Topband: ARRL 160 Test - barren of DX

[Rob Van Geen]

You were spotted to DX cluster as "W3SKK" Saturday:

Spotter Freq. DX Time Info Country

K1KA
1806
W3SKK
22:21 02 Dec 23
United States

This could explain the high dupe rate.

tskk, tskk, tskk

Rob - NH6V


On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:15 AM <W3HKK at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Tnx for the qso, Jim.
>
> I worked a mere six CA stations, fewer than half of the 7 land states,
> one KH6. and a smattering of Carib/C.A. stations. Several locals gave
> up early Fri night due to the poor/few signals ota.
> I started at 2200z prompt and worked a so-so 109 stations during the
> first 80 minutes. XYL announced dinner so I took an hour break, came
> back and saw the rates declining -instead of increasing- and holes
> appearing in the bandscope. Not many blockbuster sigs either, with
> moderate QRN,
>
> Day 2 began with a bang...45% of my contacts were DUPES...until I
> decided to check for the N1MM+ DUPE alert before gong back to the guy.
> Id give his call, then say SRI-DUPE-and resume CQing. Miraculously
> after a while the dupes went way down. (perhaps the friendly reminder
> changed some behavior.) ( rather than just working them and letting
> the software sort it out.) But spending half your time on dupes seemed
> ridiculous.
>
> Also during both nights I heard only two Euros. But s they wee
> replying to someone elses CQ I never had a chance to call them. So
> zero Euros in the 2023 log. I reflected back to 2020 when 160 was wide
> open to EU and it was great fun working them right and left.
>
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