[ADXA] VK9CZ 160 anybody hear them ?

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

I forgot to add that, while ZD7W was very weak on 160 meters last night 
the prop to EU was fabulous. Very very good.

ZN


On 2019-11-19 08:50, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> A couple of days ago, about 30 minutes before SR here, I copied one CQ
> sequence and callsigns from them and that was it. The past two
> mornings they have ditched CW and gone exclusively with FT8. This has
> allowed them to work a few more NA.
> 
> Yesterday morning they worked a some of the south Texas gang that gets
> some nice prop down there but no one has decoded them any further east
> or north of there. Obviously, not too far east of there is past SR
> when they have SS. I've been listening every possible second. The same
> thing occurred this morning.
> 
> Even though we have a gray line a path that overlaps in the morning,
> it really doesn't provide enough darkness of either side to promote
> prop into Arkansas at this time of the year. I base this on the exact
> 5 minute period when the Texas boys copy them...it is a very short
> window and they have about another 30 minutes or so of darkness beyond
> us.
> 
> So, no joy here yet on VK9CZ on 160 meters. I was excited just to hear
> them the one morning even if it was super duper short!
> 
> I did work ZD7W last night on 160 although they had VERY weak sigs.
> Oliver was on from around 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM local and the east coast
> guys and folks up north in 9 land were copying him very well and
> working him. He was pee weak here and I could just tell he was in
> there. Just when his sig was starting to build he went QRT around
> 0130z. He came back on about 30 minutes before his SR (which is at
> 0541z, 11:41 PM local) and was still very weak but strong enough to
> copy.
> 
> So, I'm looking forward to getting in bed a little earlier tonight.
> Staying up late for ZD7 and getting up early for VK9CZ was wearing me
> out!!!!
> 
> Gotta get some rest to get ready for the contest this weekend!
> 
> ZN
> 
> 
> On 2019-11-19 07:31, EJ wrote:
>> Good sigs on other bands considering the path.  Anybody hear em on 160 
>> this
>> am?  No copy here
>> 
>> EJ K5EJ
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