Last night the band was very noisy. I had planned to stay up all night in case conditions were good but only stayed for a short time.
I was called by 8P9NX in Barbados for a new one and later by VU2BGS and 4S7NE for two more new countries and Zone 22.
Some notable calls were FM5CD in Martinique and UK8DAN in Uzbekistan.
The day started well, with BU2AI being logged for a first QSO between Taiwan and Iceland and Zone 24.
When I turned on my radio today, JT1CO in ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia was booming on 160 meters.
As I waited for the amplifier to warm up, I recorded his signals and he was worked easily for a new country and Zone 23.
I now believe it may be possible to get WAZ (Worked All Zones) from TF on 160 meters.
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It is quite likely that this is the first time Mongolia is worked on Top Band from Iceland.
The night of 09 December was spectacular. I began the operation with the thought of working on my WAS (Worked All States) award for 160 and as the terminator moved across the US, stations from the western part of the US became audible.
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After a small break, I decided to continue and see if I could get a West Coast US station in the log so I continued on the band.
I think I probably worked all 50 states during this session, I was called by many W6 and W7 stations and several KL7 stations were also logged.
The highlight of the session was being called by KH7C in Hawaii, followed later by KH7XS and KH6AT.
These are the first QSOs in history between Hawaii and Iceland on Top Band and I was really not expecting this to be possible, but the Arctic King and my large Beverage antennas, coupled with a zero-noise location made this possible.
It is also entirely likely that the West Coast USA QSOs made last night are the first in history from TF.
Note: N6ND informs me that some stations in California have worked TF3CW in January 2008.
Note: TF3SG informs me that he worked CA and BC on 160m SSB last January.
I have uploaded the log to LOTW.
I recorded the entire session:
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What an incredible pleasure !
The QSO with KH7C:
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The QSO with KH7XS:
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The QSO with KH6AT:
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Cluster spots showed the excitement.
N5GH 1822.0 TF4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4M call corr – thumbs! 0535 09 Dec Iceland
N5GH 1822.0 TX4M GOOD SIGNAL IN MS TONIGHT! 0535 09 Dec Not Found
W6UQZ-@ 1821.9 TF4A Grt ears! TNX new one! 0531 09 Dec Iceland
K6SRZ 1822.0 TF4M tnx #121 top band 0514 09 Dec Iceland
K7LAY-@ 1822.0 TF4M 3 hrs paid off 0451 09 Dec Iceland
WO1N 1821.9 TF4M Good Ears… 0432 09 Dec Iceland
K5WK 1821.9 TF4M going strong 0411 09 Dec Iceland
NL7Y-@ 1822.0 TF4M S9 in AK – Amazing 0341 09 Dec Iceland
K4SV 1822.0 TF4M Nice sig QRM by caller SPLIT? 0333 09 Dec Iceland
W2WC-@ 1821.3 TF4M 0329 09 Dec Iceland
W2TN 1822.0 TF4M Great sigs 0324 09 Dec Iceland
WM3O 1822.0 TF4M tnx for qrming me 0308 09 Dec Iceland
KS9W 1822.0 TF4M 0258 09 Dec Iceland
N7RT 1820.5 TF4M New #222 on 160 0208 09 Dec Iceland
W0BKR 1820.4 TF4M (UP AND DWN) 0202 09 Dec Iceland
W0FLS 1820.5 TF4M just darn loud 0147 09 Dec Iceland
W1YIF 1820.5 TF4M Tnx new one!!!! 0140 09 Dec Iceland
W0SEI-@ 1820.0 TF4M HUGE SIG…..TNX 0136 09 Dec Iceland
W4QN 1820.5 TF4M 0131 09 Dec Iceland
W4SVO 1820.4 TF4M 0118 09 Dec Iceland
N6ND 1820.5 TF4M QSX 1820.67 Tnx new one on 160 0118 09 Dec Iceland
K9US 1820.7 TF4M very stong tonight 0052 09 Dec Iceland
K0PY 1820.5 TF4M 0044 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC-@ 1820.5 TF4M Thanks new one! 0024 09 Dec Iceland
HI3TEJ-@ 1820.5 TF4M Tnxs fer new one 0017 09 Dec Iceland
ZS1REC 1820.5 TF4M 0002 09 Dec Iceland
K0HA 1820.5 TF4M . 2344 08 Dec Iceland
At this time of year my location has only a few hours of twilight.
I worked EY8MM in Tajikistan, who had good signals today.
Noise levels are so low now that I use the Arctic King in both transmit and receive.
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This morning I got up early and checked 160 meters for activity.
I immediately heard ZL3IX at his sunset and worked him for a first QSO between TF and New Zealand on Top Band.
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The picture is taken from DX Atlas by VE3NEA and shows the Gray Line at the time of our QSO.
ZL3IX QSO TF4M
I then called CQ and was answered by ZL3NW and later KL7HBK and FK8CP for another first QSO between New Caledonia and TF.
ZL3NW QSO TF4M
And a little bit later the Gray Line was enhancing signals into New Caledonia.
FK8CP QSO TF4M
W8JI also called me with a strong signal and I was pleased to learn that he has heard about the Arctic King 
This audio file contains all these QSOs.:
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I believe that band conditions were rather poor, signals were weak and some of these QSOs were extremely difficult.
I made a few recordings of other stations :
KL7J:
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JT1CO :
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KL7HBK:
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The Mongolian station had good signals but I was unable to raise him.
What a wonderful morning and an omen of things to come.
