Hi Roger and gang, I operated W9VW which is a pretty big contest station Saturday morning but did not get on 160 meters until 0545 UTC, and I commented to my fellow operators that conditions were about as poor as I have ever encountered on 160 from Indiana into Eu and I was running 1300 watts versus the 100 watts I typically run from my home station. I was also having issues with our other transmitter getting into our 9 circle RX array which did not help..
I did operate some from my home station Sunday morning but started at 0400 UTC and actually put a considerable amount of Eu stations in my log running my 100 watts, so maybe conditions favored the earlier hours???? Next year I will definitely try and get on 160 much earlier in the evening if I'm invited back to W9VW. I certainly felt embarrassed with my performance. 73, Don (wd8dsb) _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector