I would echo ur comments, Bob. I had to scrape the XYL's car windows
early this morning, as we have had two days of snow and ice. So after
finishing the ice removal, I went and checked 160 M before sunrise. The
band was a tad noisy and I started CQing on 1822 and went on for awhile
with no answers. AA1K was calling CQ as well. I even tuned up to the
FT-8 segment to see who and what was going on. Back to calling CQ on CW
on 1822.5 and VI9NI answered my CQ. I almost fell over. We exchanged
reports and a few FBs then they went up to 1825.5. I stayed on 1822 and
then VK6VZ in Perth showed up right after! Both stations peaked up
really loud. VI9NI hit S9 for a few minutes and was good copy for about
15 minutes after my sunrise at 10:11UT. All this with the K index at
four! Nothing heard on northern paths. No JAs and no HL5IVL. VK6VZ was
good copy on a skewed path aimed west. Normal direct path is about 330
degrees for me and thru the AU belt.
A number of us East Coast stations worked VI9NI and many midwestern
stations made the grade. They must have had fun on Norfolk Island!
73
Dave K1WHS
On 4/10/2019 1:24 PM, Chortek, Robert L. wrote:
VK9NI had a very nice signal on the West Coast today and lots of stations made
it into the log on 160.
Very good propagation this morning.
73,
Bob AA6VB
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