Greetings from snowy Northern Central Washington State
Listening on 160M last evening was quite exciting for me.
I heard my first Europeans:
UTC 26 January 2004
0615 DF2PY
0635 DJ1MI (maybe DJ7MI - can't read my scribbling)
DL9KR
0727 EA8BH called him but no contact
I did work V31YN (H349 M559 at 100watts).
The antenna is a Half-Square with the top at ~90-feet
and the end-wires slope toward ground to the East.
It is fed at one end against a single ground rod.
I have no idea of the direction from which the EU-sig
propagation arrived but suspect it was not direct path.
Direct path toward EU for me requires a TOA of 60-
degrees or more.
Did anyone else here in the NW hear the EU stations
and, if so, do you know the direction of propagation?
Maybe there is _hope_ for EU-QSO's from my QTH.
Now, to figure out what direction to install some
beverage antennas is my next task!
Thankfully, my QTH is stone-dead noise-wise except for
propagated noise otherwise I would never have heard the
EU's.
73 Dick - W7WKR CN98pi
Stehekin, WA
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