I find that It makes a difference being further South and East. I worked only one EU in 30 years in So, Calif on 160m. I didn't have a great station but we just don't have the EU opening in CA.
Now, being 400 miles East of So. CA. in Central Arizona, just North of Prescott, I've made well over 250 EU contacts since 2009. Many are with the same strong EU stations, but my DXCC count has gone from 50 or so entities to about 170! The major factor, I believe, is that my path to EU 160m just skirts the Aurora zone, while the Calif it doesn't. Fortunately, I am in a quiet location and have both a good TX and RX antennas (Hi-Z 4 rx sq). During most winter 160m contests, I can generally work 4 - 10 EUs depending on condx. But yet, stations further East or South of me, even by 200 miles, do better. The further East the better, and being in New England or further NE is the best, at least, most of the time. The W6's do have a better Asia that us, but we still do well. Ray, N6VR Chino Valley, AZ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Carl Clawson <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess Jim must have missed the opening last January. On the 8th through > 10th I put PA, S5, GD, SM, OH, LA, and TF in the log from Oregon - 4 new > ones plus a couple old friends. Heard about a dozen other EU entities on > the 8th but the pileups were too ferocious for me to break. That was the > first time I'd heard EU since 2010. Then I got lucky in CQ 160 and worked > CS2F for a new one. That was the most recent EU I've heard. > > Hope to see you all in the coming Stew and CQ 160. > 73, Carl WS7L > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Ashton Lee <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Jim > > > > I note from QRZ that you have 133 countries contacted on 160… and yet you > > haven’t heard Europe in 2 years. > > > > Kinda puts into perspective what 160 is like for those of us in the West > > these days. > > > > KQ0C > > Ash > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On 12/11/2013 7:56 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote: > > >> After CQ WW CW, I was talking with a guy in Arizona who had worked > 100+ > > JA's on 160 in that test! More than half a continent away, very different > > perspective on 160 than mine! > > > > > > Yep. 100+ 5,500 mile QSOs, but only 1 multiplier. > > > > > > As to EU -- I haven't heard EU on 160 in more than two years. > > > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > > > _________________ > > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
