Shelby you don't necessarily need a 160 antenna to make Qs on that band. Just
ask K4JRB about loading his 40 meter beam with a tuner and making contacts
during the CQ 160 contests. During NAQP CW & SSB I typically make a bunch of
160 Qs and in many of those cases those I work do not have a full size 160
antenna. And, as someone else said this is not a good time of year for 160,
but fall is coming in five months and the band will start to improve.
73 W0ETC
-- "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww@arrl.net> wrote:
"Jim McDonald" <jim@n7us.net> wrote: "160 RTTY in mid-May...are we hard core
or a bit daffy? ;-)"
Well said!!!! I'm not sure that I understand, or need to, the continuing
infatuation with 160 meter RTTY? Having experienced the wrath of the
"frequency guardians" when operating RTTY on 40 meters, between 7030-7050, I
have no desire to disturb those same "guardians" on 160! I would estimate
that less than 5% of all "regular" RTTY contesters, my self included, have
an adequate 160 meter receiving antenna system? Seeing my call being
spotted, during ARRL/CQWW160 CW contests, by European stations that I
couldn't hear, convinces me that my 160 meter receive antenna needs some
improvement? Of course, living on a 100X50 subdivision lot, doesn't leave
much room for 160 meter receive antenna's?
C'Ya, Shelby
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