Topband: CQ160

[Henk PA5KT]

During contest when the band is full with CQ machines I used to listen 
below 1810 to check out conditions. There are always stations active and 
as that part is always clear it is very useful to check if I can hear NA.

It would be very effective to work split around 1810.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 2/3/2016 om 7:43 PM schreef Petr Ourednik:
> Herb
>
> for lot of EUs is prohibited to operate below 1810!
> For that reason we missed several stations which did not tuned up over
> the test...
>
> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
>
> BTW: definitely agree with Carl. I heard several US stations calling own
> CQ test under EU big guns...
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016, at 07:20 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
>> You nail it Carl....If there could only be by gentleman's agreement in
>> Europe a 5 Khz window anywhere on the band for NA stations to be at
>> least heard and worked...sort of a EU "CQ Test"  machine free zone.
>> Would that be of any help? I have thought of using 1809 and QSX up on
>> 1811 but understand there are commercial data transmitters below 1810
>> there in EU.
>>
>>
>> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>>
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>>> Cq160 is not very interesting for a dx-er anymore. A handfull of european
>>> big guns are covering the band with CQ over and over again but they don't
>>> seem to hear very well. During the morning hours I can hear a layer of NA
>>> and SA stations behind the usual european contest stations who keep CQ-ing
>>> test continuously. And it seems to be the same problem in the US. Hope to
>>> meet you after the contest!
>>> 73 Carl SM6CPY
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