[K6BW] Re: Low band DXing at K6BW

[David Mueller]

Yeah, conditions weren't all that bad tonight :)

I just got back from the shack.  Worked the following
stations on 160 Meters:

OH3XR (Finland)
LY2IJ (Lithuania)
SM4CAN (Sweden)
DF2PY (Germany)
PA0CLN (Netherlands)
OZ7YY (Denmark)
LA0CX (Norway)
SM2EKM (Sweden)
JW5NM (Svalbard, in the North Atlantic).

Not a bad night at all :)  Conditions were the best
I've ever heard on 160M from California, and all
signals were loudest on the European Beverage.  There
was no aurora at all tonight, and Northern Europe was
coming in directly over the pole.

Merry Christmas everyone!
73, Dave N2NL


--- ab6mt <ab6mt at sonic.net> wrote:

> 
> Based on the absolutely rotten conditions (no short
> skip on 4 MHz
> through-out No. Calif. at 6:00pm  tonight), DX
> should be great.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: David Mueller
> To: k6bw at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:41 AM
> Subject: [K6BW] Low band DXing at K6BW
> 
> 
> There were some interesting low band DX conditions
> last night.  Early in the evening, the guys in the
> far
> northwest were working Europe directly over the
> pole.
> Those of us further south could not hear a peep.
> 
> Later in the evening, as sunrise began passing over
> Eastern Europe, signals began to skew out from the
> East and began to be copyable.
> 
> For the first time ever from California, I worked
> Europe on 160M.  It started with DF2PY in Germany
> @0400Z, who maybe was peaking at 449 (long, deep
> QSB).
>  Later, I worked a very loud SV3RF (Greece) at 0550Z
> who was peaking 569 and was louder than some of the
> guys who couldn't hear and were calling over top of
> him.  I found out later that OH3XR in northern
> Finland
> heard me working the DF2, and commented that I was
> quite loud.  Unfortunately I never heard him.
> 
> On 80M, conditions were even better.  I suprised
> DK3FW
> (Germany again) as the only West Coast station who
> he
> could hear.  I also worked 9H1ZA (Malta) through a
> huge pileup, HB9CIP (Switzerland), and F5IN
> (France).
> All these stations were coming through from the
> East.
> 
> I will continue to work on the receiving antennas
> because I feel there is much room for improvement
> there.  I think the European Beverage is pointed too
> far north for example.  I'd like to hear what the
> guys
> in OR and WA are working as well.
> 
> Fun night!  I'll be back on tonight for European
> Sunrise (8:30-11PM local).
> 
> 73, Dave N2NL
> 
> 
> 
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