[RTTY] W1AW/6 on 160 meter RTTY

[Bill Turner]

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On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:34:58 -0500, you wrote:

>Bill, FWIW:  There are plenty of stations calling you but you're not 
>hearing/printing them. The 0400 UTC is too early for propagation over 
>the Rockies from the Midwest. 0600 to 0800 would be better, in my 
>experience. You are currently 50% printable, and assuming you are 
>running 1.5 Kw, our 100 to 500 Watt signals are 10 to 20 dB down.
>
>73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

REPLY:

On 160 especially, there is a low level of stations which I can hear
weakly but just can not copy.  This is not a good band for low power,
unlike the higher bands. Most of my 160 Q's were out to about 1500
miles or less, but there were a few east coast stations too.  Had a
pipeline into Texas, Washington State and Oregon.   :-)

QTH here is just north of Palm Springs, about 100 miles east of Los
Angeles. 

Here's a breakdown of what I have done so far:

Band     QSOs     Pts  Mlt
   1.8     115     115    4
   3.5      57      57    3
     7     161     161    4
    10     116     116   14
    14     160     160   25
    18     271     271    8
    21     134     134   20
    24     123     123   20
    28     201     201   20
 Total    1338    1338  118

All on RTTY. 

I still have two two-hour slots to do today, probably on 17 and 12
meters. 

This has been great fun, one of the best experiences of my ham career.
Something like this comes along only once in a lifetime. 
I'll never forget it. 

73, Bill W6WRT