Topband: 160 meter activity

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

Tonight 11 PM eastern time - 3 AM Z - I have been scanning 1800 to 1835 
kc. The way that works I should 'sweeping' and not scanning. Of course 
sometimes I am away from the radio but I did a station calling CQ DX. I 
looked at RBN and I noticed there weren't very many station heard by 
them. There was a British ham heard by European RBN receivers but not by 
any North Americans. There were several North American stations that 
were heard North American monitors but not by an European stations. The 
only one that was logged by RBN while I was near the radio is the 
station that I heard loud and clear. So my radio ain't broke.

One station was calling at 1845 kc so I extended the upper end of my 
sweep to 1846 kc. I see a lot  more activity on 80 and 40 meters.

The next thing for me to do is call CQ and see who answers or posts to RBN.

73,

Bill  KU8H