Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160

Wed Jun 13 14:35:43 EDT 2018

A short top loaded vertical over an excellent ground will put out a fabulous signal on 160!

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> On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:29 AM, C Allen Baker via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Glad the  are going at this time.
> A group of experienced ops and the great preparation will ensure beau coup qsos are made despite the current sun spot cycle nadir.
> I bet the 160 meter  cw signal will amaze.
> Good luck to the team for a safe and successful trip.
> 73 de Al, W5IZ
> Committed to working all the dx I can hear, repeat hear ;-), 
> 
>    On ‎Wednesday‎, ‎June‎ ‎13‎, ‎2018‎ ‎12‎:‎24‎:‎04‎ ‎PM, Ed W0YK <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:  
> 
> Team members leave Saturday. 
> 73,Ed W0YK
> -------- Original message --------From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> Date: 6/13/18  9:55 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: topband at contesting.com Subject: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160 
> I respectfully suggest the Baker Is. dxpedition be postponed for a few
> years until band condx improve.  It makes no sense to me to mount this
> costly undertaking to a limited access location when propagation is in
> the toilet.   If USFWS is managing access, they've lately shown that
> they'll only approve trips to islands under their custodianship every
> 10 years or so.  If this is the case with Baker Is., then this trip
> will make another one in a few years impossible.
> 
> Another point I'd like to make is that a later trip might afford a
> chance to renegotiate what I consider a ridiculous antenna limit,
> which seems to be based on a ridiculous antenna design, namely the "43
> foot all-band vertical."    Such a height with top loading might work
> okay on 80 meters but on 160 its efficiency will be poor.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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