The weeks approaching the equinox have brought steady VK/ZL/KH6 openings
before sunrise.
This morning we had a pleasant surprise with JH1HDT calling in at 10:30z for
our first JA of the season. A bit later than in many years, but always a
nice benchmark. Signal was skewed a bit, peaking on the
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions and information!
Tim Duffy K3LR responded on behalf of DX Engineering, and offered to have
our 4-square amplifiers checked-out and calibrated to match within +/- 0.1
dB. They are also going to look at the DXE-RFS controller to assure that it
is functionin
Carl, K9LA, has posted an interesting analysis of a skewed path TopBand QSO in
the August 15 'Monthly Feature' on his site.
http://k9la.us/Aug15_K1FK_to_JA_on_160m_via_Long_Path.pdf
Dave, K1FKFort Kent, ME
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yes,, says a lot,, a whole lot for dx engineering73 john
On 9/24/2015 4:58 PM, Jeff Maass K8ND wrote:
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions and information!
Tim Duffy K3LR responded on behalf of DX Engineering, and offered to have
our 4-square amplifiers checked-out and calibrated to m
Hi guys
You have both surfaced a topic that is of great personal interest to me as I
have worked JA on 160m around 2100z both from K1ZM on Cape Cod and from VY2ZM
on PEI many many times.
The conventional wisdom is that signals propagate SE over Africa and VK6 on
Topband at 2100z but I no lo
I just wanted to add another data point to this subject. I have heard LP
JA's on 160 on several occasions from my location in FN42 (eastern MA),
anywhere from 2120Z to 2200Z in December and January, going back to 1994 or
thereabouts. I was never able to work any because they were working Europe