Topband: mode separation...small stn dx oppty

[Eric Scace K3NA]

  At 3B9C it took us about 15 days to work 86 countries on 160m.  I suspect a motivated topband team on a major DXpedition could
work 100 countries if they were lucky with propagation and local receiving conditions.  A contest DXpedition might be able to do
DXCC in one weekend during WW CW in the next few years.

-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tom Rauch
Sent: 2004 April 21 00:16
To: jimjarvis at ieee.org; topband at contesting.com; Earl W Cunningham
Subject: Re: Topband: mode separation...small stn dx oppty


> With today's modern equipment, high power and big
antennas,  some of the
> superstations on the band can probably do it in one
season.

It isn't only because stations are bigger and technology
better, but because more countries are active. When Stew was
working DXCC, he had to wait months or years for a new
country to appear. There weren't 100 countries active at any
given time, not even remotely close in the early years.

73 Tom


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