I'll throw out a related suggestion. Why not use the IARU HF contest as the "summertime" 160 contest ? It's 24 hours long and has excellent worldwide activity on all bands except 160 meters.
73, Steve, N2IC On 03/17/2012 05:12 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote: > Dear OMs and Yls > > A July Stew Perry is an excellent idea!!! We need something to temp > more onto the band during the noisy season. One tunes the band a number of > times and hears nothing and so resorts to HF. A good effort in high > summer for the northern latitudes might clear our ears. Even if our > receive antennas were largely down, a contest might bring some of us out. > A summer contest could also make the K9AY and magnetic loop antennas have > more justification for their existence. A July Stew Perry would be a fair > handshake to the southern hemisphere and their efforts during the warm > months. Please bring it on!!!! > > > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > > > PS Yes a summer contest, well Top Band Operators like pain. > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
