Conditions are improving, there is less noise and signals from the west coast of USA are stronger.
WAS on 160 via LOTW is almost completed in two days of operation – only ND, UT and WA have still not confirmed via LOTW.
Update: 13 Dec 0600z -WA confirmed on LOTW, North Dakota and Utah not yet….:-)
I know I worked a couple of stations in UT, not sure about ND.
Update 13DEC: W0ZTL in ND was worked on Nov21 and a second time on December 10th. The Direct QSL cards are on the way ! Will QSL direct to the Utah contacts as well to be sure. This means that I Worked All States on 160 meters in three (3) days ! What a pleasure.
Update 14DEC: Jim, N7JW informed me that we exchanged QSL cards for an earlier QSO we had in January 2006. The card is already in hand for UTAH !! Only ND remains to be confirmed.
There has been some discussion on the Top Band reflector about how easy it is to work WAS and some stations in the US have done so in only a few hours. Congratulations on this, but let us not compare the difficulty of working from the Auroral Zone at 65 degrees North, with working Top Band from more southerly locations.
This was only made possible with superior transmit and receive antennas and with the cooperation of excellent propagation.
Working ZL or KH6 has never been thought even remotely possible from TF on Top Band.
Long Live the Arctic King.
If you worked me from one of those states, I would appreciate a prompt upload to LOTW – thanks!
I have uploaded all QSOs to LOTW and will be QRV tomorrow night as well to enjoy these conditions while they last.
The highlights of the session were working KH6AT in Hilo, Hawaii for the second time and working Tree, N6TR for the first time on 160meters.
Update, 13DEC: KH7C was worked this morning for the second time and KH6AT was worked again for the third time proving that the performance of the Arctic King is no fluke !
I used N6TR´s Contest Logging program TR Log for a while and I found it to be absolutely the best logger I have ever used. I did give up on DOS eventually though, but I still miss the quality and precision of TR while using a Windows logging program.
I have heard N6TR numerous times but never with such tremendous signals before.
Finally LU6QI in Argentina was added to the log as DXCC entity #129 on Top Band.
Lew, W7AT, who also made it into the log last night says it beautifully:
“The language of 160M is CW”
I concur from the bottom of my heart.
