I will also be on tonite. Not sure if it will be HQ9X or W1UE/HR9, but I’ll be on. And I doubt I’ll be on as early as 2330z!
Dennis W1UE On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 14:25 Roger Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been off the air for a few weeks, due to personal issues . . . but > started coming back on 160m . . . > > But it's SO frustrating . . . I'm often seeing my RBN reports from North > American stations peaking 30 to 40 dB above the noise . . . yet I'm lucky > to > have 1 or 2 actual QSOs ! > > I'll hear hundreds of DX stations on the band calling a DX-pedition . . . > but then they'll disappear again. Is that all you want to do, come on the > band to just work ONE station?! I find that ridiculous . . . actually it > makes me very sad for the future of the hobby. > > The same goes for contests . . . hundreds of stations on 160m . . . but > then > silence the rest of the time ! > > And all the people that complain that the only stations that seem to be on > are using FT8 . . . well if you actually came on CW, there would be a lot > more activity. > > I'm going to suggest what I suggested last winter . . . a Wednesday 160m DX > Activity Night. It worked last year . . . a lot of North American stations > actually came on the band (and that brought lots more Europeans on too) > > Saturday Night/Sunday Morning always used to be the main night for 160m DX > contacts too . . . but again the band is very quiet these days (even when > RBN shows there's good propagation) > > So I'll be on the band tonight from around 2330Z looking for any contacts . > . . > > Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
