Topband: qro across 160m band during contests

[Brian D G3VGZ]

John Randall via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:

> Is it just me, but I am seeing many stations across the band,more or less
> at the same signal levels on my waterfall display, as those within the QRO
> section. I appreciate that other country's have different power levels on
> different band segments, but this is really insane. Last night I saw the
> same signal levels and it cannot be down to good conditions alone. 73John
> - M0ELS
>
I also noticed no difference in this weekend's contest. However in the
recent RSGB contest I saw a reduction above 1850.

After a contest a couple of years ago when all europe appeared to be very
QRO above 1850 and I was peeved at Uk's low power of 32w above 1850 as
compared with other eu countries, I checked the power restrictions for some
of teh louder signals and found they were restricted to 10w. I beleive EI
has a higher power available in contests but don't know whether it applies
to 160.
 
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Brian D 
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