Topband: 160 m contests/frm EU

[DF2PY]

hi reflectees !
I am supporting Earl`s comments thoroughly.
One aspect though could be viewed differently by a bit. In my own view the rules 
in the ARRL 160m test, that DX to Dx does NOT count, reduces EU QRM 
dramatically. In the CQ 160 m people dont need to listen for weak stns, if they 
dont hear Dx, they just work their neighbour 200 miles down the road. That 
deprives the far away Dx stns of interesting contacts. This rule is especially 
important for us in EU, where the density of the ham population creates 
significant rise of the noise floor during contest- the last thing we need while 
working DX !This observation was again very pronounced in this last CQ 160m 
test.I suggest the ARRL 160 to be set fine.
73 / best dx  de wolf  -df2py-