Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160

[Wes Stewart]

I have Baker on some bands so this isn't a must have for me, although a 160 QSO 
would be nice.  If it was, however, at my age (pushing 77) waiting a few years 
might not be an option.

I wish SV/A would be deleted, it is after all just Greece, and for some French 
ops to activate FR/G.  You have a better chance of working Baker than my wishes 
coming true.

Wes  N7WS


On 6/13/2018 9:55 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> 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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