Hi Jeff,
I never heard even the slightest trace of V84SAA on topband this
morning. I'll be there again starting at 1000Z tomorrow.
I started to hear Krassy on 80 meters at 1213Z, 6 minutes after sunrise.
It was extremely difficult to break through his big JA pileup,
but after what seemed like a hundred calls I finally attracted his
attention at 1222Z moments before the band faded out.
I was receiving Krassy a solid 559 on my 80 meter 8-circle array
pointed NW. No trace on the other paths. I was transmitting on
my 2 element 80 meter quad at 180 feet.
Great ears Krassy, thanks!
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "k1zm--- via Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 3:28:16 PM
Subject: Topband: V84SAA report 1530z 09 Feb
Hi Gang
I am off to bed but a quick update on the lowbands out here.
On 80m at our SS we had some good luck. K1LZ worked KV4FZ, FM5BH K8MFO some
W0's W3LPL, W3UR and quite a few others.
This was as the sun setting out over the ocean.
On 160m where I was - it was really tough - but managed to copy N4IS in (FLA)
and work N0FW in Cincinnati Ohio.
We have a 1000 ft beverage aimed at NA on the short path - and the xmit antenna
is almost in the salt water - but honestly NA signals on Topband are about RST
109 for the most part.
Only the west coast is about 559 with some exceptions Keep the faith - we are
trying - with an S meter resting at S1 and only atmospheric noise to deal with
- it is still beyond hard to hear stations considerably BELOW that level.
It is almost ESP like out here on Topband! Keep the faith - maybe we will get
an uptick in propagation while we are here
73 JEFF K1ZM/VY2ZM
Jeff BriggsDXing on the Edge: The Thrill of 160 Meters Available worldwide
through BookBaby, Array Solutions, DX Engineering, Radio Society of Great
Britain, & Amazon
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