WVDXA More ZL8R on 160

[Greg Lee]

Hey guys....according to DAILY DX the zl8r group is supposed to qrt at  2200 today......i wrk them 12 thru 80. Had the same expierence as oql  on 160....did hear them beiefly on 10 meters yesterday. foe 15 sec or  so. Tried them on RTTY on 15 yesterday eve, but no luck here.....73  Greg, W8GG

W8OI at aol.com wrote:            Jerry:
   
  What kind of a receive antenna do you have on 160?  
   
  I've gone from a coil-shortened 80 foot long sloper (35 feet off   the ground at the feed point and 15 feet off ground at its end) to an   inverted vee dipole, also coil-shortened to about 140 feet, (center of it 55   feet high and the ends about 30 feet high).  I now, for a change, work   about any station I hear but I can't hear the DX that keeps getting   reported.
   
  I don't have room for a beverage and I'm trying to figure out if I should   try something else or just accept the fact that I will never be top of the honor   roll on the top band.
   
  Garry, W8OI
  (11 confirmed DXCC entities on 160)
   
   
  In a message dated 10/17/2006 2:00:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   k8oql at citlink.net writes:
  
For     Those Interested In Top Band:

ZL8R appeared on 1.815 this morning about     0630 EDT (Local Sunrise
0726 EDT). This was an hour before my Sunrise and     about forty
minutes earlier than the previous couple of days. This gave ops     in New 
England and down the Atlantic Coast a shot at a
QSO. The pileup     was big.

Conditions were marginal this morning and some, including     myself,
were not hearing very well. The signal was in and out of     the
noise a lot, and at times was peaking S3. I watched for the
peaks     and called then, but no luck. By 0800 EDT, looked like
they had quit     160--nobody out West calling.

Perhaps they should have tried 160     earlier. At 0355 EDT, they
were 57/89 on 3.512--nice consistent signal.     Sometime when 80
is good 160 will be likewise, then sometimes not. The band     was
down to 53/49 by 0600 EDT.

According to "Announced DX     Operations" on the NG3K Website
<www.ng3k.com>, the ZL8R operation     will finish the 18h or
possibly the 19th. There might be a couple of more     mornings
to try for a 160 contact.

By yesterday afternoon, the     Ionosphere had settled down enough to 
support a 12 Meter opening starting     around 1530 and
lasting about 90 minutes. The op had a good run going     into
the Northeast States. I got a cigar and a new country on 12
meters.     Another op was trying to see if 10 was open at the
same time frame, but     nothing.

Could be an opening this afternoon on 10 and 12 Meters     with
the A Index at 8 and the K at 1. SFI is around 70, not so
hot for     10 and 12, but there's still some ionization around and
a weak to moderate     opening is possible in mid afternoon.
Their Sunrise is about 1316 EDT. I     sure would like to get 'em
in the log on 10.

Good Luck and remember     it's only a Hobby!
de Jerry
K8OQL
In the Potomac     Highlands
of
Wild and Wonderful, but Ready for Business, West     Virginia




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