Hi Dennis, In Europe you can go as low as 1.810 MHz for TX.
73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT - CR6K F4VPX - TM3M 2015-12-10 16:07 GMT+01:00 Dennis Egan <egan.denni...@gmail.com>: > Guys > > Last night was frustrating. I know a lot of you were calling, but I was > only able to pull out 7 stations, all W5 and W7. The noise level here was > a constant S9. If you translate the seasons into the northern hemisphere, > it is now May 10- and, as an operator there, you know what that means to > your atmospheric noise level. > > BTW, the station here is a full size vertical array, 1500w, K3, a beverage > for EU, a beverage for East Coast USA, and a beverage for West Coast > USA/JA. The station seems to transmit quite well. Hearing, though, is a > different problem. > > I spent this morning listening to the various noises on the 160M band, and > I think I was able to reduce the local noise level some. I won't know for > sure until tonight, but my game plan has changed. > > I will be on for Europe around 0445Z; I expect transmit frequency to be > 1805.5KHz or so, listening above 1810KHz. I will either self/spot my Rx > freq or announce "Up x". Why so low? I have less noise there. Much of > the local noise I have seems to peak around 1835, which makes Rx there not > so good. > If you can't transmit as low as 1811, please let me know and I'll modify by > Rx frequency. > > When I am done with Europe- and it may not take long if I don't hear any > Europeans- I will listen for USA. I may go back to Europe from time to > time but will announce it when I do so. > > That should cover it! Good luck to all that need CX! > > Dennis W1UE/CX > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband