Im beaming EU, AF, SA and due west to the Pacific. Something about JA.... but at least I know the Moxon has some directionality. Speaking of JA ( and your music) I found a youtube video of Sing Sing Sing, played by an all Japanese Big Band. Very enjoyable! Musicians average age looked to be 65-70 but they were having fun! Complete with a few beards goutees and snappy mustaches. All in white suits! _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
