Topband: Untoward (?) comments on 160

[Art Snapper]

We all have a common interest/enjoyment in overcoming the difficult
propagation characteristics on this band to make QSOs with each other.

How we do it is secondary.

73
Art NK8X
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:19 PM, HAROLD SMITH JR <w0rihps at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Larry, N7DD
> I do not believe that you are 35 years out of date. Sure the "Plastic
> Boxes" have 160 on them and there are many amplifiers that pump out max
> power on Top Band. The antennas are a different problem. Putting up a 160
> meter dipole can be impossible on a normal city lot. My lot is 90 ft X 135
> ft, try putting up a dipole on this lot. Well a dipole is not much of a DX
> snagging antenna unless you can get it up 200 to 300 ft. I shunt feed my 80
> ft of Rohn 45G with a 10, 15, 20 meter stack of Yagis. It gets out very
> well but my receive leaves a lot to be desired. As one can see, no room for
> a good RX antenna. Even so I have 192 confirmed on 160. I have tried loops,
> BOGs and etc and nothing helps much. I have a S9+ noise on 160, 24/7. A 33
> kV and 7.2 kv power line on my street makes for some fun.One must
> understand that it took W1BB many yours to get 100 on 160. There weren't
> many countries on Top Band then.
> My four pfennig worth.....Price W0RI
>
>     On Monday, March 14, 2016 12:40 PM, Larry via Topband <
> topband at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>
>  hi rob,
>
>
> 160 meters is all about hearing! you can't get that out of a "cracker-jax"
> box.
>
>
> it's not too difficult for guys with lots of property available but for
> the guys on small lots?? kudos to them. then there are remote RX sites but
> that's another story for another time.
>
>
> 160 meters is as much a challenge today as it was 35 years ago and will
> continue to be so for the next 35 years.
>
>
> enjoy top-band, it's not as easy as you may think.
>
>
> 73, larry n7dd
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> To: topband <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 4:45 pm
> Subject: Re: Topband: Untoward comments on 160
>
> >Amazes me; it takes years to accumulate enough skill and equipment to
> >get on the air with a good signal, especially on 160 and then become
> >a participant in the opposite mentality of what the sport is all
> >about.
>
> You are around 35 years out of date.  It was harder to get on 160 in
> the days of the phony "all-band" rigs that covered 10 to 80 meters but
> now that every plastic box had a button on it for 160 and you can get
> a solid state plastic box amplifier that automatically switches bands
> and tunes up and you can go buy a dipole that is cut for 160, getting
> on 160 is about like getting on CB.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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