Topband: K4M 160m

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Richard L. King wrote:
> At 13:46 10/21/2009, Steve London wrote:
>   
>> Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> A more direct comparison would be the awesome performance of FT5XO from
>>> the same region on 160. Night after night they were providing TB's with
>>> at least a chance for a super rare country. With FT5GA, most of us never
>>> had a chance and probably won't for a long long time..
>>>       
>> Yes, the FT5XO operation was well-run, with great operators and at least good
>> antennas. However, I will point out that no 160 meter QSO's were 
>> made with the
>> southcentral and southwestern USA - the strip through Texas, New Mexico and
>> Arizona. 
> I have some .wav recordings of FT5XO which were made of their 599 plus 
> 160 meter signal night after night.  At the same time they were not 
> audible in parts of the midwest according to the TB chat.  In this 
> case they might have had a spotlight propagation which appeared to 
> move up the east coast.  This phenominom I have never been able to 
> understand. But when it occurs it sure is sweet even for the space 
> challenged residential TB ops in NA.

Herb, KV4FZ


Herb