Very severe echoes/multipath this am on 160 - first heard VE1ZZ cq'ing at
about 1015z , it took a minute or so before I could get his call. His signal
was 579 at times but the echo was so bad that it was hard to copy. I worked
a couple of other stations shortly after and had the same problem. The worst
case was W8JI - he was very loud but also was the hardest to copy. K1ZM
commented on the echo as well with my signal - even a station as close as WA
had echo on his sig.
It has been a couple of years since I have heard echoes like this on 160 -
and this type of echo seems to be different than the "long delayed echoes" I
have heard. It has also been a while sisnce I have heard VE1's and K1's this
loud. At roughly the same time I worked the 5W0 and he had absolutely no
trace of multipath/echo on his sig.
BTW - I was on my "low" inverted vee (96') which is my antenna of choice to
the east coast - even over the vertical with 100 radials on the ground -
which btw is the EU choice here.
73 es cu all in the
'test! Kevin NL7Z
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