Topband: Thanks

[Jorge Diez - CX6VM]

I hope so

and that the operatior can stop EU wall

73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W

El dom., 24 feb. 2019 a las 12:56, Raymond Benny (<rayn6vr at gmail.com>)
escribió:

> Tnx for the info.
>
> Wish someone else could put on 4U1ITU again but perhaps with a little
> notice. It's even rarer on the West coast.
>
> Ray,
> N6VR
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 7:01 AM <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
>
> > Last night Dave, K1ZZ, who is in Geneva at the Conference Preparatory
> > Meeting in advance of this fall's WRC, was able to fire up 4U1ITU on CW.
> > 4U1ITU is still a much needed DXCC entity in North America. Obviously,
> > the CQWW 160 SSB contest was this weekend. There is considerable noise
> > on 160 meters at 4U1ITU as you can imagine. Not to help matters, once
> > the tram fires up in Geneva it adds to the hash noise on the band thus
> > the decision to focus on CW rather than struggle even harder with SSB in
> > the contest.
> >
> > Dave chose to operate low in the band, on 1811 KHz initially listening
> > up 1, in an effort to avoid as much of the contest traffic as possible.
> > Later in the night he shifted to listening down at 1805 KHz to avoid
> > some SSB splatter from EU a little higher up.
> >
> > Dave was able to give about 40 USA stations a new one, mostly from
> > around 0500z to 0630z when we had some decent propagation.
> >
> > During the evening there were around 10 stations that came on 1811, or
> > close enough to disrupt the ability to hear 4U1ITU, who were politely
> > asked to QSY and everyone did. As someone who needed 4U1ITU for a new
> > DXCC on 160, and on behalf of the others, I want to thank you all for
> > understanding and being accommodating. It was greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > 73 Joel W5ZN
> >
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73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W