Hi Roger, I just checked with Brad (W1NT), and he said he currently has 3 RBN receivers running, and it looks like all 3 spotted you this morning. All 3 of his receivers are located on the same property in NH. Two of them use beverages and one uses a vertical. One beverage is pointed NE and the other is pointed NNE.
Just FYI, Don (wd8dsb) On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:59 AM Roger Kennedy <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Don > > Yes, maybe the band was only open to the East Coast last night . . . or > perhaps I didn't actually stay on long enough for it to be dark much > further West (although I did work one station in Alabama) > > I'm not sure how you tell WHERE each RBN site is . . . > > Sure, you can tell where the MAIN station is . . . but some people have as > many as 6 RBN sites . . . presumably at different remote sites . . . so are > they all in the same State? (that seems pointless to me) > > The trouble is that if I end up staying up til 0300Z (4am local time) I > find it hard to get out of bed again a couple of hours later at our Sunrise > ! > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > ------------------------------ > > Hi Roger, > > I believe your having a big 40 dB S/N report from NH on the RBN is not as > telling as what the RBN did not show for you. If you look at the last 100 > RBN spots of you last night which was from 0107 UTC until 0317 UTC you were > only picked up in the US by the RBN's in NH, and then one time by an RBN in > very eastern PA (all very close to the Ocean). You were not heard anywhere > else in the US on the RBN network during the 0107 to 0317 UTC time slot > even though the noise floor in most of the US was likely very low based on > the lack of lightning activity (only lightning I saw over the US was over > Florida). The noise floor was very low at my location in the Midwest > (Indiana). > > I was not on when you were on, but I was on slightly later from 0345 > until 0515 UTC and conditions were very poor into Europe from the Midwest > US which is why I suspect I don't see any RBN reports of you during the > above 0107 UTC to 0317 UTC time slot into any areas except the very most > Eastern part of the US (NH and Eastern PA). > > I heard EU stations ON7PQ and F6FYA when I was on slightly later than you > and they were just barely above my noise floor which was very low last > night. F6FYA peaked about 2 db above my very low noise floor and Pat ON7PQ > was always in the mud (right at my noise floor) which is unusual for him. > The only other EU station I heard was John G3PQA when he answered my CQ > right at his sunrise (I only run 100 watts), and he was right at my noise > floor when he called but peaked 1 minute later to about 4 to 6 dB (most > likely due to brief sunrise enhancement). > > I also called CQ numerous times but was not heard by any EU RBN stations, > but that's not unusual for my 100 watts. > > P.S. there was a CWT (CW ops test) from 0300 to 0400 UTC which overlaps > when you were on last night and I heard numerous stations in the US on 160 > meters taking part in the CWT and if you were not hearing many of them > that's another indication that conditions were not very good from the > Midwest US into Europe. > > Keep pounding away, and we will keep listening. > 73, > Don (wd8dsb) > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 5:48 AM Roger Kennedy < > ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> Yes, conditions seemed good last night (had several 35 - 40dB S/N reports >> from NA stations on RBN) >> During the night there were several EU stations calling CQ . . . but very >> few NA stations on the band ! (I know a lot of you guys over there have >> much >> lightning and resultant static crashes now) >> I did have a few QSOs . . . and a nice email from John N1PGA. >> I guess I'm still surprised there isn't MORE activity, given that we're >> all >> supposed to be staying home ! >> Hope you're all staying well in these crazy times . . . >> Best 73 >> Roger G3YRO >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >> Reflector >> > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector