--- Peter Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 40 and 80, however, are a different story. They're putting huge > numbers in the log, but look at 40m, especially. As of 2/21, 0040z, > they were at 9010 to Europe on 40 and 7486 to NA. Holding NA ops back > until 3am (east-coast time) *every* *single* *night* has kept those > numbers a lot lower than I think they should be.
I'm not sure that's a bad thing. The last Ducie ops in 2002/2003, there were likely many more QSOs on the high bands 10/15 than now. That implies that NA *probably* had a better chance on 40 than Europe, given those sunspots. So fast-forward to now. They *should* try harder to work EU on the low bands: - VP6 to EU is a more difficult path than VP6 to NA - the low bands are going to be better to EU than they were 4-5 years ago. As long as the demand is there, they should continue to work it! I assume they're not calling CQ without answers towards EU while others are waiting to call. They should be there another week. I'm sure everyone who needs it, and makes some sort of reasonable effort, will work it. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
