I second all that Larry. Maybe I should've called again this morning to break the monotony but I did see on the scope others were calling and I didn't want to QRM them.
Wes. N7WS Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 10, 2019, at 11:19 AM, Larry via Topband <topband@contesting.com> > wrote: > > Hi Wes, > > They have been very loud around 1300z, my usual potty stop. Worked them a few > days ago on the first call and again this morning using the W7NQ club call. I > only hear a few west coast stations calling them and the USA stations are > having trouble hearing. They came back to a Calif station three times before > the N6 answered. Pretty strange. > > Went up the band and called CQ with no JA answer and no RBN spot. I found > that very strange. > > Just goes to prove the understanding of low bands by Jeff and Krassey. They > had the same great signal on the Spratley operation also. My complements to > Jeff for his great 160 meter efforts. Must be discouraging to call CQ for > hours at a time with no answers and just listen to noise. THANKS JEFF! > Larry/ n7dd > > Sent by Larry > > On Feb 10, 2019, at 5:56 AM, Wes <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > > I first worked them on 160 on 2/8 @1201Z. Very marginal so tried again with > a sure QSO @1222Z. Went to 80 and worked them @1404Z. This one didn't show > when it should have in Clublog, so worked them again on 2/9 @1134Z. I went > to 40 and worked them @1154Z. Again, not sure they got "WS", maybe "WH" so I > just worked them again @1222Z. Listened on 160 and hear CQ and spotted them > first @1229Z. As I write this ~1250Z, they are 579. > > Of course, none of this should be happening because I'm using an 55-foot > inverted-L with 20 radials for TX and RX on 160 and a 45-foot high > inverted-vee on 80 and 40 and everyone know these won't work:-) > > Wes N7WS > > >> On 2/9/2019 11:20 AM, cqtestk4xs--- via Topband wrote: >> Antenna here is a bent wire vertical with 60 radials and an SAL-30. >> As expected they were coming in from due west anywhere from 549-579 an hour >> before my sunrise until a little after my sunrise. I called and called for >> an hour with no contact, while they were working mostly EU and some Asia. >> Bill KH7XS >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector