During times like these, I often switch either to JT modes if I'm cooking, or WSPR when I really have no time at all.
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| Eureka weather station - very far north! |
A few days ago, I was happy to receive VY0ERC, though he didn't hear me. Based near Eureka, in the very far north of Arctic Canada, the Eureka Weather Station is a pretty inhospitable place. Whatever they have as an antenna must be a pretty resilient design!
This grey line time, I set the radio to 20m WSPR. Immediately, I spotted Eureka, lying just behind the sunset line in a great arc linking my location with theirs. I was then very happy to see that Eureka had heard me - one of only two EU-based stations to be heard over the preceding hour.
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| Plenty hearing Eureka, but only two being heard all the way up there! Terminator is at time of map creation, not transmissions. |
It's very nice to have a 2-way report with such a remarkable and unique station so far north. It's also great to see a simple vertical delta loop performing outstandingly well. The elevated position, proximity to the sea and superb ground conditions does make a big difference. But the message to those considering a delta loop, providing you have a relatively uncluttered environment, is: put one up!
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