Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night

Michael Höding hoeding at th-brandenburg.de
Wed Nov 20 00:29:18 EST 2019


Dear Roger,

please excuse me for my weak English. What means Wednesday night?
a) the night from Tuesday to Wednesday or
b) the night from Wednesday to Thursday

73 de Michael, DL6MHW (160 m newcomer)

Am 19.11.2019 um 15:42 schrieb Roger Kennedy:
> Well I posted a reminder last week . . . but it didn't appear til Thursday !
>
> So hopefully we can stir up activity this Wednesday.
>
> Lots of people complain about all the FT8 activity, and the lack of CW
> activity on Top Band these days . . . well this is an attempt to get more
> stations on the band on CW on the same evening !  There will only be more CW
> DX activity if people make the effort to come on and have proper QSOs.
>
> There are still plenty of stations who come on 160m on CW . . . I heard
> around 100 calling the station in Nigeria the other night. But you never
> normally hear those people on the band !  I find that very sad . . . that
> those stations have a reasonable 160m setup, but only come on to have ONE
> QSO !!
>
> Personally, I get a buzz out of working EVERY station on 160m that is a few
> thousand miles away, regardless of where they are, or how many times we've
> worked before.
>
> 73 Roger G3YRO
>
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