Topband: Yaesu Key clicks

[Tom Rauch]

> I tried working 160 this weekend to scare up some
multipliers for CQWW,
> and found it next to dead. I was able to make a grand
total of 4 QSO's with a
> KW.  Yes, I heard a few guys trying to work a few DX
stations, but I didn't hear
> even a sniff of what they were trying to work. And there
were a couple of
> QSO's going on. That's it, on a Friday and Saturday night!

On the other hand with only about one hour of total
operating time I worked all continents including deep into
eastern Russia, two UA0's, and about 25 JA stations (who are
only allowed to work CW on 160).

I could have worked many more but that band was too crowded
so I mostly stayed off and let others have fun.

Just tuning across the low end of 40 as I type this, I find
about 1 CW QSO every kHz from 7.000 to 7.055, and some even
higher.

It's normal to work more than 1500 stations in a 160 meter
CW contest when operating seriously. CW log entries are
generally up every year.

73 Tom