[OKDXA] 160m

[Ed Gilliland]

I talked with N5ECT and WD5R this a.m. and Doug was saying the same thing. 
Should have been there.  Maybe 160 conditions will be good for awhile.

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Coy Day" <n5ok at arrl.org>
To: "OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] 160m


> Fellow DXers,
>
> I don't think I have ever heard 160m as open as it was this morning.  I
> got up about an hour before sunrise to see if anything was on.  I found
> loud signals all over the band and they were mostly JA's.  Some of them
> 20db over S9.  They were the same strength as stateside stations.  Some of
> the stateside stations had pileups of JA's calling them.  Very strange.
> VK9DNX was about S8.  These signals persisted until about 15 minutes after
> sunrise and then started to tail off.  I do believe you could have worked
> a logbook full of JA's with a coat hanger.  Nothing new for me but sure
> was fun listening to all the excitement.
>
> Rumor has it that the ZD8 is going to be on 160m this evening.  Should be
> fun.
>
> Coy
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