Some of us in the W9 area now have to start contending with spring
storms which raises the noise level considerably, and many folks are now
beginning to take down 160 RX stuff ahead of summer. It may be a
summertime lull, picking back up again in the fall
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I got back into the shack a little late for EU sunrise after the
0300-0400z CWT but hope we had some good participation on 160.
73,
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On 3/1/2018 12:52 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Activity was way down on FT8 as well.
On 2/28/2018 7:56 AM, Roger Kennedy wro
I am in the process of building my first ever BOG (NE/SW) and hope to be
more active on 160. Wednesdays right after the 0300Z CWT's are perfect,
since I end CWT's on 160 anyhow. This is the first season I've attacked
my "160 problem" and started getting new countries on CW. And even
developed a
(this is a non-topband related matter but I feel I must chime in --
mostly because if you scare away the next generation of topbanders,
there won't be a topband)
I wish most of you (agree or disagree with the ARRL) were in attendance
at the W9DXCC Convention this year where Tom spoke very powe
Those cheap Baofeng chargers also generate a lot of noise on 160. Was
sitting here wondering why tonight my noise level was S6 when it was S2
last night. Unplugged that piece of junk and noise is gone.
Makes me want to throw the whole thing away, caused me a good 1-2 hours
of frustration.
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