I'll probably get many saying the following just isn't true....
but I can't ever (last 5 yrs) remember hearing a cw ragchew on 160m
all I ever hear is the big gun CQ DXer's on CW
and being antenna/power limited, using the same TX antenna for RX
I never even hear who they are talking to.
I did manage the T32C guys, but that was a credit to their
excellent operating skills and RX antennas!
I do often participate in a morning SSB group that covers much of WTX
of course I have to run the amp to do that, but that's ok
and I have made two JT65 contacts in the last 2 weeks (new mode for me)
that about covers my 160m ops from my city apartment in WTX.
YMMV
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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/21/2011 8:07 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been slowly wading into the 160 meter CW waters since the Stew.
> I'm retired and don't really have a schedule. I am up early
> mornings...listening well before sunrise at "oh dark thirty" and
> sometimes in the evenings. I sometimes do hear other hams on 160 calling
> for DX from the US or on SSB. I presently have only CW capability on
> 160. I have been calling CQ more and it occurred to me to look at the
> reverse beacon network. There were no hits this morning after calling
> from 12:35Z to 12:45Z and again from 13:15Z to 13:30Z (just around local
> sunrise) after taking the big dog for a walk. I looked at the list of
> stations and found only two of them covering 160 and neither in North
> America. I would have been thrilled to hit their receivers with my 35
> watts but no real surprise there. I was at 1809 and 1808 when I called.
> Maybe their receivers were set for some other part of the band..perhaps
> for DX.
>
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> anyway. I know from the Stew that my station is getting results. I'll be
> trying a call early mornings and into the evenings as many days as I can
> to try and find the most productive times. I'm not a "DX hound" but I
> have certainly enjoyed chewing the rag with DX hams.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill KU8H
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