On Sat,12/5/2015 8:40 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
Last night, I worked several CT, KY, and SC, and at least 1 MS.
I found condx pretty stinko last night to the east coast. Lots of W1
spotted, none heard. K8JQ was heard, but not loud. The very dependable
NO3M and WD5R were not very loud and didn't hear me. Let's hope tonight
is better.
Yes, N4OGW and WQ5L are good ops with a decent signal from MS, but both
seem to go to bed too early to work from W6. :)
On Sat,12/5/2015 8:01 AM, K4OWR wrote:
I have had great success contesting on this band (avg 1000qs) but not
really much DX. My country total is about 15. I'm reading here about
some people working DX and wondering about when I need to get on to
hear this stuff. I see the word "overnight" but wondering around what
time is best. I'm in east TN.
160M is an all night band, and 160 contests are all night contests.
Conditions often vary quite a lot through the night and from one night
to another. From the beginning of the contest (around 5 pm EST) work
EU, AF, SA, and NA until local sunrise at the DX QTH. Through the night
and until about 30 minutes after your own sunrise, work west. Signals
to the west will peak at their sunset and again in the hour or so around
your sunrise. Beverages and other dedicated RX antennas will help pull
out weaker signals.
In addition to all of that, with legal limit power and decent vertical
antenna, I can work 800 miles in the daylight hours.
73, Jim K9YC Santa Cruz, CA
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