Topband: CQ160M contest last year and this year

[Fred Moeves]

Working Lloyd in Hawaii in 2019...that was a good one ..I about fell out 
of my chair on that one...

I love to work Eu on 160 doesn't happen to me much.
And I also love to work VK's  on 40 too.

Not sure why but something cool about it...

Fred KB4QZH

On 1/26/2021 10:21 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> You might keep in mind that G3YRO is a bit eccentric, Fred :-)
>
> I personally think it would be neat as heck to be in Europe for a 
> major 160 contest and be able to work dozens of EU countries that are 
> nearly "local". I might think that working USA would be the boring 
> part (since they are just one country).
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 10:01 AM Fred Moeves <fmoeves at twc.com 
> <mailto:fmoeves at twc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Roger,
>
>     I for one don't like to hear that Eu stations are not calling CQ.
>     Maybe I'm alone on this but why not just call CQ NA only?
>
>     I rarely call CQ Contest I'm a S&P station.
>     I really don't contest anymore I'm usually in there but mostly to
>     give points and look for dx.
>     Here with my little pip squeak station with high noise it's tough.
>     I'm lucky to have a few Rx antennas or I'd be out all together.
>
>     Anyway hope to hear you and some dx on this weekend.
>
>     73 Fred KB4QZH
>
>
>
>
>     Excellent Doug !
>
>     I must admit, I haven't entered a Contest for over 40 years . . .
>     the idea
>     of operating for hours and hours on end just doesn't appeal any more.
>
>     However, the various 160m Contests are very useful to work lots of DX
>     stations.
>
>     Please bear in mind that a lot of us Topbanders in Europe don't
>     want to come
>     on calling CQ, as we'll be called by hundreds of Europeans . . .
>     so if you
>     want to work us, you need to call CQ !  (and remember, we're not
>     allowed
>     below 1810 kHz)
>
>     Good Luck to all those entering !
>
>     Roger G3YRO
>
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