> What exactly is the point of operating such a difficult band, full of all
> sorts of
> noise, relatively awful propagation, requiring gigantic antennas, then
> using the low power? Is it because using high power makes it so easy,
> because it really doesn't.
It is the CHALLENGE that makes us chase DX on 160M. Whether you do it
with 100W and a short vertical from a noisey city lot or have a super station
with a few hunded acres of land and unlimited antennas running full power it
is still a Challenge to operate on 160M band.
To borrow a Quote from Garry NI6T
"160 not a band but an obsession"
Garry is correct. No other HF Ham Band is like it. The Last Frontier !!
John k9uwa
John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF
Antique Radio Restorations
k9uwa@arrl.net
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