On 12/5/2012 4:29 PM, Steve HA0DU wrote: > Why can't the mazochists contesting on 160 SSB have the whole band for > 6 days in a year? *Well they can **and they do*! It doesn't seem to > bother many. My problem is I have to re-peak my ATU at the tower for > much over 1855 and there are are stations up to and beyond 1950Khz. I > have a 2 RPM gearmotor but have not put in the jog switch yet.
I know of CQ 160 phone for 2 days a year... what other phone contests come into 160? ARRL DX phone, CQ WPX phone, CQ WW phone? Doesn't that bring us to 8 days? In my days as a novice I learned how to take strong SW broadcasters in the 40M novice band and just tune them out mentally. As a result I rarely recognize phone activity as anything except a noise source to be ignored! Tim. _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
