Topband: A midsummer nights contest

[Robert Harmon]

Don't want to sabotage the thread but I have a newbie question.
I am installing an inverted L this week.
When can I expect to have good propagation on 160, in the fall and winter ?

thanks,
Bob
K6UJ



> On Jun 21, 2015, at 4:45 PM, Art Snapper <art at nk8x.net> wrote:
> 
> I participated for a couple hours. QRN was very high in S.W. Michigan.  I
> found some relief by phasing a BOG with my OCF antenna while  transmitting
> on the inv. L.
> 
> KV4FZ and HC1PF were copyable, but they couldn't hear my 100W. The
> thunderstorms were just south of me, so I probably couldn't overcome the
> lightning static.they encountered in my direction.
> 
> Hopefully there will be a 160-capable amp in the shack by fall.
> 
> Art NK8X
> ᐧ
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just noticed that it was in an April issue of QST. Enough said.
>> 
>> 73, Mike
>> www.w0btu.com
>> 
>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> ... There's also a 1983 QST article at
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/History/History%20of%20QST%20Volume%201%20-%20Technology/QS04-53-Peterson_opt.pdf
>>> 
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