On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:34:50 EDT, W8FJ@aol.com wrote:
>Why is it that some people still think 160M is dead in the summer ???
>
>The DX is there year round ! There's just more days with lots of QRN. If
>you give up on TopBand in the summertime, you're missing out on some nice
>surprises.
YES!
Even though I was able to put in only a few hours on 160 during IARU this past
weekend, I worked ZL, KH2, JA, and some east coast stations from Santa Cruz
(near
San Francisco). My antennas are just a top loaded vertical, a dipole, and
Beverages.
Remember -- when it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it's winter in the
Southern Hemisphere, so while it's noisier for us, it's a lot quieter for them.
Directional RX is BIG help with QRN in the summer.
73,
Jim Brown K9YC
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