Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?

[Sean Waite]

In my case, I set up a quick and dirty 160m antenna last year and it was so
quick and dirty that it wouldn't work. I planned to put up a permanent one
after I resided my house this summer but I didn't reside my house this
summer...so...next year maybe?

Sean WA1TE

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 2:53 PM Paul Kiesel via Topband <
topband at contesting.com> wrote:

> I listen for CW and FT8. My receive antenna is an unterminated BOG
> which does a barely acceptable job for what it is. I often hear South
> American, Pacific and Asian stations on CW, but rarely hear Europe.
> I know my receive antenna is not up to the job, but there is not much
> I can do about it because of my circumstances. I often hear big gun
> W and VE stations working Europe like it's easy, but I hear European
> stations very rarely... almost never. It's not that I don't try hearing.
> There is no point in calling CQ EU if you can't hear EU stations.
> There are other guys around here who experience the same thing.
> We alert each other when there is an enhancement in propagation. In
> our case, the auroral zone gets in the way.
>
> 73, Paul K7CW
> --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 10/17/18,  <daraymond at iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
>  To: "Roger Kennedy" <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>,
> topband at contesting.com
>  Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 10:35 AM
>
>  Nothing against FT8  or FT8
>  enthusiasts, but FT8 activity has certainly
>  siphoned off a lot of activity on CW, as many
>  of us have predicted and
>  feared.  Anyone
>  doubting this just needs to tune the lower portion of the
>
>  band then tune up the band and listen for a
>  moment.  I, for one, will be
>  continuing my
>  activity on CW as I personally enjoy the audible and
>  visceral
>  connection with the person I'm
>  QSOing.        73. . . . Dave, W0FLS
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Roger Kennedy
>  Sent:
>  Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:07 PM
>  To: topband at contesting.com
>  Subject: Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity?
>
>
>  I know you
>  guys in North America have a lot of Lightning & Static
>  problems
>  in the summer . . . but surely
>  that's all gone now?
>
>  If
>  so, why is there so little activity on CW from NA on Top
>  Band?
>
>  Every night
>  there's usually a load of us Europeans on from your
>  Sunset time,
>  calling CQ DX.
>
>  The band is clearly open, from
>  the RBN signal reports . . . but I'll often
>  come on for at least an hour, and lucky if I
>  have 3 or 4 QSOs !  And even
>  then, it tends
>  to be none of the big signals.
>
>  What makes it even more frustrating is that
>  there's usually LOADS of people
>  posting
>  FT8 contacts on the 160m DX Cluster . . . but very few
>  proper CW
>  Stations !
>
>  Roger G3YRO
>
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