VP8STI was solid copy in Maryland -- 559 to 579 -- from the
Southeast from 0000Z to about 0110Z. Dimi was working only
Europe until about 0045Z, He worked dozens of North Americans
from about 0045Z to just before 0110Z.
H is signal dropped significantly and copy was much more difficult
after about 0110Z when propagation switched mostly to the south
and Dimi started working only Europe. I stopped listening after
about 0130Z. DX Summit and ON4KST shows that he worked
many North Americans during the three hour period from just
before 0230Z to just after 0530Z.
As usual, policemen caused much more QRM than the -- all too
frequent, but brief -- errors made by well known topband calls
inadvertently transmitting on 1826.5 It would be much, much
better if everyone resisted the urge to be a policeman. There was
some deliberate QRM, but policemen only provide the feedback
that encourages them to do it more.
Good luck tonight!
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Burke" <wi5a@sbcglobal.net>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:06:05 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path
Propagation was interesting. It felt a bit like being on 6 meters. N5DG, who
is only 80 miles NW of me, and I had been listening most of the evening. At
best we were hearing peeps. Then at 0336z Ed not only starts hearing him
well, but logs him. Still nothing here. It's a full 20 minutes later before
I heard and worked him. He came out of nowhere. Signals improved
considerably after we worked, built to about 569 and stayed that way for at
least the next 30 minutes.
Ed and I experienced the same situation on 75 meters -- only they built to
true 5x9 there.
Like Joel, I tinkered with various directions. But they definitely peaked SE
for me. Never heard much, if anything, in other directions.
Larry K5RK
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of MU
4CX250B
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 7:42 AM
To: w5zn@w5zn.org
Cc: topband
Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path
Not a peep from them all evening into New Mexico. Frustrating!
Jim w8zr
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 21, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Joel Harrison <w5zn@w5zn.org> wrote:
>
> Tonight on 160 VP8STI had a good signal. Here in Arkansas their signal
> arrived from the NE from around 0115z until around 0200z peaking
> around 5 dB above my noise floor. Around 0200z they went "QRX" for a few
minutes.
> When they returned their sig was much weaker and finally faded.
>
> As the evening went on their sig returned around 0330z here and was in
> and out of the noise, still peaking to the NE and somethings shifting E to
SE.
> Right About a half hour before their SR the signal peaked to the SE
> and remained their until they faded into the sunrise.
>
> Best signal level here was 10 dB above my noise floor.
>
> Just wanted to pass that on for the folks (K9LA, W4ZV, etc) that keep
> track of these paths for us.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> www.w5zn.org
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