>To: Dave_K9NX <n7ex@athenet.net>
>From: prforbes@tbsa.com.au (Peter Forbes)
>Subject: Re: TopBand: ZL7AA "clueless"
>
>>Well been sitting here for the last 2.5 hours listening to the ZL7AA op
>>work JA's all through the USA east coast and midwest sunrise fromm 10:00Z
>>til 12:40Z. Q5 copy most of the time, peaked at 569 here at 12:20Z in
>>Wisconsin. If anybody ever gets through to this guy would you please
>>explain to him that he can work JA all night long but there is only a
>>relative small window to work the US and VE. Duhhhhhh..........
>>
>>Dave
>>K9NX (ex N7EX and N0DH)
>
>
>Dear Dave,
>
>I think that using the term "clueless" is quite unfair!!!
>
>The boys at ZL7 know full well about propagation and the following facts
may be of interest to you:
>
>1. The path to JA is "not" open all night long as you claim, but rather
peaks from about 1000z to 1300z and then fades right away.
>
>2. They are currently giving 449/559 reports to the JAs - not what you
would call easy pickings
>
>3. They spent the last 3 nights trying to work W stations (as ZM7A on the
last two nights) with virtually no success - that makes about 15 hours
minimum by my reckoning - where were all the W boys?
>
>
>
>Cheers
>
>
>Peter VK3QI
>
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