or world class receiving and/or transmitting antennas... I do see some positives since the demise of the window, DX does spread out more and can be found in less congested spots.
It is a bit of a detriment for a newbie, expecting to find a window full of DX and for those who can't squeeze more that 20 or 30 KHz out of their antenna. It's a mixed bag situation to be sure... 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 #1875 --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Robert Smits <b...@rsmits.ca> wrote: From: Robert Smits <b...@rsmits.ca> 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 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. > Frequency allocations between ITU regions and individual countries have > become more aligned. All world class radios have narrow filtering > capability, etc. fully capable of handling the worst pileups. > 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. -- Bob Smits b...@rsmits.ca _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK