Topband: DX condx better higher in the band?

[Tim Shoppa]

On your last point Tree, I believe that back then the west coast could only
do high power at the high end of the band, and the east coast could only do
high power at low end of band.

I have been told by a DL that above 1850 they are limited to 75W (and other
Europeans may have similar limits). That makes the very nice run of
Europeans I had at 1863kc Saturday night (more DL's than I have ever worked
in a night on 160M, much less an hour) even more impressive.

Tim N3QE

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:

> Sometime about 15 years ago - I ran some tests by putting a beacon up that
> bounced between the top and bottom of the band (up around 1995 kHz) - and
> solicited signal reports.  I was hoping to prove the top of the band would
> work better than the bottom.
>
> The data wasn't very conclusive - although logic would day things should be
> a little more like 80 meters at the top than the bottom of the band.
>
> I often end up above the main activity in hopes to get a clear frequency to
> the East coast.  On SSB - this is often above 1900 kHz.
>
> Back in the old days - we all used to operate between 1975 and 2000 as we
> could run more power there.
>
> Tree N6TR
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's easier to get across the pond because it is easier to find a
> frequency
> > clear of US and EU stations, not because of propagation.  It is fairly
> > typical in contests to find US and EU stations cq'ing on top of each
> other
> > because they don't have good receiving antennas (or are in noisy
> > locations).  It's generally easier to be clear of this mess by going
> higher
> > in the band.
> >
> > 73, Barry N1EU
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I could not help notice, that several prominent well-known DX'ers were
> > > CQ'ing up well above 1850kc over the weekend.
> > >
> > > One reason I'm sure was that the QRM was thinner up there, and the mix
> > > certainly was tending towards more low-power Europeans than lower in
> the
> > > band.
> > >
> > > But I wonder if there is some magic corner frequency for topband
> > > propagation, where sometimes getting across the pond is easier up there
> > > than just 40kc lower?
> > >
> > > Tim N3QE
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