Topband: B7P

[VE6WZ Steve]

Here BG2AUE has been logged 3 times on 160m.
BD4WN 5 times, BA7IO 2 times and one QSO with B5TT.

Unfortunately when I check QRZ for BG2AUE his QTH is spotted in the large city of Harbin, and his equipment does not suggest any dedicated 160m rx antennas.
My QSOs with BG2AUE have also suggested his rx is really good.
It is possible (likely) he is getting some NA webSDR help (like a KIWI).
Of course we won’t know for sure unless he says so on his QRZ page like Kanti VU2GSM does. He lives in the city of Bangalore, and has little hope of working DX on the low bands without webSDR.
If you have had QSOs with VU2GSM you will notice how quickly he responds.
I worked him on 40m when I was TX with just 10w. (I had info to know he was rx on a local VE6 Kiwi at the time )

Steve, Ve6wz

From Babcocks iPhone

> On Apr 4, 2024, at 6:59 AM, John Kaufmann via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> It is also my experience that stations in China and Southeast Asia in general do not hear well at all on the low bands. One exception is BG2AUE. I have worked him multiple times on 80m CW from my QTH in the Boston area. He hears extremely well on 80. Every single time I've worked him there, he's been very weak but he's always answered me immediately. I've also seen him spotted a few times on 160 but have yet to hear him there. That's an extremely difficult path from W1 on 160. In fact, zone 24 is one of the two remaining zones I need for 160 WAZ, the other zone being 26.
> 
> 73, John W1FV
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