My
experience in operating from not-rare places is that the WARC bands and the low
bands produce the most general interest. On my visits to FJ and KP2 with an
ic-706 and a palm tree dipole, I was amazed at the pileups on 12m, 17m, 30m and
80m.
You
can also seek out the difficult paths, for example from the Carribean to
the far east, or from Oceana to Europe. A propagation forecasting program
can suggest the bands and times most likely to provide openings over such
paths, and you will find grateful DXers at the other end.
From a
mode perspective, I got much more attention when working CW or RTTY than
SSB. And the former two modes don't wake up the XYL...
73,
Dave,
AA6YQ
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Subject: [DX-CHAT] Needed band-countries
Hi folks,Is there any information published anywhere for DXCC countries regarding what band/modes are needed to different places? Or is just the overall need for an all time new one all that is available?
Going to a not-so-rare country, the question arises- Operate on 20 where I can get lots of contacts but hardly anyone really needs it, or call cq till blue in the face on other bands where it is needed, but no one tunes? I hate to be asked a million times on twenty- when are you going to be on?, but then when you are there are no callers.
Just thought it would be nice to be able to tell where the actual need is.
73,
Duane, WV2B {FP/WV2B soon}
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
