Topband: Caribbean Operations On 160m?

[GEORGE WALLNER]

Steve,
40 m has been a problem at N5J. Often we have S9+20 dB over-the-horizon 
radar signal blanketing from 6.95 to 7.050 for hours at a time. We are 
considering operating at 7050, but that is very close to the FT8 
frequencies. We hope to find a break in the QRM to work NA.

GL and 73,
George
N5J Team



On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 18:46:31 -0700 Steve Harrison  wrote:
>Anybody know what the parameters or requirements for operating 160m from
>KG4/Guantanamo Bay are these days? Looking at my 160m worked list, I see
>that I'm missing one heck of a lot of Caribbean entities that should be
>like shooting fish in a barrel 8-D But we don't hear many of those guys
>too often, other than stalwarts like Kenny-KP4AA, KP4TF, and a few
>others. Yeah, I know: t-storm QRN can be horrendous, especially around
>hurricane season, out there. Still, once that's over, we still don't
>seem to hear too many of those "rarer" Caribbean entities on topband much.
>
>Another that I'd dearly-love to work is PY2RO; but the last several
>times I've heard him, although he was well above my noise floor and
>working JAs, he never responded to my calls (almost like trying to work
>9M2AX!).
>
>Right now, I'm waiting for N5J to show up on 40m CW, the last band I
>need them on. I saw them spotted a few days ago working JAs... four
>hours after my sunrise!
>
>Steve, K0XP
>
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