OK Steve, I will call you every morning when I hear your signal (... tnx for this hint! I really feel strange to work a station again in the same mode on the same band - therefore I love contesting.)
Additionally I will try to join the famous "VE6WZ-Top-25" List. Now I go downstairs for some CQ. 73 de Michael, DL6MHW Am 07.01.2020 um 17:49 schrieb VE6WZ_Steve: > Speaking of multiple QSOs with the same stations on 160m…. > please do not hesitate to call me if you hear me on Topband no matter how > many QSOs we have had! I am a 160m QSO collector. The more the better. I > don't get bored working the same guys over-and-over-and-over on TB. Each > opening is a new adventure for me. It ‘aint rocket science to know that if > we wait to work only new stations on the band then things will get pretty > slow! > > Everyone is motivated in different ways, and at different times for what > excites them about Ham radio. For myself, the thrill of working DX on > 160m….ANY DX, even multiple QSOs in the same season works for me. I am much > less excited about doing that on 80m, or 40m, or the higher bands, but I know > there are those that love to work DX on ANY band all the time, any time. > The thrill for me started when I was 13 years old, under the covers in bed at > night with a small transistor radio (1971) listening to distant AM broadcast > stations with the sound of summer QRN. > Because 160m is so un-predictable and usually completely dead and devoid of > ANY signals (here in VE6 at least) it really is magical when the DX finally > makes it to my ears. I mean sincerely magical, because I reflect back on > listening to those AM signals on that transistor radio…the 160m band is just > above the AM band. How cool is that! We are just Ham guys with backyard > antennas! > > I understand completely those that find it boring working the same guys > over-and-over, and how the chase for the next DXCC band counter is what > really matters. For many years after I built my 80m Yagi I was somewhat > “marooned" on 80m working as much DX as possible. I still love 80m, but the > intrigue has faded and I don't find myself calling CQ there much anymore. > Perhaps the same will happen on 160m, but because the trans-polar propagation > from VE6 to EU (under the AU oval) can be absent for YEARS (!) on end, I > expect that when the condition are good I will remain engaged. I must > confess that working JA’s are not as exciting from here (perhaps like working > EU from the EC?). > The chase for the DXCC band totals is not my main motivator anymore as much > as just hearing what DX might make it through each night or morning. > > To work a lot of DX on 160, you NEED to call CQ. If we all just listen, > waiting for others to call, the only guys we will work are the few that are > calling CQ (wow, crazy eh?). I understand that with poor RX and high local > noise the alligator risk is high, but you never know. I have received a > number of JA and EU QSLs indicating 100w TX and modest antenna setups. > > Lets keep the band alive. Get on the band, ionize the ionosphere and call CQ > and see what happens. > > 73, de steve ve6wz > > So…here is the VE6WZ 2018-19 season “top repeat QSO list” > > From my log export for this winter season (4 months) beginning September > till now, I have worked 422 unique EU callsigns. (1,228 total QSOs) > > Here is the top 25 list for Europe: > (rank, call, number of QSOs) > > 1 SM5EDX 40 > 2 DF2PY 38 > 3 LA1MFA 38 > 4 SM4DHF 33 > 5 OM2XW 26 > 6 RA4LW 23 > 7 LY7M 23 > 8 ON7PQ 23 > 9 YL2SM 22 > 10 PA3FQA 21 > 11 RC3FL 19 > 12 G3PQA 16 > 13 G3XHZ 15 > 14 IK7JTF 15 > 15 F5IN 13 > 16 OH1XX 13 > 17 DL8LAS 13 > 18 G3OQT 12 > 19 F5NZ 11 > 20 G4UFK 11 > 21 GW3YDX 11 > 22 SM3EVR 11 > 23 G3XGC 10 > 24 SM6MCW 10 > 25 SM7BIC 10 > > And here is the OC/AS list: > > 1 VK6LW 44 > 2 VK2WF 21 > 3 HL5IVL 20 > 4 VK3HJ 19 > 5 JA5BIN 11 > 6 VK3IO 9 > 7 3D2AG 7 > 8 DS2JJV 6 > 9 JA4CQS 5 > 10 JH2FXK 5 > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector