Topband: 160m Jammer

[k4zw at adelphia.net]

> I noticed that JT1ZW was listening on 1930 yesterday. Is the jamming just as >bad above 1900 ?

  The signal covers the entire band and then some.  I'll try to make a recording if CO has a cable to connect the headphone jack to the sound card.  There are a couple of spots above 1900 kHz where the signal strength is lower.  Thankfully it didn't change much so I didn't have to keep moving rx freqs.  
  The other big factor in my ability to work you guys that evening (WB9Z and west), is that you were coming via direct path and that beverage does a great job of nulling the noise off the backside.  The southeast beverage looks right down the barrel of that thing and it's not a pretty sight.  Even working Europe is very difficult.
  I should be QRV again this evening.  I spent last night in UB.  JT1BV took me out for my birthday.

73
Ken JT1ZW