Tonight was a perfect example of that. N2RK called CQ DX for the longest
time, and he had a great S/N ratio from multiple stations on the RBN,
including GW8IZR. I spotted him on the cluster, and so did HK1MW ("Good
copy northen Colombia"). He was two or three S-units above the lightning
QRN here, but perfectly Q5. *But no answers from anyone.*Frankly, I think many hams are just too lazy (maybe disinclined is a better word) to try and copy weak signals buried in the noise. To me, that's what's the most fun about this hobby. That's why I loved working 144.2 MHz, the challenge. And I managed to work 30 states there from a section of Toledo, Ohio that had prolific power line noise. All I can think of is, "what a bunch of wimps". Sorry if that offended anyone, but what else can we say? :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]>wrote: > The persistence of easily more than half a year of loud QRN in the > evenings on 160, perhaps 3/4 of the year, has generated the *expectation* > that no one is on. The expectation of activity is what generates activity. > The band is clearly open to some degree at various times any night, even > in July. A lot of people will get on for the summer Stew Perry, and > various summer contests will get contestants on 160 for multipliers. There > is an expectation of activity at certain times known to many contestants. > The summer 160 starved can get on 160 for the NCCC Thursday night tests, > but will have to take the time to know when the participants come down to > 160 for a few minutes of a very short contest. > > An unexpectedly quiet summer night on 160 with no expectation of activity, > will be just that -- a quiet night. > _________________ Topband Reflector
