The first night they were on, K9W peaked 599 and a bit over here in
central Maine around 0800z. Amazing! They were very readable for
hours, but that was the peak. There was a secondary, much weaker
peak at sunrise that morning.
After that first night, conditions were never as good again. There
were nights they were not readable at all, others they got up to
559, maybe 569 for short periods.
This underscores a lesson I re-learned the hard way when I missed
3C0 and ZL9. On topband, you have got to lose some sleep and put
some hours in the chair if you really want the DX. :-)
73,
Paul N1BUG
(happy to have worked W8A for # 281 this morning)
On 11/15/2013 06:35 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
Missed them, was trying at the wrong times I guess. Was listening at
their Sun rise & afterward, was up till 3AM several nights trying.
guess I should have been listening at my SR.
So here's W8A I'm listening for & I'm not hearing them at my grayline
but I hear plenty of others banging away for them. Hope this isn't a
harbinger of this season for me on TB.
73,
Gary
KA1J
Hoping to get K9W on top band tonight. I couldn't hear them last
night but see they were on after I went to bed.
I snooze, I lose...
73,
Gary
KA1J
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