I could not help notice, that several prominent well-known DX'ers were CQ'ing up well above 1850kc over the weekend. One reason I'm sure was that the QRM was thinner up there, and the mix certainly w
It's easier to get across the pond because it is easier to find a frequency clear of US and EU stations, not because of propagation. It is fairly typical in contests to find US and EU stations cq'ing
Sometime about 15 years ago - I ran some tests by putting a beacon up that bounced between the top and bottom of the band (up around 1995 kHz) - and solicited signal reports. I was hoping to prove th
On your last point Tree, I believe that back then the west coast could only do high power at the high end of the band, and the east coast could only do high power at low end of band. I have been told
On Mon,2/1/2016 8:09 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: I have been told by a DL that above 1850 they are limited to 75W (and other Europeans may have similar limits). That makes the very nice run of Europeans I
Yeah, it's funny how readable all those 75W DL's were that were calling on 1863. 73, Barry N1EU _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Remember, in the US amateurs are now allocated the entire band, 1800-2000 kHz as primary users. Radiolocation is officially gone, although other than the fishnet beacons, they have been absent for ye
That's the marine band, including the international emergency calling frequency of 2182 kHz. Probably not likely to get re-allocated any time soon. The band from 1705 to 1800 is probably needed as a