Topband: DX window

[Mike / W5JR]

I worked several EU near my noise floor (S 0-1) with my radio set to 150 Hz (Icom 756 ProII) and an omni antenna sandwiched I between stateside Ops that were S9 or stronger. Yes, the really close in ones, less than about 400 Hz, add to the challenge, but anyone more than 500 Hz away is a non-issue. I have two stations (at a KW+) about two miles from me in opposite directions and we easily operate within a KHz or each other routinely with no issues. We do see each other on the spectrum scopes, but nothing degrading operation. Maybe we are lucky. 

tnx
Mike / W5JR / GA

On Dec 6, 2012, at 6:12 PM, "N4IS" <n4is at comcast.net> wrote:

> Art
> A DL wondered how many DX can coexist in 5kHz. Not many. 
> <<
> 
> I think 5 KHz can hold a lot of DX , CW and 100 Hz BW can do miracles,
> however just one local CQ  machine gun calling CQ stopping only  2.5 sec can
> kill the same 5 KHz in the whole state.
> 
> Regards
> JC
> N4IS
> 
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