my ears!)
Thank YOU for sharing YOUR kindness and knowledge.
73, Bob Hervatine N2NS
From: Topband <topband-boun...@contesting.com> on behalf of PAUL M ELLIOTT
<p...@valornet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:34 PM
To: topband@contesting
Absolute zilch heard on TB tonight here at my QTH in central CA (DM06) until
the last 30 minutes before VP8STI s/r, when I was blessed with a few random and
brief periods (of perhaps 10 seconds or less) of 'something' bubbling just
below my ability to copy. Last trace of anything was right at
No real copy on VP8STI here in central CA on TB either night. The BEST I've
been able to hear on my K9AY loop has been a very few brief periods of pips and
squeaks in the noise that MAY have been VP8STI, but not even enough to discern
a '5NN' or anything close to legible copy. Pretty much the
V73D best heard today (and most previous days) on SW setting on my K9AY loop.
SP beam heading from my central California QTH to V7 is 267 degrees. V73D TB
signals this AM (Friday) were light.
I have listened to V73D on TB most days since they first came on. I can not
recall a single day when
