Topband: Contest conditions

[K6UJ Bob Harmon]

Gary,
Thanks for the report.  I am a newbie on 160 and now I know I cant
blame all my receive issues on my lame inverted L    :-)

Bob
K6UJ

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Gary Smith <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:

> Weird condx here for the contest, I could
> hear plenty of DX but even with a KW, they
> often couldn't hear me. Sometimes the Rx
> antenna was less helpful to listen with
> and other times it was incredibly
> effective like someone pulled the plug on
> all directions except the one the DX was
> at.
>
> Wasn't the antennas, I still made great
> contacts with some faint DX who I could
> barely hear, it was unusual conditions.
> Think the uncertainty is one of the
> reasons I love 160 as much as I do.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
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