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Re: Topband: CQ160 Conditions

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Subject: Re: Topband: CQ160 Conditions
From: w5zn@w5zn.org
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:26:02 -0700
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Condx from Arkansas were sub-prime. In propagation lingo that means it sucked! But hey, that's life on 160....some days you have it, most days you don't. Even though it was frustrating at times staying up for two nights trying to dig out some very weak stations at my QTH there was one nice side benefit.....I slept like a rock last night!!! :-))

Thanks for all the Q's and those who hung in there to work me.

73 Joel W5ZN


On 2019-01-28 13:11, daraymond@iowatelecom.net wrote:
And not any better from the Midwest (Iowa). . . .both EU and Asia. 73.
. . Dave, W0FLS

-----Original Message----- From: Larry via Topband
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:27 PM
To: ws6x.ars@gmail.com
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: CQ160 Conditions

Good job. Unfortunately the conditions from the West coast were the
worst in the last 10 years.

Funny band.

Larry
n7dd

Sent by Larry

On Jan 28, 2019, at 10:31 AM, Jim - WS6X <ws6x.ars@gmail.com> wrote:

SOAPBOX: In my 36 years on TB, this was the best 160 weekend ever from my little pistol station! Worked 58 EU in 26 DXCC, 5 AF in 5 DXCC, and 6 SA in
5 DXCC. The band was so wide open, as the propagation shifted, I had a
difficult time holding a frequency with full legal limit! Many West Coast
and EU sounded like locals.
EQUIPMENT: K3S in full diversity; AMP: ACOM 1500; TX ANTENNA: Inv-L, 62 feet
vertical, 40 radials; RX ANTENNA: (rarely used the entire weekend) 2-el
Hi-Z, Pixel Loop
See my results on 3830.
Thanks for all the Qs.
Jim - WS6X

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