In spite of the sudden blast of solar wind, and elevated geo-mag conditions,
Karel OK1CF made it over the pole to VE6 last night.
I must congratulate Karel OK1CF for being the most dedicated and persistent
advocate for 160m CW activity from EU.
I watch TB all the time, monitoring the RBN skimmers, and packet cluster.
OK1CF is the ultimate stalwart of 160m CW .
Almost every night I see Karel spotted, calling CQ even during the summer
months.
Last night I started to see traces from Karel's CQ around 0400z, in-and-out
with rapid QSB.
I warmed up the amp and called around 0410Z and we had a nice QSO. It seems
there was a pre-sunrise peak for Karel.
Here is a recording of our QSO. The pronounced noise is from a solar MPPT
charge controller from a neighbor 2 km away!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1agu3Kmfptp_rmH1YYwhe94N8Qa_7Ds33/view?usp=sharing
My direction to EU is at 20-30 deg N, so a very polar path.
It's nice to know that even during the solar high the trans-polar path has
already started to open into western NA.
73, de steve ve6wz
Sundre, AB
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