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[N5PA]

Jim:

 

I did pick up one new country on 160 last night, CN2R, on 160 phone.  I was
using my 80 meter Inverted-V through the tuner and I beat the pileup.  It
was simply amazing!  I beat out all the east coast guys using an 80 meter
antenna.  I had a pretty good weekend and I picked up 3 new CW countries, 2
new RTTY countries, and 20 new band countries.  I picked up Australia for a
new one on 75 meters early Friday morning.  W5YU was talking to them
non-stop and finally people started calling on top of him and he got the
message.  They were much stronger here when he was struggling to pull them
out.  When he finally QRT'd they were much weaker here.  The Gray-Line had
just about disappeared because the sun was up.   I listened to all the lids
try to work TX9 on 40 a little before 1100 UTC this morning and they
continually called on top of him even though he was signing "UP".  He was
weak on 30 and was mainly working JA's.  When he QSY'd to 160 from 40 the
noise level here was 20 to 30 over S9 so there was no hope of hearing them.
I have a new Spi-Ro antenna to put up on 160 but I have been holding off
until I get my 40 meter beam up.  I might have to put it up temporarily.  

 

73

Alan, N5PA


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