Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M

[Charlie Cunningham]

The joys of "Internet DXing"!! Everybody  that comes on is swamped by "packet-rats"!!

73,
Charlie, K4OTV

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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Grimm
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:37 AM
To: GALE STEWARD
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M

And how about the clown last night, around 10pm his local time, when TI9/3Z9DX was working EU, who got on his frequency and said, "NA NA NA, I'm tired and need my sleep."  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:18 AM, GALE STEWARD via Topband < topband at contesting.com> wrote:

> Exactly the point, Steve! A bunch of the guys around here worked them 
> on
> 160 at 0800Z (that's 3AM here). My 160 QSO was around 1030Z.
> I'm really dating myself but "back in the day" the only way to snag 
> some new ones on 80/160 was to be checking the bands in the middle of the night.
> No internet cluster, etc. It's actually a lot easier these days (my 
> opinion).
>
> When my daughter was an infant this was easier as I was usually up in 
> the middle of the night at least once!
> 73, Stew K3ND
>
>       From: Steve Flood <kk7uv at bresnan.net>
>  To: topband at contesting.com
>  Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:25 AM
>  Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
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> Great points Chet.
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> Under the "Be there" category, consider getting up in the middle of 
> the night to work them on the low bands.  Even in the first days of 
> their operation, I got up at 2 a.m. and worked them easily on 
> 160-80-40 with 100 watts and no pileups.
>
> Steve KK7UV
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