Topband: CQ 160 WW

[by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>]

Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:08:06 -0500
From: "Bill G. K3SV" <k3sv at direcway.com>
Subject: Re: Topband:  CQ 160 WW

Only a part-time participant, I heard plenty of DX calling under 
stateside CQ machines. I worked a few of them but the confusion that 
gets created gives me a headache. On topband, a "balanced" system is 
pretty important. Balanced meaning, you can work what you can hear, 
and vice-versa, you can hear the people that are responding to your 
CQ. I can hear a ton of DX on a low hanging dipole, but I have no 
prayer of working the majority of them. If I use that antenna to Xmit 
on, I just add to the confusion. I suspect there are many 
"un-balanced" topband systems in these 160 contests. The headaches 
and frustration build when you pack all of this confusion into a 
small bandwidth.   73 Bill