>From central California, perennial big guns JA3YBK and JA5DQH were way over S9 in the ARRL 160 about 2 hours before SR. They had big pileups, so I am thinking lots of stations were hearing them, whether or not they could work them.
--- Rick Karlquist N6RK On 2022-12-07 10:13, Jim Brown wrote: > On 12/7/2022 6:57 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote: > >> Well given that several people have posted that conditions were poor, I >> guess I should be happy that I managed to work 26 NA stations in the hour I >> spent on the band - even more so as I have this horrendous wideband noise on >> 160 at the moment! > > ARRL 160 is a worldwide contest. Propagation varies from one part of the > world to another. From my QTH near San Francisco, the only stations I heard > from the west were KH6 and KL7 (2,000 miles over water), and I heard very few > stations from the east coast (2,800). "DX" was PJ2 and C6 (3,800 miles). > > 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector