Wes
You got that right,you gotta walk a mile in the other guys shoes!!
When I lived in New Hampshire working EU on 160 was a walk in the park
compared to the kind of propagation we get down here in FL
or what the guys out west have to EU ( I did a stint as N7EX for a while
in Spokane) ...
Dave
NR1DX
On 12/2/2020 6:52 PM, Wes wrote:
You left out location, location, location...:-)
Wes� N7WS
On 12/1/2020 4:21 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Hi Nick,
I have a limited setup, only an inverted L over an FCP on 160 (not like
W3LPL's 160m 4 square cannon). With basically no time to operate, I
managed
about 60 minutes in three spells on 160m, 45 QSO's, 17 zones, 30
countries,
all S&P.
I worked EU and AF in zones: 14: 4, 15: 7, 16: 1,� 20:1, 33: 1, 35:
1.� Not
sure the 45/17/30 in one hour on 160 from a modest station allows room to
blame things on the band.
Good antenna for RX, and an EFFICIENT transmit antenna are always key to
making it. These will be even MORE important for 160 success as we
make our
way into cycle 25.
160 seemed slow this time, but I didn't hear nearly as many stations
on the
band, weak *or* loud, as in the past. Think they were having too much fun
on the higher bands in conditions which are most likely the opening round
of solar cycle 25 propagation. Get ready to do DXCC on 6 meters this time
around.
73, Guy K2AV
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