[Lowfer] Good conditions EA5DOM 2E0ILY VO1NA

N1BUG paul at n1bug.com
Mon Nov 5 06:50:49 EST 2018


There was a some improvement last night following onset of a
geomagnetic disturbance. MF did not seem measurably better except
for DK7FC peaking a few dB better S/N compared to previous nights,
but LF was really good.

On LF I decoded EA5DOM for only the second time. Just one period but
stronger than before with reported -27 S/N. That S/N is somewhat
believable based on his clear appearance on the waterfall. 2E0ILY
was very good early, with two periods of -14. This is the second
best ever, with just one period of -12 last year beating it. I could
hear his WSPR in the headphones on both -14 periods. On a quiet
night I can copy CW at that level. VO1NA was up and down in QSB but
his CW was very easy copy for long periods.

I heard KL7L was transmitting DFCW60. I set a SL instance to watch
for him but didn't see anything identifiable. Unfortunately I had
some weak interference floating around in the NA QRSS window.

I got a number of reports from across the pond, still probably
hindered by QRN by the looks of lightning south of Italy?

I can't wait to see what the deep winter season brings and try to
scare up some two way QSOs!

73,
Paul N1BUG


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