Sorry to say no luck in EPA. One positive note, I get to clean up paperwork ; )
Wayne W3EA Sent from my iPad On Feb 4, 2014, at 10:00 AM, "Garry Shapiro" <ga...@ni6t.com> wrote: > I just worked him at 1455. He popped up to copiable and a minute later was in > the log. I am a happy boy. Still there, still not loud but easy copy. > > Garry > > > On 2/4/2014 6:55 AM, Milt -- N5IA wrote: >> Good morning Garry, >> >> Well, all the tea leaves lined up here this AM. >> >> He was first discernable at 1348. >> >> Heard a good CQ & call sign at :50. >> >> I started calling at :52. >> >> I made it into his log, on the hour, at 1400. >> >> He was wall to wall speaker quality for 10 minutes. >> >> He faded out at 1425, a full 10 minutes after my sunrise. His signal was >> audible here in SW NM, DM52lq for a total of 37 minutes. >> >> And this morning's op was NOT interleaving VK stations with NA. So the note >> to the pilot may have helped on that account. >> >> Good luck with your situation. >> >> 73 de Milt, N5IA >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Garry Shapiro >> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 9:56 PM >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: FT5ZM >> >> The west coast depends upon the morning bump and the only window is >> between their sunset around 14Z and our sunrise around 1515 and >> shrinking; the actual sunrise bump is, of course, short. Some areas east >> of the Sierra in the Mountain time zone apparently have no mutual >> darkness and therefore no opening at all, similar to what happened at >> VK0IR in 1997. >> >> Many west coast stations made good topband Q's over the weekend. Alas, I >> was plagued with a powerline arc exactly in line with Amsterdam SP and a >> deer took out my NW/SE Beverage. Now we are about to be clobbered by a >> CME--the high SFI of the past week heralded its arrival and I join those >> who are SOL. The prop gods are chortling. >> >> Garry, NI6T >> >> >> On 2/3/2014 6:45 PM, Les Kalmus wrote: >>> They were on top band tonight but really weak at best. I heard them better >>> on the inverted L than the beverage which is really weird. They didn't >>> start calling until around 2330Z. >>> >>> The ditter was a pita. >>> >>> 73, Les W2LK >>> >>> On 2/3/2014 6:33 PM, Gary Smith wrote: >>>> Well, it's academic for tonight because the only signals on frequency >>>> I've heard all night were the buzzards throwing out carriers & the >>>> occasional dits so to let us know they're there, waiting. >>>> >>>> Band condx or local issues there keeping them off 160 it seems. >>>> >>>> Gary, KA1J >>>> >>>>> Gary, >>>>> >>>>> I know I worked them on 40 SSB last night, and I do not appear in the log. >>>>> So, I checked about a dozen other guys in the spots for 40 SSB last night >>>>> who supposedly worked them after I did. None of them appear in the log >>>>> either. Methinks there are some bands missing in today's upload! >>>>> >>>>> 73, Tony K4QE >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Rats, back in the chase, must have been a slim. Just checked clublogs >>>>>> FT5ZM log and the 160M Q didn't show up but my 17M contact an hour & >>>>>> a half later did. I know I heard them come back to me so it must have >>>>>> been a slim but geez with the signals like they were, it sure sounded >>>>>> like their signal. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ugh... >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary >>>>>> KA1J >>>>>> >>>>>>> Fingers crossed it wasn't a slim I worked. The signals were in & out >>>>>>> but for 4-5 minutes I could hear them clearly. Time'll tell. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I did get him it was greatly because the kiddies weren't playing >>>>>>> so hard today. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 73, >>>>>>> Gary >>>>>>> KA1J >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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