In my case, I set up a quick and dirty 160m antenna last year and it was so
quick and dirty that it wouldn't work. I planned to put up a permanent one
after I resided my house this summer but I didn't reside my house this
summer...so...next year maybe?
Sean WA1TE
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:53 PM Paul Kiesel via Topband <
topband@contesting.com> wrote:
> I listen for CW and FT8. My receive antenna is an unterminated BOG
> which does a barely acceptable job for what it is. I often hear South
> American, Pacific and Asian stations on CW, but rarely hear Europe.
> I know my receive antenna is not up to the job, but there is not much
> I can do about it because of my circumstances. I often hear big gun
> W and VE stations working Europe like it's easy, but I hear European
> stations very rarely... almost never. It's not that I don't try hearing.
> There is no point in calling CQ EU if you can't hear EU stations.
> There are other guys around here who experience the same thing.
> We alert each other when there is an enhancement in propagation. In
> our case, the auroral zone gets in the way.
>
> 73, Paul K7CW
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 10/17/18, <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
> To: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>,
> topband@contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 10:35 AM
>
> Nothing against FT8 or FT8
> enthusiasts, but FT8 activity has certainly
> siphoned off a lot of activity on CW, as many
> of us have predicted and
> feared. Anyone
> doubting this just needs to tune the lower portion of the
>
> band then tune up the band and listen for a
> moment. I, for one, will be
> continuing my
> activity on CW as I personally enjoy the audible and
> visceral
> connection with the person I'm
> QSOing. 73. . . . Dave, W0FLS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Kennedy
> Sent:
> Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:07 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
>
>
> I know you
> guys in North America have a lot of Lightning & Static
> problems
> in the summer . . . but surely
> that's all gone now?
>
> If
> so, why is there so little activity on CW from NA on Top
> Band?
>
> Every night
> there's usually a load of us Europeans on from your
> Sunset time,
> calling CQ DX.
>
> The band is clearly open, from
> the RBN signal reports . . . but I'll often
> come on for at least an hour, and lucky if I
> have 3 or 4 QSOs ! And even
> then, it tends
> to be none of the big signals.
>
> What makes it even more frustrating is that
> there's usually LOADS of people
> posting
> FT8 contacts on the 160m DX Cluster . . . but very few
> proper CW
> Stations !
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
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