FB Rick, Its great to see the band opening up further south. The strange thing (as usual for 160m) is during the last solar min (~2009-11) it was more common for the guys down south and CA to be getting the good prop, while I sat on the bench with no signals. I wont even try to explain it, but this cycle it seems like the trans-polar prop has been focused more north.
Lets hope condx hold for a while! 73, de steve ve6wz > On Jan 4, 2021, at 8:04 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Last night I was surprised to be able to work > SM0GNU, UR0MC, HA8JI, and almost worked IZ4ZZB > from my central CA QTH. Especially UR0MC in > zone 16 who gave me a 599 report. I don't > think I have worked that zone since the ARRL > 160 contest during the last SS minimum. > All signals had slow deep QSB. I had to > listen on the TX vertical as I don't presently > have anything beaming EU, although I'm working > on it. > > Rick N6RK > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
