or world class receiving and/or transmitting antennas...
I do see some positives since the demise of the window, DX does spread out more
and can be found in less congested spots.
It is a bit of a detriment for a newbie, expecting to find a window full of DX
and for those who can't squeeze more that 20 or 30 KHz out of their antenna.
It's a mixed bag situation to be sure...
73,
Julius
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://k4tcg.org/
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Robert Smits <bob@rsmits.ca> wrote:
From: Robert Smits <bob@rsmits.ca>
Subject: Re: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
To: topband@contesting.com
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:23 PM
On February 3, 2011 07:19:45 am John Crovelli wrote:
> As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained
> from calling CQ in what some still consider the DX Window (1830 - 1835).
>
> BUT lets be realistic here, this is 2011, not 1961. Split operation, a
> necessary operating technique of the W1BB era is no longer necessary.
> Frequency allocations between ITU regions and individual countries have
> become more aligned. All world class radios have narrow filtering
> capability, etc. fully capable of handling the worst pileups.
>
Not all of us can afford or own "world class radios", John. It isn't true in
North America and it certainly isn't true in the rest of the world.
--
Bob Smits bob@rsmits.ca
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