Thanks Trevour...you were very strong here....of course it helps that we can practically see each other.!
Frank VO1HP 73 Frank VO1HP On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:19 PM, MR TREVOR DUNNE <ei2...@eircom.net> wrote: > You were the loudest NA station here Frank and you were workable up until > 09Z when I retired for the day, > > 73 > Trevor > EI2GLB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: VO1HP Amateur Radio <invl...@gmail.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:05:02 -0000 (GMT) > Subject: Re: Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations > > I decided to do 160 SOSB HP....as that is where I have best lowband antenna > these days. I found condx on first evening strange in that Eu signals > were very strong on my BOG but very hard to work. USA signals were very > weak on the BOG but when I would switch to the "L" most W/K became > Q5....but almost non existent on the BOG...BOG runs NE/SW unterminated. > > I worked following: > 0 points=16; > 2 points 168; > 3 points 208 (incl KH6DX; KH7M; A44A; UA9FAA?) > > BTW UA9FAA zone 17 maybe a busted call...can anyone clarify for me. > > I called ZB3X for a long long time several times until finally got > "?"...his signal was very strong with me and we finally worked. Same > calling with CN2 stations that I never did work. I had a couple of good > runs going on first evening but that didn't happen on 2nd. > > The first evening 00-04z 243 Q's and 2nd(sat) only 46; sunday morning > 40; sun evening: 51. First Eu on Sat evening EI at 19:26Z which is > approx 1600 local. On Sun morning EI2GLB at 0829Z. Long after daylight in > EI. > > I have a video on Youtube of ZA1WW at 2:15 local time : ( > https://youtu.be/wJcos1DkSw0) I am switching antennas to show the > effectivenss of a BOG working immediately adjacent to the cold ocean. > I can hear Eu signals most days well before 1900Z but have yet to work one > of them until after 1900. > > My goal was 500 contacts but fell very short due to the peculiar > conditions....despite that it was fun. > > 73 > Frank VO1HP > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband