Heard/worked W/K best on Sunday morning during 1 hour before SR here (06.55z), time frame 27. Jan 06z - 07z. Went west up to the border between zones ITU-7/ITU-8 (TN, MI, OH, WV, IL, WI, KY, IN). Farest west was K0DI in NE. All time before was disappointing. 73, Thomas.
> Gesendet: Montag, 28. Januar 2013 um 08:42 Uhr > Von: "Henk PA5KT" <pa...@remijn.net> > An: topband@contesting.com > Betreff: Re: Topband: CQ 160 Contest > > I was only active from Saturday evening on. > Had the idea that there were more participants as last years. > > About the DX, I did not hear a lot of asian stations, and those that I > hear were very weak. Did not work Japan. > Till about 02:00 UTC I did only work 5 NA stations, and signals were not > good. > I took a break and from 03:00 I was on again. After that time I worked > several eastcoast NA. > Signals were like on 20m. But almost no midwest. > > From half hour before sunrise (sunrise at 07:30) I also worked AZ and > CA and several caribbean stations. Signals like 20m. > > After sunrise band closed pretty fast. Last dx at 07:33 with W0AIH. > I stopped at 07:45. > > Sunday evening was the same, only EU no Asia, only some middle east > heard. (Not worked as too many stations only calling and not listening). > > I did work 2 TX stations, but used to work more. > > 73 Henk PA5KT > > Op 28-1-2013 1:45, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy (K5MWH) schreef: > > The CQ 160 contest was a large disappointment this year here in EM21. > > At least at this location, Europe was weak or not heard. Please, I > > would like to know what others were hearing. I saw few, if any EU > > postings on VE7CC from others in this area. > > > > At least I am enjoying the winter. It was a frigid 78 degrees F here > > in EM21pi today. (No, that's not a typo) > > > > 73, > > Mike, W5UC > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ Topband Reflector