John W2GD writes:
> All world class radios have narrow filtering
capability, etc. fully capable of handling the worst pileups.
Since John mentioned the W1BB era in the same paragraph, I assumed by
"world class radios" he simply meant rigs NOT of the W1BB era. In other
words, not implying a D
I had a fantastic string of EU stations calling me while I was running
up around 1870 - no problems whatsoever attracting DX well above the crowds.
Dan KK3AN
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> As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained
> from calling CQ in what some still consider the DX Window (1830 - 1835).
>
> BUT lets be realistic here, this is 2011, not 1961. Split operation, a
> necessary operating technique of the W1BB era is no longer necessa
Landskov
Enviado el: Viernes, 04 de Febrero de 2011 12:45 p.m.
Para: John Crovelli; topband@contesting.com
Asunto: Re: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
John,
If it had not been for the window I could not have worked what I have on
160. I would say it had gotten me at least a dozen new ones. One year
From: n...@cox.net
> To: w...@hotmail.com; topband@contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:45:28 -0700
> Subject: Re: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
>
> John,
> If it had not been for the window I could not have worked what I have on
> 160. I would say it had gotten
John W2GD has it exactly right, in my opinion. There is no longer a useful
purpose for the DX Window in contests. 160M has become such a popular band
that 5 kHz just isn't enough to make a difference!
Even without a fabulous radio, and before my present above-average station,
I took great pride
om: keith.g3...@jillings.org.uk
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
>
> On 04/02/2011 00:23, Robert Smits wrote:
>
> > Not all of us can afford or own "world class radios", John. It isn't true in
> > North America
N7RT wrote:
>
John,
If it had not been for the window I could not have worked what I have on
160. I would say it had gotten me at least a dozen new ones. One year I
remember giving ON4UN Zone 3 in the window.
I wish you could walk in my shoes once and do a 160 contest from out here.
It might enli
.
73 Hardy N7RT
- Original Message -
From: "John Crovelli"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:19 AM
Subject: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
>
> As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained
> from calling CQ in what some still con
On 3rd February, Bob wrote:
"...Not all of us can afford or own 'world class radios', John. It isn't
true in North America and it certainly isn't true in the rest of the
world..."
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Formal contest rules notwithstanding, I find it rather comforting that
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--- On Thu, 2/3/11, Robert Smits wrote:
From: Robert Smits
Subject: Re: Topband: DX Window No Long Relevant
To: topband@contesting.com
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 7:23 PM
On February 3, 2011 07:19:45 am John Crovelli wrote:
> As a courtesy, last week
On 04/02/2011 00:23, Robert Smits wrote:
> Not all of us can afford or own "world class radios", John. It isn't true in
> North America and it certainly isn't true in the rest of the world.
Thank you for that voice from the real world!
I don't have the kind of cash it would take to buy a radio t
On February 3, 2011 07:19:45 am John Crovelli wrote:
> As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained
> from calling CQ in what some still consider the DX Window (1830 - 1835).
>
> BUT lets be realistic here, this is 2011, not 1961. Split operation, a
> necessary ope
As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained from
calling CQ in what some still consider the DX Window (1830 - 1835).
BUT lets be realistic here, this is 2011, not 1961. Split operation, a
necessary operating technique of the W1BB era is no longer necessary. Freq
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