Topband: ARRL DX 160 Phone - worth a try?

[Mike Fatchett]

I think there is a decent chance some of those are one.  Which ones were 
on for CW they might be on for SSB.

W0MU

On 3/3/2022 5:15 PM, Tree wrote:
> There is some chance you can scare up a CX - but many of the others will
> required a focused operation.
>
> The ARRL DX contest isn't that big of an event for most of the DX out
> there.
>
> Maybe asking K3LR or W3LPL to see what they typically work on 160 might
> help in this contest might help.
>
> Tree
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:52 PM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm sitting at about 95 confirmed or pending at LOTW for my 160 DXCC,
>> and was toying with the idea of spending some time in the ARRL Phone DX
>> Contest this weekend on single-band 160.  Looking down my LOTW listing,
>> plus the few cards I have in hand and the list of ones I don't have, I'm
>> wondering what the likelihood is that some of the relatively easy ones
>> will be on.  Here's my list of those:
>>
>> CX, FJ, GI, GJ, HC, HP, J8, KL7, LU, OA, PJ5, PJ7, PY, ZP, YU, TG
>>
>> Am I kidding myself?  I seem to be fairly loud on 160 CW, and while I
>> don't hear that well, I'm willing to give it a try.  Is there someplace
>> online where I can check for recent activity by country?
>>
>>
>>
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