Well, well we may hear you on the air huh, Rick?
On 160 there is a group, mostly along and near the Eastern
Seaboard on 1.885. There is also some activity on 1.980 and
1.985 which will include some 8s,9s, and 4s.
In the 5 land area not many people are active on 160 for
some reason. I hope you join WD5BNA, W5TOP, KA5RHK, KC9VF
and myself on the Top Band AM. There is a group of mostly
0s and some 7s on 1.915. That is where I stay most of the
time since I have a hard time hearing many of the guys on
the East Coast because of their antenna issues. Many of
them have dipoles quite low and that doesn't do much for me
here in the mid-USA. On 1.915 you should hear Arne/K0AS,
Dewey/W0ZUS around 9 PM most nights. They will be joined by
a couple of Canadian brethren, and several others in the
North county.
There are some mid-West stations (SSB of course) on 1.918
and 1.913 which can cause some trouble depending on
conditions. There also is a group of SSBers along the AR,
OK, TX, LA border who run lots of power that use 1.990 or
thereabouts. It makes 1.985 almost useless for me.
Brian/WA5AM should be on this year with his Gates, so that
will make a few. I had hoped more guys would migrate up to
the Top Band, but that hasn't happened .
I do suggest you put up a GOOD antenna for the GE and with
that power plus a good receive situation, you should do real
well.
The choices are yours. I use my GK 500A with about 350
watts and can move up and down the band quite easily so if I
hear you, I will call and you do the same.
Jim/W5JO
What seems to be the two favorite frequencies on the 160
meter band that
folks on this reflector use? I am inching closer and
closer to having the
GE complete and need to order some rocks from Bry. I have
a couple of ovens
coming in next week so I have to wait to see what size
case I'll need. The
old GE is making RF on the BC band around 1450kc, of
course, into a dummy
load. She's not up to full steam, but with a little
tweaking I think it
just might make some noise.
Thanks,
Rick/K5IAR
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