I worked G4IIY at about 03Z on Sunday morning. Ian was one of the most
consistent signals CQing and heard from my end (nice job Ian). However - no
one from EU was strong. A few of the Carib and Zone 33 stations were strong
some of the time but even then not frequently.
I worked EI9E around the same time as G4IIY but EI9E was not quite as strong
and if he was CQing frequently then he wasn't heard a lot here. Many EU
stations were at the noise level on the end of my phased 1000 ft beverages
to EU. They clearly could not hear the USA well.
I worked a total of 15 EU stations in this contest. It ranks as one of the
top 5 worst CQ WW 160/80/40 conditions in memory (since 1997 for me).
See you all on for a bit in ARRL 160.
73
Ed N1UR (2 el phased array and 1.5kw from Vermont)
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