Topband: TZ4AM

[Victor Goncharsky]

Raoul,
Tonight there was the usual TZ4AM's multi CQ with no response. Made a few calls as need TZ on top but no answer. At the moment running 900w and 27.5m top hat vertical so barefoot/dipole is not the case here. 
Never had problems working that part of Africa, the only one missed last year was TY2AC (we were out of the country at that time) but Nickolas has promised to show up on 160 this season.   
So the quesion is - how much power do I need to work Jeff? Will 5K be enough?

>Воскресенье, 15 октября 2017, 6:34 UTC от Raoul Coetzee via Topband <topband at contesting.com>:
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>I agree! And not everybody have space for good RX antennas.And even if we can install a good RX antenna in limited space, cheap Chinese products are making it worse, it  is a struggle to hear anything.
>The other problem is, I use at least 600 watts on 160m, and some EUs try to work you with a 100 watts and a dipole,and then call you deaf if you cannot hear them. Some do not understand 160m at all.
>Regards,Raoul ZS1C
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>    On Saturday, October 14, 2017, 3:07:12 AM GMT+2, K1FZ-Bruce < k1fz at myfairpoint.net > wrote: 
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>Africa is a high noise location.  Jeff is working on his antennas,
>Meanwhile  giving as many  contacts as he can copy.
>As his receive antennas improve,  hope you  find yourself in his log.
>73
>Bruce-k1fz
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>On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 03:23:54 +0300, Saulius Zalnerauskas  wrote:
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>But no copy as always.
>RX problems
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>LY5W
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>On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:33 PM, K1FZ-Bruce  wrote:
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>> Jeff, TZ4AM hopes to be on  160 meters tonight around 0300 UTC.        He
>> likes    ~  1826.5, 1827.5 and usually  operates split.
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>> Band Conditions are not good but hope for an improvement.
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>> 73
>> Bruce-k1fz
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73, Victor Goncharsky US5WE/K1WE (UW5W in VHF contests, ex UB5WE), P.E.
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