Topband: Fw: Re: Out-of-Turn Callers

[luc kerkhofs via Topband]

--- On Thu, 2/5/15, luc kerkhofs <luckerkhofs at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: luc kerkhofs <luckerkhofs at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
> To: "KE1F Lou" <lmecseri at cfl.rr.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015, 5:24 PM
> Sorry Lou, but I disagree with that
> comparison , considering the path between EP6T and NA, you
> should 
> compare the number of QSOs between K1N and  JA
> 
> 73
> Luc
> ON4IA
> 
> 
>  
> --------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 2/5/15, KE1F Lou <lmecseri at cfl.rr.com>
> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>  To: topband at contesting.com
>  Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015, 1:51 PM
>  
>  To us EP6T was European QSO Party.
>  
>  GL and 73 Lou  KE1F
>  
>  On 2/5/2015 1:51 AM, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>  > Sorry if I´m a PITA right now but why even bother to
>  > have this debate about K1N on 160, it´s not even DX
>  > to NA, like a local station almost.
>  >
>  > Jeez how difficult can it be from the US, anybody
> with
>  > 100W and a wet noodle for an antenna can work it. On
>  > 80 I´m sure at least from the east coast they can be
>  > worked all day long.
>  >
>  > I don´t know about 160 since so far they haven´t
>  been
>  > stronger then S2 due to geo mag storm and poor
>  propagation
>  > 66 degs north where I´m at but so far I´m very
>  disappointed
>  > in their 80m operation, they never listen for EU or
> any
>  other
>  > area, they work 99,5% NA, it is the USA/Canadian QSO
>  party.
>  > I would have expected a totally different action by
>  that
>  > bunch of operators, I´m very very sad and sorry to
>  see
>  > where it all has went to.
>  >
>  > Now this might not be the case on 160, if I´m lucky
>  propagation
>  > might get better and I might get a shot at it.
>  >
>  > 73 Jim SM2EKM
>  > ------------------------------------
>  > On 2015-02-04 01:15, Hardy Landskov wrote:
>  >> I got up last night for my nightly bathroom
> ritual
>  and just for grins
>  >> listened to 160. They were calling CQ and I
> worked
>  them on 2 calls. Not
>  >> many trying to get them. This was 1035Z.
>  >> N7RT
>  >>
>  >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard
> (Rick)
>  Karlquist"
>  >> <richard at karlquist.com>
>  >> To: <ws6x.ars at gmail.com>;
>  <topband at contesting.com>
>  >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 4:51 PM
>  >> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>> Why not call around 0700Z after the
>  >>> band closes to EU and before it opens
>  >>> to JA?  A bunch of us in CA got them
>  >>> in the log last night fairly easily.
>  >>>
>  >>> Rick N6RK
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