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Re: Topband: CQ160

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Subject: Re: Topband: CQ160
From: Henk PA5KT <pa5kt@remijn.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 20:24:44 +0100
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During contest when the band is full with CQ machines I used to listen below 1810 to check out conditions. There are always stations active and as that part is always clear it is very useful to check if I can hear NA.

It would be very effective to work split around 1810.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 2/3/2016 om 7:43 PM schreef Petr Ourednik:
Herb

for lot of EUs is prohibited to operate below 1810!
For that reason we missed several stations which did not tuned up over
the test...

73 - Petr, OK1RP

BTW: definitely agree with Carl. I heard several US stations calling own
CQ test under EU big guns...

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016, at 07:20 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
You nail it Carl....If there could only be by gentleman's agreement in
Europe a 5 Khz window anywhere on the band for NA stations to be at
least heard and worked...sort of a EU "CQ Test"  machine free zone.
Would that be of any help? I have thought of using 1809 and QSX up on
1811 but understand there are commercial data transmitters below 1810
there in EU.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

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Cq160 is not very interesting for a dx-er anymore. A handfull of european
big guns are covering the band with CQ over and over again but they don't
seem to hear very well. During the morning hours I can hear a layer of NA
and SA stations behind the usual european contest stations who keep CQ-ing
test continuously. And it seems to be the same problem in the US. Hope to
meet you after the contest!
73 Carl SM6CPY
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