Topband: DX Window

k6xt k6xt at arrl.net
Thu Aug 30 23:44:25 EDT 2012


And I bet its mostly evident there. As I said, out here many still 
observe the window, or think it surely should be.

73 Art K6XT~~
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
ARRL, GMCC, CW OPS, NAQCC

On 8/30/2012 7:10 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>> Out west in flyover country we rue the day. Tom is spot on. I too 
>> stay out of 30-35 for CQing so my western brethren can potentially 
>> hear something. Very unfortunate to have the 30-35 window, which many 
>> DX stations use, clobbered by a very few thoughtless W CQ'ers.
>>
>> I didn't realize recognition of the window is a has been. Out here, 
>> not the case.
>
> This was done a long time ago.
>
> I'd bet the different experiences of east coast stations dominated the 
> decision to get rid of the "no USA transmit" DX window. Strong signals 
> near DX is much less of a problem out east.
>



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