Topband: B7P

[Michael Tope]

That sure seems to be the case, Bob. Heck even on 40 meters I have found 
myself calling loud Chinese stations in vein. My dipole at 45ft just 
doesn't cut it. It must be that there aren't very many BY hams that live 
in rural areas with low noise floors. Hopefully portable operations with 
verticals on the beach will catch on there.

Somewhere I have a recording of WA6TQT running stations during the CQ WW 
160 SSB contest from the old W6BH mountaintop super-station near Anza, 
CA. I was surprised to hear a couple of Europeans call him that I could 
actually hear Q5. It was quite a thrill. Conditions must have been very 
good that evening.

73, Mike W4EF.......................



On 4/3/2024 8:13 AM, W3HKK at roadrunner.com wrote:
> Great to hear ur recording of B7P on 160m popping thru the noise, even
> if I am 2500 miles further east Hi Hi.
>
> This thread implies that Life in China comes with huge QRM-powerline
> noise, which makes a lot of sense. So the Chinese ops flock to 10m.
> Most of the ones I worked with my home brew Moxon at 22 ft were
> peaking 59 and in some cases even stronger during a 15-30 minute
> window post- Ohio sunset.
>
>