[RMVHF] Europe August 6th (was-Re: CT1HZE into Colorado on 50.087)

[Jay Kesterson]

Ken Anderson wrote:
> Jay, K0GU:
>
> Thanks very much for the alert about 19:30z on RMVHF reflector as to 
> CT1HZE being 569 at your place in DN70.  I caught your email just a 
> few minutes after you posted it and hustled to turn on the radio.  
> Sure enough, CT1HZE was coming thru nicely about 559 here.  Got him 
> with one call and rec'd a 539 for my 100w and 7 el for a new one.  
> Interesting that he was cqing for W6s at times so he must have had an 
> opening even further west.  -  I didn't hear any others from EU.
>
> 73 Ken, W0ETT

  Congrats on the new one Ken, you are welcome. Sorry you guys missed 
EA7KW. I probably should have included him when I sent the CT1HZE post. 
He was a good 579 here around 1915z. EA7KW use to be the easiest station 
to work in EU. But since CT1HZE has gotten very active two grids closer 
to the ocean he is now in the most often. Those OPs on the SW /Iberian 
Peninsula have a big advantage. Their path is at least 5-7 degrees 
farther south than say even SW France. BTW CT1HZE worked K7JA DM03 at 
1905z and later another SoCal W6 so that is why he was chasing W6.

  Today was a very interesting open without even taking into account it 
is August. EA/CT/EA8/CU were in here solid for four hours. But I didn't 
work any other EA/CT stations other than CT1HZE and EA7KW. One other CT 
called me but he was not a CW OP and the QSO attempt got mangled. I'm a 
bit confused why I didn't work many EA/CT stations today. I still need a 
bunch of grids in EA.

  It has really been an amazing August so far. I will attach my Es DX 
log for August so far. 6m has been open to CT/EA or Africa four of the 
six days this month so far. But not great openings like today. My array 
has helped a lot on many of these contacts. BTW today the single JHV @ 
34' was putting up a pretty good battle with the array at times. When 
signals would QSB down on the array they often came up on the single 
yagi, interesting.

73,  Jay  K0GU  DN70mq

QSOs worked by KØGU DN70mq on 6 m.
Type of propagation: Es
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   DATE    TIME  CALLSIGN     LOCATOR TX       RX       MODE MILES
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08/01/2008 18:08 EA7KW        IM67XI  539      539      CW   5002
08/01/2008 18:11 CT1HZE       IM57    559      559      CW   4868+-
08/01/2008 18:20 CT3FQ        IM12    55       55       SSB  4705+-
08/01/2008 18:27 EA8/DL6FAW   IL18    529      559      CW   4867+-
08/01/2008 23:45 JE1BMJ       QMØ5    529      529      CW   5710+-
08/01/2008 23:47 JA7QVI       QMØ8    559      559      CW   5562+-
08/01/2008 23:48 JL8GFB       QNØ3    559      559      CW   5317+-

08/03/2008 21:18 6W1SE**      IK14    559      599      CW   5464+-

08/05/2008 00:35 EA8AK        IL18    559      579      CW   4867+-

08/06/2008 16:01 CT1HZE       IM57NH  529      529      CW   4880
08/06/2008 18:02 EA8/DL6FAW   IL18    44       55       SSB  4867+-
08/06/2008 18:29 CT1HZE       IN57    559      559      CW   4469+-
08/06/2008 18:31 EA7KW        IM67XI  519      519      CW   5002
08/06/2008 19:07 EA8AK        IL18    52       52       SSB  4867+-
08/06/2008 19:08 CU3EQ        HM68KP  559      559      CW   3997
08/06/2008 19:14 EA7KW        IM67XI  569      559      CW   5002
08/06/2008 19:19 EA8AK        IL18    559      559      CW   4867+-
08/06/2008 19:22 CU2JT        HM77    559      569      CW   4138+-
08/06/2008 20:45 CN8KD        IM63    44       54       SSB  5126+-
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