Jim W8WTS and I are ready to go at PJ2T for the CQWW 160 CW Contest this weekend. One of the things I did during the "off season" is analyze one of our frustrations: the fact that we can hear Europe
I also experience this operating from NorCal -- during the first hours of a Topband contest, we hear a lot of the better equipped stations east of Chicago, but almost without exception, they don't he
I think there is more to it. First off, at the start of the contest, EVERY QSO is a new mult. So - NA works NA, EU works EU - lots of mults for everyone. Trying to find/work PJ2T, or any other Carrib
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:21:27 +0000 (UTC)
You guys should try the RAEM contest. Must be one of the most frustrating ones as nobody bothers listening towards NA. Rudy N2WQ I also experience this operating from NorCal -- during the first hours
Why risk some rudeboy invading your run frequency because 'it was clear' for more than 1000 milliseconds? responding!" Yes emphasize the ALL. I don't think many people around here have an RX antenna
It's still location, location., I feel.. I have a low dipole, and a looong one.. and a vertical.. on a steel roof (over 1600 sq ft).. and it is still two against one.. just pick a time.. and my main
and what about the DX windows? Will be good if stations like PJ2T, NP2J, and others from Caribbean left this windows for real DX stations. This stations works more than 1500 qsos! OH, yes, of course,
G'day Jorge: 1. What is this 'DX Window' of which you speak? DX Windows were eliminated from all bandplans years ago, and the CQ 160 rules make no reference at all to a DX Window. The only remainin
Hello Jeff well, donīt know about no more DX Windows, I think thereīs no more DX windows because many people donīt respect it so maybe the easy solution was to remove it? What I mean in my poor engli
The "DX Window" on 160 is really a relic of very old times when split frequency was not only the norm but the necessity for almost all DX Qs. That time passed 30+ years ago. The "worst place" to find
Hello Jorge, For the record, I noted PJ2T in the neighborhood of 1813 kHz very early Sunday morning. (I'd be more specific, but they never heard me, so I don't have a logged frequency). XE2X was arou