One thing you learn when operating on the 160M band is that there is
a lot of "ONE WAY PROPAGATION." Signals do not equally cover the
path between stations.
Doug
Martin Luther wrote:
> I listened for a while, but you really have to be keen!
>
> >From 1045Z on my SAT evening I was hearing the following
> K8CC on1.847
> N0FW on 1.850
> K9NR on 1.8551
> A bit later N7GP on 1.858
>
> Later still WE3C on 1.841
>
> I listened and called until 1200z when they seemed to get weaker and I went
> to bed. I heard K9GR work another VK5 and later VK3 didn't hear whether the
> others got through. VK3IO and VK3ZL were in there calling as well. I think
> 3IO has a dipole at 100ft and 3ZL has phased verticals and they were not
> being heard either.
>
> I use an 80ft vertical with a good ground screen.
>
> Most of the time when I called they didn't even notice I was there. Only a
> couple of times did they QRZ me.
>
> Given the strength of their signals, even with the power differences to my
> 400wattsPEP I still should have been in there receivers at S7 to 9 . Clearly
> the QRM levels are hopeless or the receive setups on these stations are poor
> (unlikely). There is sometimes one way skip on 160 but not usually for over
> an hour.
>
> How do we manage a two way QSO? Is split an option?
>
> I'm sorry guys I do not have the patience for this current type of
> operation.
>
> 73
>
> Martin VK5GN
> Luther@penalvagold.net
>
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Doug Renwick VA5DX
PO Box 50, Clavet, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 0Y0
VE5RA@sasktel.net
First VE5 2 x 5BDXCC and 160 M DXCC
What profit it a ham if he gains all the awards yet forfeits his soul?
I'll run the race and I will never be the same again.
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