Bill, I've worked JA's in April and August. Europe and the Mideast can be worked all summer long, as well as VK/ZL and much of the southern hemisphere -- where it's their winter. So the "season" can be what you make of it.
Keep working on the Inverted L -- it should be a better antenna for DX most of the time. 73/Jon AA1K On 3/15/2012 6:55 PM, K4OWR wrote: > :::: After 56 years licensed and active for every one of them, the > recent contest was basically my first real time on 160. I put up a > simple dipole, and an inverted L which didn't work well. I also have a > 750' beverage aimed west for rcve. > I'm almost ashamed to admit that I didn't realize the band had a > "season" and now it's over till next year? > I guess I got quite a false impression from the contest where I worked > almost 750 stations, in every continental state, every Canadian > province, and 12 countries. > So now it's over? > BILL K4OWR > > > On 3/15/2012 6:43 PM, Slavek Zeler wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have this experience. Last season I worked with all U.S. stateson TB. >> But ending the season was very bad. Although I have worked with several new >> countries, but not so many stations from west coast. With better RX antenna >> system nothink. We must wait for next season. Gl to all Slavek ok1tn >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
