-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Smith VE9AA
Sent: Samstag, 13. Mai 2017 17:26
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: 160 in daylight
Hi Bob,
Welcome to 160m !
Milt Jensen N5IA (sk) used his huge array in the 160m contests to work
thousands of miles east and west while he was
Hi Peter,
The 'why not' only applies to the hams who don't want to chat with their
'neighbors' or anybody on the same continent. propagation does play into
it and if you are a "DX only" ham 160 is much better at the greyline or
at night. There is nothing wrong with being a DX only ham. But for
Hi Gang,
While working at a beginner level on 160, I have dabbled with the band
for many years. The subject of daylight operations brought to mind on
interesting occurrence. After I returned from Vietnam, in 1969, I setup
a basic station which included 160. There was a total lunar eclipse for
Hi Bob,
Welcome to 160m !
Milt Jensen N5IA (sk) used his huge array in the 160m contests to work
thousands of miles east and west while he was in full sunlight. (In fact I
believe he was the one who sponsored a plaque for daylight operation only in
the Stew Perry Contests)
For some of the
Sure it does, why not?
73
Peter
-Original Message-
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob via
Topband
I live in Northeastern Pennsylvania, have only been on 160 a month.
I hooked up with station in Lacona, NY which is about 200 miles from my
QTH. We d
I live in Northeastern Pennsylvania, have only been on 160 a month.
I hooked up with station in Lacona, NY which is about 200 miles from my
QTH. We decided that the next day at 2pm we would meet on 1.965 MHz.
Surprisingly we were able to have a QSO. SIGNALS VARIED FROM S1 TO S 5.
iI guess
