Topband: SP test - Awful condx

2014-12-28 Thread Greg - ZL3IX
Hi all, I think we had the worst prop of any SP test since I have been in ZL. In the first darkness period (15z to 1650z there was not a single USA or KH6 station audible. Usually there are several left coasters on around their sunrise. Just 2 JAs, 3 VKs and 2 ZLs in that session. Things

Re: Topband: SP test - Awful condx

2014-12-28 Thread Gary and Kathleen Pearse
Poor also from Fairbanks, Ak. Listened both nights off and on. But in the end it was the burning end of my Inv-L that called timeout. Apparently my coated stranded wire had a covering defect at the far end where it was suspended in a treeā€¦the voltage node melted the pull-up rope and down it

Re: Topband: SP test - Awful condx

2014-12-28 Thread Goldtr8 (KD8NNU)
say for my brief operating time the conditions were sub par. Cheers Don ~73 Don KD8NNU 2014 3905CC Top Gun :-) -.- -.. ---.. -. -. ..- -Original Message- From: Gary and Kathleen Pearse Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 2:45 PM To: topband List Subject: Re: Topband: SP test - Awful condx