Hi Peter,
The 'why not' only applies to the hams who don't want to chat with their
'neighbors' or anybody on the same continent. propagation does play into
it and if you are a "DX only" ham 160 is much better at the greyline or
at night. There is nothing wrong with being a DX only ham. But for the
rest of us 160 is available all the time. The old saw about time and
place gets "and band" added to it. It's just a matter of your intent.
73,
Bill KU8H
PS..my best antennas for 160 and 80 will never be better than a poor
compromise. That is still much better than no antenna or radio at all.
On 05/13/2017 10:54 AM, Peter Voelpel wrote:
Sure it does, why not?
73
Peter
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob via
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I live in Northeastern Pennsylvania, have only been on 160 a month.
I hooked up with station in Lacona, NY which is about 200 miles from my
QTH. We decided that the next day at 2pm we would meet on 1.965 MHz.
Surprisingly we were able to have a QSO. SIGNALS VARIED FROM S1 TO S 5.
iI guess this proves that 160 does WORK in the daytime hours.
73'
Bob Reynolds
WB3DYE
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