Colin,
I did have a 10 meter opening to the west coast mid afternoon Sunday. I
worked a few from California, and 1 from your neck of the woods. A YL
with the call VA7BEC, and boy does that girl have a nice voice for the
radio.73, Steve KW3A
On 3/28/2011 12:43 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> though I don't have a tuned antenna on 10M, I didn't hear anything on that
> band during the hours I took part in the contest in my little way.
> I heard allot on 15, but again, no proper antenna, and I was hearing only
> big US contesters an no europe or asia.
> On 20 though, on saturday, I worked some good european stations including
> finland and lithuania.
> Like I said before, a small drop in a very large bucket for most serious
> contesters, or even those who have a decent antenna, but it made me happy to
> know my setup does work well for both DX stations, given patients, and for
> any US station I could hear.
> I noticed the SFI and A and K indexes were fairly good over the weekend,
> though not as good as they were a couple weeks ago...I guess about average
> for the past few weeks.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:59 AM
> Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
>
>
>> Steve:
>>
>> I think there were a few Morocco stations on, but I was not successful
>> snagging them, so you are ahead of me on that score.
>>
>> Again, though, the big thrill for me was to see 10 open, and 15 in great
>> shape at least yesterday afternoon.
>>
>> Looking very much forward to the CQ WPX CW contest toward the end of May.
>>
>> P.S. The Carolina Windom held up during the contest, even when using the
>> amp, so it appears that I have escaped the feared moisture
>> re-infiltration,
>> at least so far.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst"<[log in to unmask]>
>> To:<[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Sorry we didn't cross paths this weekend. Had big hopes to beat last
>> years QSO total and score, but my 656 QSO's were almost 100 below last
>> year. However I got more mults, so my 650k score was about 70 k higher
>> than last year. Had a tremendous amount of noise Friday night and most
>> of Saturday, and it was hard for me to get the ball rolling.As you said,
>> it was nice to see 10 meters open. Perhaps the best DX for me this
>> weekend was SV9 and 3V, both on 10 meters Sunday afternoon.
>>
>>
>> Had my best success on the low end of 75 both evenings. Had a few nice
>> little mini pile-ups from Europe and even got a call from a 5D in Morocco.
>>
>> All in all, a fun radio weekend. I also found the old Butternut
>> vertical did very well on 15 meters, often out performing the rotating
>> dipole.
>> As for working the G5 right after me: I had the recording feature
>> running in the logging software and just went back and listened to that
>> QSO. I must have stayed on frequency for a moment to get him logged
>> right, and while I didn't pay attention at the time, on the recording I
>> hear him acknowledge your call and the 66 s/n you gave him.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73Steve KW3A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/27/2011 9:32 PM, tom behler wrote:
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> Well, I made a meager effort at the CQ WPX contest this week-end, with a
>>> blistering 100 QSO's.
>>>
>>> I knew I wasn't going to be able to do much because of other commitments,
>>> so
>>> only spent about 3 hours or so on the effort.
>>>
>>> What was noteworthy to me, though, and perhaps the good news, is that 10
>>> meters was finally open in my part of the world to Europe and South
>>> America,
>>> and 15 meters was in beautiful shape--the best I've seen it for a number
>>> of
>>> years.
>>>
>>> So, here's hoping that the solar cycle is slowly taking off.
>>>
>>> P.S. I heard Steve (KW3A) work a G5O in England, and I worked him right
>>> after that, so, Steve, I know you were out there. (smile)
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
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