Topband: CQWW CW 160m

[Jim Brown]

On 11/27/2024 11:10 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> Whereas I was mainly tuning around, looking for NA stations to call. (and
> didn't hear many!)

Hi Roger,

It's all about noise on both ends of the QSO. Most of us have been 
increasingly deaf over the past 20 years, with the explosion of noisy 
electronics. The typical home in most of NA has several dozen noise 
sources; We hear them, and those in the homes of our neighbors.

I've lived in a dense redwood forest since moving from Chicago in 2006. 
I have very noisy neighbors in the direction of EU and the east coast of 
NA, in the direction of South America, and in the direction of Asia. 
 From my QTH 70 miles S of San Francisco, I worked 7 zones in three 
countries on 160M; KH6, VE, US. It was all I could hear.

73, Jim K9YC