Topband: WAS 160

[Mike - W5JR]

For me, EU was/is best before their sunrise. The Pacific before/at my sunrise. South America in the spring or fall. There are many countries to be had in the CQ160 next Jan. Getting to 100 turned out to be pretty easy. Getting to 150 and beyond is taking much more focus. 

I did 115 with just an Inv L over 16 radials. 1kw. No receiving antennas. Was at around 95 for a couple of years until several DXpeditions pushed me over the magic number. 

tnx
Mike / W5JR
Alpharetta GA

> On Dec 5, 2015, at 11:01 AM, K4OWR <k2owr at comcast.net> wrote:
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> :::: I'm new to this group, but have been a very active ham for all 58 years licensed. I've become very interested in 160 especially since the other bands cndx are so terrible.
> I have lots of land to play antennas with (15 flat acres) and currently have a full size dipole at 90', an inverted L with vertical leg almost 100', and two 850' beverages; plus a 100' tower. I'm also running full power.
> 
> I have had great success contesting on this band (avg 1000qs) but not really much DX. My country total is about 15. I'm reading here about some people working DX and wondering about when I need to get on to hear this stuff. I see the word "overnight" but wondering around what time is best. I'm in east TN.
> Bill K4OWR
> 
>> On 12/5/2015 10:49 AM, Mike - W5JR wrote:
>> WQ5L has a very loud signal into GA from MS and he was on overnight during night 1 of the ARRL 160. For me, sigs from EU were not as strong as usual last night.
>> 
>> tnx
>> Mike / W5JR
>> Alpharetta GA
>> 
>>> On Dec 5, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) <co8dm at frcuba.co.cu> wrote:
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>>> I heard N4OGW from MS last night...
>>> 
>>> 73....Douglas, CO8DM
>>> 
>>> "No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Sundberg" <sm2cew at telia.com>
>>> To: <topband at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 5:05 AM
>>> Subject: Topband: WAS 160
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> This morning, for the first time in a couple of years, I could hear/work a number of NA stations again with good signals.
>>>> 
>>>> This leads me to believe that I can finally complete WAS 160m this season by working someone in MS. Been stuck at 49 states for 4 years now...
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions as to who is active from MS on 160m with a good station? I am located at Lat 65.4N so geomagnetic disturbances are a big issue. The bigger the station is at the other end, the better.
>>>> 
>>>> 73
>>>> Peter SM2CEW
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