Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2022-12-19 Thread samjos
On Behalf Of Roger Kennedy Sent: Monday, December 19, 2022 5:24 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest I came on about 4 times during the night, but propagation this side of the pond was really poor. NA Stations that are normally over S9 were around S5

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2022-12-19 Thread uy0zg via Topband
Hi George I have heard your signal confidently and have called many times. But all I heard from you was CQ CQ CQ --- I have not heard stations from the U.S. (except K1KI and W1UE - very quiet + QSB). There were no conditions. --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua GEORGE

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2022-12-19 Thread GEORGE WALLNER
I was operating /MM from St. Martin (FK88) and both the NA and EU stations were weak. OK2CF, who is normally a solid S7 in FL was barely above the noise. Conditions were either very poor or everybody was in the QRP category. The only strong signals were form the Virgin Islands. 73, George,

Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2022-12-19 Thread Roger Kennedy
I came on about 4 times during the night, but propagation this side of the pond was really poor. NA Stations that are normally over S9 were around S5 . . . so couldn't hear weaker signals at all. Even Europeans weren't very strong. I did mange to work 16 NA stations, including Colorado and

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2020-10-18 Thread weave...@usermail.com
I listened for you guys down that way but with my modest antenna system (GAP Voyager - no RX antenna) nothing was heard here. QRN was light but building in the AM in the midwest US but still not too bad. 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Oct 18, 2020, at 20:45, Mail 10 wrote: > > I

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2020-10-18 Thread Mail 10
I listened yesterday evening through much of NA sunrise. I could see there were many stations on, but few were loud enough to make it through the storm QRN this end. After calling a few of the more readable stations with no response, I went to bed. I heard VK3NX call and eventually work AA6AA,

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2020-10-18 Thread Ian Fugler
of activity, always including a few new ones on topband. 73, Ian G4iiY -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+zen90387=zen.co...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger Kennedy Sent: 18 October 2020 17:21 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry

Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

2020-10-18 Thread Roger Kennedy
I came on for a couple of hours last night in the Contest, but conditions were strange. >From 00.30Z all signals were quite weak, including Europeans. Then from around 03.00Z signals started to pick up . . . although not fantastic. Popped on again at 05.30Z but signals had virtually