Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..

[Shoppa, Tim]

YW5X (IOTA activation in Venezuela) has been active on 160M CW past couple of nights with a fair number of callers.

Tim N3QE
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From: Topband [topband-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Bill Cromwell [wrcromwell at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:02 AM
To: 'topband'
Subject: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..

Hi,

I continue to find evidence that 160 meters is NOT closed for the
season. Most of the evidence is to be found way up in the phone band. I
wondered if those guys were running California kilowatts or something
but in some of the QSOs they mentioned their power output in the 100
watt area. I have occasionally heard some CW calls for DX but those are
scarce. Apparently the CW hams are just plain absent..doing soemthing
else for the 'closed' season.

This morning I set up a receiver to slowly scan (troll) from 1800 to
1830 kc...continuously. While I am working around here in and out of the
shack I will hopefully hear anybody in range if there is activity.

73,

Bill  KU8H
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