I was on Conway Reef in 2001, I might still have the 160 log. I will look for it and report the times worked USA. I still remember the NI6T QSO he was one of the loudest. (If I remember correct he has wires in his trees).
73 Will K6ND -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Milt -- N5IA Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:20 PM To: Robin; 160 Subject: Re: Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef -----Original Message----- From: Robin Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:52 PM To: 160 Subject: Re: Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef SNIP-------- During the VP6DX expedition, we made many contacts before sunset and after sunrise, some quite notable distances. There is a recording of the SSB contact during the SSB contest with EA6 when it was almost 2 hours after sunrise at EA6. SNIP--------- I believe the contest contact Robin is referencing was the 2nd one with CN3A during the 2nd night of the contest. I had worked CN3A earlier in the evening and it was a bit difficult. It was now hard daylight in all of EU and AF, and the terminator was out in the Atlantic on the Cape Verde Islands, past the Canaries and the Azores. I was giving a few minutes of directional calls for the central Pacific and ZL/VK. CN3A calls in while I am listening on the Beverage in the opposite direction, directly to ZL/VK. He reports the VP6DX signal is "unbelievable". I switch to the EU Beverage and the CN3A signal is 10-15 dB stronger. CN3A and I exchange signal reports with his report of that VP6DX was like local 20 Meters to CT (Portugal). It truly was an exciting minute of time inside the unreal two night of the CQ 160 SSB contest from the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific. Sum total was only two contacts out of more than 1,000 Qs that were less than 3,000 miles. Anyone interested in listening to the MP3 of the contact and viewing a jpeg graphic of the path taken from the GeoClock screen can request them in a direct E-mail. 73 de Milt, N5IA. Also VP6DX and XZ0A. _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK