On 12/28/2014 7:18 PM, K1FZ-Bruce wrote:
Worked V55V 12-28-2014 at 0424 UTC. Good solid contact. Took a break from the rig, receiver still on his frequency. Noted His signal was coming up as his sunrise was approaching. Then a station started calling and calling, usually while the V55V was calling. Often starting to call while the CQ was in progress. This has to be blind calling. causing QRM & preventing others from making the contact. Please do not call unless you are copying the DX station. 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html
I see many posters complaining about bad condx. I worked nearly every station I heard, including many east coast stations, using only 100W to a vertical. Big surprise was V55V with a very solid signal 10,000 miles from the left coast. That's a 48 point QSO. I have noticed on other bands that there seems to be a pipeline to V5, I guess I can add 160 meters to the list. No blind calling here. I was able to raise him with only a few calls. Condx seemed pretty good here. I put up a low dipole for the contest, but it didn't hear any better than the vertical this time. It was also interesting that the difference in S meter reading between antennas varied from 5 to 20 dB, the vertical being stronger. Rick N6RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
