Re: Topband: 160 meter propagation

2017-12-17 Thread Victor Goncharsky via Topband
We have worked a new one last night VU2CPL on CW and played a little in Russian-160 contest. Few NA folks were there as well. So the band is alive and well. We don't care about FT8 junk. >Воскресенье, 17 декабря 2017, 15:53 UTC от K1FZ : > > > >Been wondering what is

Topband: 160 meter propagation

2017-12-17 Thread K1FZ
Been wondering what is going on with 160 meters. I expected meteor showers to add ionization that would be beneficial for propagation.. VHF and UHF hams do find their tails useful to make contacts . Over the years I have noticed a reduction of DX signals on 160 meters during

Re: Topband: 160-Meter propagation

2011-12-09 Thread David Raymond
Also on Dec 6, George W8UVZ commented that the band isn't as poor as some would suggest. With respect to solar min versus solar max, the old adage that 160-Meters is best at solar min is somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy. We've heard 160 is worse at solar maximum, so we don't get on

Re: Topband: 160-Meter propagation

2011-12-09 Thread Slavek Zeler
Hi David Gone are the days when it was common to work 15 or 20 EU stations (or more) during an evening session with signals from the more prominent stations being S9 The same situation is in Eu. Im daily on TB but only few new stations from US is active. GD dxing on TB to all Slavek ok1tn