Guy said: >There is the issue of when people are actually listening on 160. *Sounds* dead because no one is there.
...AND THEN there is the issue of when people *can* actually listen; by that I mean, they have a decent rx antenna at their disposal. I've noticed quite a few locals (W1) with increasing interest in 160. The low-space rx antenna options out there are attracting interest. This is good. Bring on the minimum. Mike N1TA ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:13:00 -0400 From: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> To: Tim Shoppa <[email protected]> Cc: Bruce <[email protected]>, Topband <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Working Europe Message-ID: <CANckpc1SaJbHhBWt0w2Sz15==dqxx9bzqx5dacejukxellw...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 There is the issue of when people are actually listening on 160. *Sounds* dead because no one is there. Then there is the issue of when the band is actually open. Summer QRN in the northern hemisphere is a bummer, but RBN keeps showing that the path is open in a summer fashion that we don't have dialed in yet. Antenna here was necessarily on the ground for tree work during summer Stew :>( But did note in the results how many worked CW5W. 4 Stews a year is a good idea and may pick up activity in the off times as we continue to disprove ancient myths. Looking forward to the solar minimum. 73, Guy _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
