Topband: Good Conditions, Little Activity

[lennart.michaelsson at telia.com]

Hi Roger and all!
160 is or was in the middle of the MF ship to shore short distance
communication - long before SAT, VHF and GSM came into use.
I used to work in the Telecom sector and brought along a SW transceiver,
hooked it up to one of those antennas. 
I was amazed as I worked a number of long distant stations like VK6HD - the
first 160 QSO between SM and VK, ZL3GQ in Nz and Paul VS6DO.
I am still equally amazed how good this band can be.
Keep on guys, whatever mode.
Len
SM7BIC

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För Roger Kennedy
Skickat: den 10 oktober 2020 16:42
Till: topband at contesting.com
Ämne: Topband: Good Conditions, Little Activity


Well first of all, it has never been my intention to upset or annoy anyone
with my posts on here . . . all I have ever tried to do is encourage more
people to come on Top Band on CW . . . to tell people that there ARE
stations on to work, and that DX conditions are often good, even if there is
little activity.

And there were certainly lots of stations on last night, and it was great to
great to work so many old and new friends across the pond !

Although the weekend has traditionally been the time when stations come on
160m looking for DX, I realise that these days a lot of people are busy with
their families at the weekend. That's why I started suggesting a regular
mid-week night to come on the band, to focus activity, so that at least
there are lots of stations to work, all on the same night.

Thank you to all the guys who have sent me private e-mails, agreeing with
this idea, and thanking me for trying to encourage more DX CW activity on
Top Band. There are clearly lots of others who, like me, still get a buzz
out of EVERY CW DX QSO on 160m, no matter how many times you may have worked
the same station before !

So at the risk of annoying one or two people, I will continue trying to
promote the Wednesday Activity Night.

73 Roger G3YRO

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