Hi all,
I thought the contest would give me the opportunity to take some
"snapshots" of USA signals strengths as received here in southern
England.
The following reports are taken from the S meter of my Yaesu FT1000D
using my main vertical antenna to receive on. They are just snapshots at
one particular time - since the band changed from hour to hour.
6th DEC 2345Z (for 30 mins)
K1ZM 5-7/8-9 K8CCV 5-7/8-9 WW2Y 5-7/8-9 W3BGN 5-7/8-9
K9DX 5-7-9 WB9Z 5-7-9 KQ2M 5-6/7-9 K3WW 5-7-9
N1BB 5-8-9 K3RR 5-6/7-9 K1VW 5-6-9 W2GD 5-6-9
K0HA 5-6-9 W4WA 5-6-9 Ve3EJ 5-7-9 W9XR 5-6-9
W3GN 5-5/6-9 KC1F 5-5/6-9 N2MM 5-5-9 K5NA 5-5-9
N2TX 5-5-9 N5JA 5-5-9 W1SJ 5-5-9 W4MYA 5-5-9
W9RE 5-5-9 NA2U 5-5-9 WF2W 5-5-9 K8KS 5-5-9
N4AR 5-4/5-9 K4IQ 5-4-9 W8KX 5-4-9 K3SV 5-4-9
K0EJ 5-4-9
7th Dec (Here) 0535z onwards
K1ZM 5-8-9 N5JA 5-7/8-9 K5ZD 5-7/8-9 K8MK 5-7/8-9
WF3T 5-7-9 KV0Q 5-7-9 K3SV 5-7-9 WF2W 5-6-9
W0UA 5-5-9 VE3ZW 5-4-9
7th Dec 0610z onwards
K8CC 5-7/8-9 K1FK 5-7/8-9 W0AIH 5-7-9 VE3PN 5-7-9
W0BV 5-7-9 N9DX 5-7-9 K0HA 5-7-9 K1MEM 5-7-9
P40P 5-7-9 W9XR 5-7-9 NN4T 5-6/7-9 K8FC 5-6/7-9
N2ZX 5-6/7-9 W0GJ 5-6/7-9 N5IN 5-6/7-9 W9RE 5-6-9
K1AM 5-6-9 W0HW 5-6-9 KV0Q 5-6-9 K5TT 5-6-9
K8KS 5-6-9 KA2CDJ 5-6-9 W1SJ 5-6-9 W0XV 5-5-9
K5NA 5-6-9 N5JA 5-6-9 K3SV 5-6-9 WF2W 5-5-9
W9OA 5-5-9 K9NX 5-5-9 N2TX 5-5-9 N0AV 5-5-9
KE9I 5-4/5-9 K4IQ 5-4-9 W9GIL 5-4-9 N8AA 5-4-9
W1OP 5-4-9 W8AF 5-4-9 W1DEO 5-6-9
7th Dec 0815z onwards (MY sunrise)
VE5RA 5-7-9 K1ZM 5-6/7-9 KC1XX 5-6/7-9 N1BB 5-6/7-9
WB9Z 5-7-9 W4WA 5-6/7-9 AA1K 5-6-9 N0IJ 5-4-9
K9DX 5-4-9 WB9Z 5-4-9 K8MK 5-4-9 K5NA 5-3-9
K8CC 5-3-9
I tried to wait for peaks of QSB before logging the reports on each
station. These observations made me realise just how difficult it is to
give comparisons - propagation really did move around quite quickly.
An S 8 report now could be S 5 in 15 mins time, then back up again an
hour later.
I decided to use my main transmitting antenna to get meaningfull reports
of the FT1000D meter so that you can relate to them.
The antenna consists of a 100ft top section with a 75ft vertical dropped
from the middle of the horizontal wire - a classic T antenna. I have
around 100 quarter wave radials radials laid out on the ground with a
further 30ft by 30ft area of bonded chicken wire at the base.
I hope you find the report of interest anyhow
73's MIKE G3SED
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