Tod, Your reference below to NI6T should be to NI5T. I was never happy about their callsign choice for their contest station, for obvious reasons, and your observation merely serves to maximize my discomfort. I was not QRV in this contest.
Garry, NI6T On 2/26/2012 9:15 AM, Tod Olson wrote: > Barry: > > I found your tape fascinating. I am very envious of the low noise level > that was recorded - - beverages must make a difference. :) > > Although I heard, from my Idaho QTH, some of the same signals you > recorded, the signal levels were considerably different. KG7H, WA7LT, W6YI > were noticeably louder for me. Even AB5M was louder. NI6T seems to be > missing from your tape although they were active and loud every time I was > operating. > > The big signals on your tape seem to be from stations that are less than > 700 miles from you. The DX stations simply did not exist - at least for me > while I was listening. [I was sleeping at 4:00 AM MST<1100 UTC>] > > I managed to hear and work a couple of FL stations, one ME station, and > one VA station. Only the ME station was comfortably above the noise level. > This year most of the East Coast stations simply did not seem to be on the > air. [I am sure that they were on the air but I just could not hear them]. > While it seemed I could fairly easily work stations within 700 miles of my > QTH, there simply aren't enough of them. Most of the stations I was able > to work by calling CQ had signals that required a great deal of > concentration. All in all I found this to be one of the more challenging > years for this contest. It simply seemed as though the propagation was > insufficient to overcome the listening challenges of my station on 160m. > In other years this has not been the case. In fact, it was not the case > for the ARRL 160 and the CQWW CW 160 earlier in this contest season. > > The conditions served to make one appreciate good propagation. And your > tape, during what I deem to be a poor propagation period, shows how a > really good station can overcome some of the poor propagation effects. > > > Thanks again for making it available. > > 73, Tod, K0TO > > > > > On 2/26/12 6:49 AM, "Barry N1EU"<barry.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I had the tape running this morning around 1100Z as I scanned the band and >> I caught 49 stations, and I posted the sound clip to >> >> http://n1eu.com/mp3/cq160ssb26Feb12_1100Z.mp3 >> >> That's what it sounded like in Albany NY on my Orion and Beverage antenna. >> Unfortunately the stereo diversity was lost in the recording (my bad). >> Below is the list of stations in order: >> >> W0AIH >> N4HB >> WW8OH >> ND8DX >> K4WW >> N2EOC >> WA7LT >> W8CO >> NT8Z >> AB5MM >> C6ANM >> W0MR >> KK1KW >> NF8J >> WD5COV >> N2CW >> WB9Z >> VE3MIS >> N3RR >> K2GE >> W8GP >> W6YI >> KG7H >> N9UY >> W2ID >> K3STX >> W2MF >> W8XXX >> W5PR >> AK5DX >> W3TS >> AB2DE >> ZF2AM >> WA4ZXV >> N3HBX >> K1AR >> W3KL >> W1XX >> K1LZ >> K8PO >> CO2GG >> VE3DC >> WJ2D >> K9NW >> N4BCC >> W0MR >> KA1IOR >> AB5MM >> N2EOC >> >> >> 73, >> Barry N1EU >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK