Topband: ARRL 160M and 1830-1835 change

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

I’m glad that rule is gone from the ARRL 160. THEORETICALLY that should
have worked. What I observed year over year was that the ** DX ** didn’t
use it that much. Not altogether sure why.

I suspect that S&P stations didn’t start their scanning in the DX window
because most of their contacts were going to be NA not EU. So park up in
the DX window for your CQ and you’re not heard as much as down in 10 to 30.

For whatever reasons the window never seemed that busy. Now with 1840-44
taken over by FT8, being able to use all of 1810-40 seems a good move.

Personally I’ve had a line noise here for 20 years I’ve never found the
source. It has a never-moves null at 1831 that I will be able to use in the
ARRL 160 now.

73, Guy K2AV

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 6:26 AM Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
wrote:

>
> I actually think that a Window during Contests to work DX stations is a
> good
> idea . . .
>
> It can be quite difficult to work NA stations in a Contest if they are
> being
> repeatedly called by other strong NA stations !
>
> One of the other issues is that many of us come on the various Top Band
> contests not to enter, but just to work DX stations.  SO I am reluctant to
> call CQ, as I will get called by hundreds of Europeans (which I haven't got
> up in the middle of the night to work!)
>
> I often hear lots of DX stations, but I can't call them as they are just
> calling other people on their frequency . . . it's quite frustrating.
> (perhaps they don't want to put out a CQ for the same reason that I don't?)
>
> To try and get round this, I sometimes put out a CQ DX call in a Contest .
> .
> . do you think that's acceptable?
>
> Of course on SSB it's much easier . . . you can actually say that you're
> listening for NA or DX . . . hopefully some of the NA stations on 160 in
> the
> Contest this weekend will occasionally listen for Europe !
>
> 73 Roger G3YRO
>
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