Hi Mark,
Working JA on TB never gets old.
I got up about 11:20Z, messed around with making a big breakfast and finally
sat down in front of the rig at 12:15Z, about 9 minutes before SR. Wow,
JA0MVW was way loud. I worked him followed by JA7BXS, JH1HDT, JA3MIX,
JR1ELZ I believe, don't have the log in front of me and finally at 12:45Z,
JH2FXK. I received 569 to 589 from all of the stations but FXK who gave me
559.
As was stated before, this band even after 30 plus years is still so
fascinating to me. It has been many a year since I worked JA after SR but
today it happened many times HI.
Looking forward to K1ZM and company's visit to V84SAA in February. 73, Bob
K3UL
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From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Mark K3MSB
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 11:57 AM
To: topBand List <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: JAs on TopBand
This morning was surreal.....
I couldn't sleep so I got up around 0900Z, had a cup of coffee, read for a
while, then went down to the shack. I worked 3D2AG on 80M CW and was
listening to him put in a very nice signal to the east coast while I did
some email correspondence. I QSY'd to 160M around 1145Z.
I worked JH1HDT, JA7BXS, and JA0MVW between 1202Z and 1216Z. 3 JA's!!!
Wow!!!
My SR is around 0723Z. I figured what the heck, parked on 1823 and called
CQ DX. This is where it gets surreal..... I worked JH7PFD, JO1WXO, JH2FXK,
and JA2ZL between 1222 and 1234Z -- They called me! I had to dig to get
some of them, but we made it.
I was going to shut down and noticed BG2AUE was spotted on 80M. I went to
80M.... and oh my God.... I'm hearing him. Coffee flying, I quickly
changed feedlines and turned the linear so the knobs would match my red
electrical tape marks. Squirted some RF.... He was 20 KHz down from where
I had worked 3D2AG and the SWR was higher than I'd like..... but 3500Z are
forgiving so more RF was squirted. He came back to me! Well, I'm pretty
sure he did as he was weak as water, when I worked him at 1259Z, which is
my SR + 35 minutes or so. I have an email out to him and I am checking LoTW
periodically.... well, more than periodically......
I'm waiting for Rod Serling to walk around the corner...... "Here we have
one Mark K3MSB, an unknowing visitor to the Twilight Zone......."
Days like this are what make all the days upon days of crappy propagation
worth it! As my TopBand Elmer Glenn K3SWZ always tells me -- "you have to
put in the seat time and be there when "it" happens..... "
73 Mark K3MSB
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