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Re: Topband: QRP

To: K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: QRP
From: "John K9UWA" <john@johnjeanantiqueradio.com>
Reply-to: john@johnjeanantiqueradio.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:44:00 -0500
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> 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
Visit our Web Site at:
http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com
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