Topband: JT65 on 160

2017-03-17 Thread Jim Jim
Jorge, I use only 35-50w on TB. A few years ago I worked VKs and Zls using only 35watts then went down the band a bit and worked one of the same stations on CW only moments later BUT it took over 900w to do it. That is just over 14db advantage over CW. Two other things to remember 1. JT65 is

Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 169, Issue 22

2017-01-30 Thread Jim Jim
Bob, >From what you have said I would suspect you have changed the pattern of the >antenna but that is just a guess. The other thing is that the last few years >has seen a marked change in 160M propagation and use it seems. On occasion I >have seen WSPR stations have propagation to EU but