Hi Jim
Thanks for the explanation. Hardly encouraging for the rest of us.
73
Mark ZL3AB
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On 1/30/2024 11:49 AM, Frank W3LPL wrote:
Northern hemisphere transatlantic propagation is far superior
in January compared to the equinoxes
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Yep, and that's who the Rules are written for.
73, Jim K9YC
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On 1/30/2024 11:09 AM, Mark wrote:
Also the timing of this "contest" (thanks to the scoring system it's really
more of an activity weekend in this neck of the woods) doesn't do us any
favours down here or in the southern hemisphere in general.
As Tree noted, it is the middle of summer here and t
Northern hemisphere transatlantic propagation is far superior
in January compared to the equinoxes
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Waters"
To: "Mark"
Cc: "topband"
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 11:22:36 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: ZLs
That
That's an excellent idea!
73 Mike
W0BTU
On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 1:10 PM Mark wrote:
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> ... I am surprised this contest isn't run around the equinoxes to level
> the playing field, not to mention evening out the effect of QRN.
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Just a few observations from ZL...
Firstly there are very few ZLs on topband in any form. In terms of CW ops
you could probably count them on one hand. In 160m contests if there is
more than 1 or 2 on then that is a lot and you shouldn't be surprised if
there isn't any - which is normally the ca
