Dave, Thanks for sharing about the grayline stuff. Very interesting Bob K6UJ
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Dave Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> wrote: > > > Hello Les, > I worked A35T on Tuesday morning after VY2ZM, then K8PO, then K1CP. I live > in Maine, as do K8PO, K1UO, and K1CP, who are all in a line northeast of me. > K1UO was listening and heard them FB and did not call, but the peak was > rolling across the state so that when they were working A35T, I did not hear > the DX. Only when it faded for K1UO, did A35T pop out of the noise here and > was Q5 for about 10 or 15 minutes. They faded three minutes after my sunrise. > I know that K4SV and NO3M worked them that morning also. NO3M said the > Sunrise bump was slight at 339 for just a couple minutes. > This morning (Wednesday) I listened and heard A35T for about 4 minutes just > before my sunrise at maybe 339. That was it! K1UO heard them as well. Many > others in the Northeast got skunked, hearing nothing. Nobody called. I doubt > that I could have worked them this morning. Copy was up and down. It would > have been a lucky contact for sure. > I did note a second peak on Tuesday, about an hour before my sunrise. A35T > peaked up out of the noise around the 10:15 UT time frame for about 30 > minutes, with weak copy, but I did get the full call sign along with many CQs > and "UP" "UP", so I know it was definitely them. They were too weak for me to > call with confidence that I would hear what they would send back! They faded > down about 10:40 UT and re appeared at about 11:20 UT when they were Q5. > Good Luck to all! > > Dave K1WHS > >> Message: 11 >> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:27:05 -0500 >> From: Les Kalmus <w...@bk-lk.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: A35T QRG change >> Message-ID: <56cdcbc9.7020...@bk-lk.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> I couldn't hear a peep yesterday from about 1015Z and today from about >> 1045Z until our sunrise at 1140Z. >> I did hear VY2ZM and K8PO and another K1 in MA work them yesterday. >> Today, not one call to them. >> >> 73, Les W2LK > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband