Topband: It is not so much propagation

[wb6rse1 at mac.com]

Quite an achievement JC and Doug.

Since Dec '99, my own stats are 196 DXCC from a 1/7 acre West Coast city lot or 1372 per acre. If I had room for 160m RX arrays, I know my total would be higher by perhaps 25 or so. There are very few West of the Rockies that have cracked that 200 plateau. Look at the number of countries in proximity to a QTH within a 5000 mile radius and with NO aurora zone to deal with and you can see why. Top Band is a very different animal out here. But then again, all is relative.

73 - Steve WB6RSE


On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:27 PM, N4IS wrote:

> 4.  There is NO substitute for acreage.

Well, I need to disagree, I worked 257 new ones on 160m in the last 5 years
from my city lot in Ft Lauderdale using a pair of Waller Flags, one vertical
and another horizontal, however Doug NX4D worked #276 from 0.18 acre ( less
than 1/5 of acre) using his Waller Flag since 2003. 

That's an incredible 1533 countries per acre !!


Regards
JCarlos
N4IS