The joys of "Internet DXing"!! Everybody that comes on is swamped by "packet-rats"!!
73, Charlie, K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Grimm Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:37 AM To: GALE STEWARD Cc: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M And how about the clown last night, around 10pm his local time, when TI9/3Z9DX was working EU, who got on his frequency and said, "NA NA NA, I'm tired and need my sleep." I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. 73, Ken - K4XL On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:18 AM, GALE STEWARD via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > Exactly the point, Steve! A bunch of the guys around here worked them > on > 160 at 0800Z (that's 3AM here). My 160 QSO was around 1030Z. > I'm really dating myself but "back in the day" the only way to snag > some new ones on 80/160 was to be checking the bands in the middle of the > night. > No internet cluster, etc. It's actually a lot easier these days (my > opinion). > > When my daughter was an infant this was easier as I was usually up in > the middle of the night at least once! > 73, Stew K3ND > > From: Steve Flood <kk...@bresnan.net> > To: topband@contesting.com > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:25 AM > Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M > > Great points Chet. > > Under the "Be there" category, consider getting up in the middle of > the night to work them on the low bands. Even in the first days of > their operation, I got up at 2 a.m. and worked them easily on > 160-80-40 with 100 watts and no pileups. > > Steve KK7UV > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- Ken - K4XL BoatAnchor Manual Archive BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com "Show me a politician who is poor, and I'll show you a poor politician." - Carlos Hank González _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband