PAC CW 100W again
Propagation very good this year even 28MHz open last weeks to VK3 VK7 VU HS
The PACC has a group loyal CW friends present every year
Russian hams manage to work 700+ !
Many thanks to the PACC friends to make it special again.
10 15 good open, very promising RBN spots
Sunday sunrise 160 exceptional good N-A RBN spots strong signals from the few
PACC friends fb! ,a lot more QSO's should have been possible
15 and 10 many spots by RBN: VK4CT E28AC PJ2A 3B8CW bands real open.
No reply from these areas except 15m VK4FOMP odd call sign weak but QRP!
In the night I took a long QRX only RBN spots showed 40m was still wide open
Overall it felt like a waste of good propation. I missed my rotary 40m dipole.that could have gave me some more contacts.
CU all again, sorry at times struggling with a new soft key's keyboard..
100W CW K3 3ele STEPPIR g.p.40 and wires
We where lucky with high SFI and good weather 12/13 February.
The weekend after, complete different with heavy storm depressions 10- 12 BF wind
All antennas removed and Steppir the elements stored in the barn, 23cm dish 2 4 6m antenna also.
130km/h gusts no severe damage in the night a never ending grumbling 12 hour long 8 - 12 B.F.
And still more nasty storm depressions heading our way.
This weekend ARRLDX CW .
Only 1/4 wave 40m g.p.survived , relative good signals in the first night.
Saturday / Sunday night it calmed down a weather break i raised the 25m mast to get the pulley up for at least 80m i-V and i-L 160m back for the night, headlight on but it was dry and no wind for a change... needed the re-balance to compensate the removed antennas.
Another night operation i like that as a challenge but my wife called it madness.
But N.A. signals at 80 and 160 disappointing weak.What a difference with the previous weekend with good low band signals according the many RBN spots i got at the low bands aft 1x CQ
heard ZL3TX good AT 80M working ARRL but direction N.A. was bad here. At morning sunrise the N.A. signals even worse rare to see the N1MM band map almost empty during a major contest !
This must have been 1 of my worst ARRL-DX ever. Missing the Steppir the high band are out..
113QSO /46 States 40 and a few 80 160
3 STORMS in a row never ending DUDLY EUNICE FRANKLIN
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