Last night the expedition had a pretty good signal on 80M...workable,I thought,
by anyone running a bit of power, some long deep QSB but also some surprisingly
long peaks too. In the time that I spent listening, they worked no NA
stations, so either propagation is causing great difficulties for them on
receive, their noise level is high (this may be the real reason-there is heavy
industry on the island not very far from their QTH) or the “EU wall” is just
too high and deep. At no time did I hear a request to stand by for NA even as
their sunrise approached and propagation would be tops for us.
And not a peep on 160M here (EN93) through the first few evenings. So far just
3 NA stations have made it into the log on topband with some 71 on 80M. Not
good for NA!!
Bill VE3NH
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