Exactly the point, Steve! A bunch of the guys around here worked them on 160 at
0800Z (that's 3AM here). My 160 QSO was around 1030Z.
I'm really dating myself but "back in the day" the only way to snag some new
ones on 80/160 was to be checking the bands in the middle of the night. No
internet cluster, etc. It's actually a lot easier these days (my opinion).
When my daughter was an infant this was easier as I was usually up in the
middle of the night at least once!
73, Stew K3ND
From: Steve Flood <kk7uv@bresnan.net>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
Great points Chet.
Under the "Be there" category, consider getting up in the middle of the
night to work them on the low bands. Even in the first days of their
operation, I got up at 2 a.m. and worked them easily on 160-80-40 with 100
watts and no pileups.
Steve KK7UV
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