Tnx for the info.
Wish someone else could put on 4U1ITU again but perhaps with a little
notice. It's even rarer on the West coast.
Ray,
N6VR
On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 7:01 AM <w5zn@w5zn.org> wrote:
> Last night Dave, K1ZZ, who is in Geneva at the Conference Preparatory
> Meeting in advance of this fall's WRC, was able to fire up 4U1ITU on CW.
> 4U1ITU is still a much needed DXCC entity in North America. Obviously,
> the CQWW 160 SSB contest was this weekend. There is considerable noise
> on 160 meters at 4U1ITU as you can imagine. Not to help matters, once
> the tram fires up in Geneva it adds to the hash noise on the band thus
> the decision to focus on CW rather than struggle even harder with SSB in
> the contest.
>
> Dave chose to operate low in the band, on 1811 KHz initially listening
> up 1, in an effort to avoid as much of the contest traffic as possible.
> Later in the night he shifted to listening down at 1805 KHz to avoid
> some SSB splatter from EU a little higher up.
>
> Dave was able to give about 40 USA stations a new one, mostly from
> around 0500z to 0630z when we had some decent propagation.
>
> During the evening there were around 10 stations that came on 1811, or
> close enough to disrupt the ability to hear 4U1ITU, who were politely
> asked to QSY and everyone did. As someone who needed 4U1ITU for a new
> DXCC on 160, and on behalf of the others, I want to thank you all for
> understanding and being accommodating. It was greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
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