Yes. Many strong Euros were coming in last night! . And many couldnt hear me. A few heard me but only after 10+ calls did they pull out my callsign. Luckily HP3SS gave me a new one on TB on my first call through a moderate pile up. But the LU8 was pounding in at 579 around 1837.0 and never came back to my series of calls. then went QRT. He should have been an easy contact, but not last night.
Another local, K8SM reported hearing numerous loud Euros who couldnt copy him. Scot has worked nearly all countries so his station is formidable. Also yesterday morn I listened for VK/ZL/JA etc but heard nothing, while others copied them better than I . This isnt unusual, but that I didnt hear a sniff of Asia/Pacific WAS. I vote for the dreaded ONE WAY SKIP! -----------------------------------------From: topband-requ...@contesting.com To: topband@contesting.com Cc: Sent: Friday November 26 2021 12:01:56PM Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 25 Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband /> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to topband-requ...@contesting.com You can reach the person managing the list at topband-ow...@contesting.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." Today's Topics: 1. 160 report (Mark Lunday) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 04:40:39 +0000 From: Mark Lunday To: "Topband@contesting.com" Subject: Topband: 160 report Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Conditions were pretty good overnight?lot of activity with some QSB on EU signals. I had a late Turkey feast and did not get on the air until 0300 UTC. I heard G3ROO calling CQ, and then several EU stations calling HP3SS. I worked G3YRO, but it required my amp and patience from Roger. Some QSB, but we did exchange RST. Thanks, Roger. When do you sleep, OM? ? Then worked SM5EDX; John was true 579 but also with QSB. I called OZ4MM/Stig, but he did not hear me. Also heard HA8RM/Peter, F5IN/Mike, OK1CF/Karel, ON7PQ/Pat, all fairly strong but with significant QSB. Then worked TF3SG/Gudmi for new one on TB. QSB took him from 589 down to 339. Nice to hear so many stations on the air. I went offline at 0430 UTC. Looking forward to the weekend contest! Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com [1] SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972 QRP ARCI #16497 ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband /> ------------------------------ End of Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 25 **************************************** Links: ------ [1] http://wd4elg.blogspot.com _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector