Topband: 160M Contest

[Bill Stewart]

Hi Jim,
Since you brought up QRP I will pass along my experiences
for the last couple of hours on 160m.
I have worked almost 30 stations in 15 states, VE2, VE3 & C6.
The rig is a homebrew 1924 four coil Meissner osc running abt
5 watts input and much less out..C-301A tube...rcvr a R-388/URR.
The xmtr is built on a pine board & maybe a T7-9 note...depending
on the freq. The ant. is a run-of-the-mill inverted L with a 4 wire
c-p. Condx must be excellent tonight. I have had a ball. Good luck 
with your states & congrats on what you have worked so far...tonight
might be your night.
73 de Bill K4JYS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Sent: Friday, December 6, 2013 8:11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Contest

On 12/6/2013 1:50 PM, Milt -- N5IA wrote:
> It is 2 hours before sunset our here in the desert southwest, but I 
> can hear real well to the east.

That's quite common -- in the first hours we hear them, but they don't 
hear us for two reasons. First, they're using NE RX antennas to work EU. 
Second, their band noise is likely 10 dB or so greater than ours, 
because the band is open to the east.

I'm going to run QRP hoping to complete QRP WAS (I need 6 eastern 
states), except that I'll go QRO on the outside chance that a new 
country shows up.

73, Jim K9YC
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