VP8STI was solid copy in Maryland -- 559 to 579 -- from the Southeast from 0000Z to about 0110Z. Dimi was working only Europe until about 0045Z, He worked dozens of North Americans from about 0045Z to just before 0110Z.
H is signal dropped significantly and copy was much more difficult after about 0110Z when propagation switched mostly to the south and Dimi started working only Europe. I stopped listening after about 0130Z. DX Summit and ON4KST shows that he worked many North Americans during the three hour period from just before 0230Z to just after 0530Z. As usual, policemen caused much more QRM than the -- all too frequent, but brief -- errors made by well known topband calls inadvertently transmitting on 1826.5 It would be much, much better if everyone resisted the urge to be a policeman. There was some deliberate QRM, but policemen only provide the feedback that encourages them to do it more. Good luck tonight! 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Burke" <w...@sbcglobal.net> To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:06:05 PM Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path Propagation was interesting. It felt a bit like being on 6 meters. N5DG, who is only 80 miles NW of me, and I had been listening most of the evening. At best we were hearing peeps. Then at 0336z Ed not only starts hearing him well, but logs him. Still nothing here. It's a full 20 minutes later before I heard and worked him. He came out of nowhere. Signals improved considerably after we worked, built to about 569 and stayed that way for at least the next 30 minutes. Ed and I experienced the same situation on 75 meters -- only they built to true 5x9 there. Like Joel, I tinkered with various directions. But they definitely peaked SE for me. Never heard much, if anything, in other directions. Larry K5RK -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of MU 4CX250B Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 7:42 AM To: w...@w5zn.org Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path Not a peep from them all evening into New Mexico. Frustrating! Jim w8zr Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 21, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Joel Harrison <w...@w5zn.org> wrote: > > Tonight on 160 VP8STI had a good signal. Here in Arkansas their signal > arrived from the NE from around 0115z until around 0200z peaking > around 5 dB above my noise floor. Around 0200z they went "QRX" for a few minutes. > When they returned their sig was much weaker and finally faded. > > As the evening went on their sig returned around 0330z here and was in > and out of the noise, still peaking to the NE and somethings shifting E to SE. > Right About a half hour before their SR the signal peaked to the SE > and remained their until they faded into the sunrise. > > Best signal level here was 10 dB above my noise floor. > > Just wanted to pass that on for the folks (K9LA, W4ZV, etc) that keep > track of these paths for us. > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > > www.w5zn.org > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband