A milestone was reached this afternoon.

I worked JH7PFD for QSO number 500 with Japan on Top Band.

I can hear and work JA stations on Top Band the entire day, from 1200Z to Sun Rise in Japan at approximately 2110Z – this corresponds to their hours of darkness.

This is even more interesting, since this seems to be the case even under disturbed conditions, previously considered utterly impossible.

This is, of course, entirely thanks to the Arctic King.