I'll probably get many saying the following just isn't true.... but I can't ever (last 5 yrs) remember hearing a cw ragchew on 160m all I ever hear is the big gun CQ DXer's on CW and being antenna/power limited, using the same TX antenna for RX I never even hear who they are talking to.
I did manage the T32C guys, but that was a credit to their excellent operating skills and RX antennas! I do often participate in a morning SSB group that covers much of WTX of course I have to run the amp to do that, but that's ok and I have made two JT65 contacts in the last 2 weeks (new mode for me) that about covers my 160m ops from my city apartment in WTX. YMMV -- GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 12/21/2011 8:07 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote: > Hi, > > I have been slowly wading into the 160 meter CW waters since the Stew. > I'm retired and don't really have a schedule. I am up early > mornings...listening well before sunrise at "oh dark thirty" and > sometimes in the evenings. I sometimes do hear other hams on 160 calling > for DX from the US or on SSB. I presently have only CW capability on > 160. I have been calling CQ more and it occurred to me to look at the > reverse beacon network. There were no hits this morning after calling > from 12:35Z to 12:45Z and again from 13:15Z to 13:30Z (just around local > sunrise) after taking the big dog for a walk. I looked at the list of > stations and found only two of them covering 160 and neither in North > America. I would have been thrilled to hit their receivers with my 35 > watts but no real surprise there. I was at 1809 and 1808 when I called. > Maybe their receivers were set for some other part of the band..perhaps > for DX. > snip > anyway. I know from the Stew that my station is getting results. I'll be > trying a call early mornings and into the evenings as many days as I can > to try and find the most productive times. I'm not a "DX hound" but I > have certainly enjoyed chewing the rag with DX hams. > > 73, > > Bill KU8H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
