Topband: 160 DX Pedition Honor Roll (Update)

[Bill Tippett]

        While compiling some data for our 160 Bandplan Committee, I
found an excellent source of data on recent DXpeditions from Jari
OH2BU (Jari.Jussila@oh2bu.pp.fi).  He has compiled a very complete 
DXpedition spreadsheet including band breakdowns when available.  

        Here are the Top 10 for 160 (current through 3B6RF):
                                
                                160
Rank    Call            Year    QSO's   Antenna

1       XZ0A            2000    2385    Full-size 1/4 wave GP
2       FO0AAA          2000    2000    Battle Creek Special (BCS)
3       E44/HA1AG       1999    1579    Sloping dipole by sea
4       D68C            2001    1395    Titanex
5       VK0IR           1997    1241    BCS
6       4J1FS           1992    1174    Low Dipole and Butternut (?)
7       R1MVA           1999    1168    Delta Loop
8       9M0C            1998    1149    Titanex 
9       3G0Y            2001    1052    Titanex
10      K5K             2000    1019    BCS

        Congratulations to ALL of these expeditions!  It is truly amazing
that a station in Zone 26 leads the list and is a tribute to the outstanding
job by the XZ0A 160 team! (Milt N5IA, Robin WA6CDR, George V73GT, Steve G3VMW, 
and Ray HS0/G3NOM)

        Since Jari's spreadsheet only contains "Mega" DX Peditions for >30K 
total QSO's, some very successful expeditions on 160 are omitted (e.g. YK9A had
1287 QSO's on 160 but missed Jari's cut because their total QSO's were 27K...and
the German crew that did 3G0Y has done many other successful expeditons that 
were more focused on the low bands but did not make the 30K cut).  Also, contest
expeditions like CN8WW are omitted even though they made 1720 QSO's in only 48 
hours of the 1999 CQ WW CW Contest!

        Note the common denominator of large verticals!  For any not familiar
with these antennas, see the links below.

                                                        73,  Bill  W4ZV

BCS     info:      http://www.pi4cc.nl/link/mkII.htm    
Titanex info:      http://www.titanex.de/   (click on "Vertical Antennas")



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