Herb has good antennas. But many others mixing QRP with high angle antennas, have a tougher time. 73 Bruce-k1kz
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:40:12 -0600, David Raymond wrote: I'm not sure why you would be surprised running QRP that stations that were "loud" couldn't hear you. You're at a 13 db disadvantage at a minimum. Ad in clix (and there plenty of them) plus QRM the guy is experiencing on the other end. . .and, well, there you are. . .you can't be heard. That said, it is all still great fun. Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good 73. . . Dave, W0FLS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Smith" To: Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 11:22 AM Subject: Re: Topband: CW160 > Interesting conditions here last night. I > heard a whole lot of DX that simply could > not hear me. I'm running QRP and don't > expect to work everything I hear but one > thing for sure, the overall conditions > were really nice. It was fun to take a > break and listen to EU working other EU & > SA and hear both ends of the QSO on 160. > > Not sure how good the conditions were for > everyone though, Herb & I worked but he > was one of the very few Caribbean stations > I was able to get a Q with. OTOH, I worked > several California stations as well as OR > & WA so the band was selectively open. > > An interesting experience is to hear > stations who have one of the loudest > signals but are unable to hear me. You > have to figure their Rx must be difficult, > either that or they are running power > beyond their ability to hear. I > encountered that quite a bit and again, > running QRP, often my signal not going to > be heard but when someone has such high > signal levels here and can't hear me at > all, they might want to cut back on their > power or, get better a better Rx ability. > Maybe their Rx antennas were pointed in > another direction? > > Absolutely not pointing a finger, I just > saw that happen so very often. I know if I > were running more power, I'd make a whole > lot more Qs. Conversely, if they heard > better, they would have made a lot more > Qs. > > I'd really like to have the chance to work > a 160 at an excellent location with and > excellent Tx/Rx set of antennas. Wires in > not tall trees are the best I can do and I > have so much fun with them. However, it > would be nice to experience competition > with everything stacked in my favor. I'm > sure we all feel that way. Its been years > since I was at a super station and I'm > ready for that experience again; that was > back in 1986 and so long ago that they had > just started running CT by K1EA which was > first released the year before. > > Another have at it tonight so maybe I'll > pick up some of those stations I couldn't > break last night? > > 73 & good luck, > > Gary > KA1J > >> Good luck to all! >> >> 73, >> >> Gary >> KA1J >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >> > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ----- End forwarded message ----- _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband