I listen for CW and FT8. My receive antenna is an unterminated BOG
which does a barely acceptable job for what it is. I often hear South
American, Pacific and Asian stations on CW, but rarely hear Europe.
I know my receive antenna is not up to the job, but there is not much
I can do about it because of my circumstances. I often hear big gun
W and VE stations working Europe like it's easy, but I hear European
stations very rarely... almost never. It's not that I don't try hearing.
There is no point in calling CQ EU if you can't hear EU stations.
There are other guys around here who experience the same thing.
We alert each other when there is an enhancement in propagation. In
our case, the auroral zone gets in the way.
73, Paul K7CW
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On Wed, 10/17/18, <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
To: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>, topband@contesting.com
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 10:35 AM
Nothing against FT8 or FT8
enthusiasts, but FT8 activity has certainly
siphoned off a lot of activity on CW, as many
of us have predicted and
feared. Anyone
doubting this just needs to tune the lower portion of the
band then tune up the band and listen for a
moment. I, for one, will be
continuing my
activity on CW as I personally enjoy the audible and
visceral
connection with the person I'm
QSOing. 73. . . . Dave, W0FLS
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Kennedy
Sent:
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:07 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
I know you
guys in North America have a lot of Lightning & Static
problems
in the summer . . . but surely
that's all gone now?
If
so, why is there so little activity on CW from NA on Top
Band?
Every night
there's usually a load of us Europeans on from your
Sunset time,
calling CQ DX.
The band is clearly open, from
the RBN signal reports . . . but I'll often
come on for at least an hour, and lucky if I
have 3 or 4 QSOs ! And even
then, it tends
to be none of the big signals.
What makes it even more frustrating is that
there's usually LOADS of people
posting
FT8 contacts on the 160m DX Cluster . . . but very few
proper CW
Stations !
Roger G3YRO
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