We all have a common interest/enjoyment in overcoming the difficult propagation characteristics on this band to make QSOs with each other.
How we do it is secondary. 73 Art NK8X ᐧ On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:19 PM, HAROLD SMITH JR <[email protected]> wrote: > Larry, N7DD > I do not believe that you are 35 years out of date. Sure the "Plastic > Boxes" have 160 on them and there are many amplifiers that pump out max > power on Top Band. The antennas are a different problem. Putting up a 160 > meter dipole can be impossible on a normal city lot. My lot is 90 ft X 135 > ft, try putting up a dipole on this lot. Well a dipole is not much of a DX > snagging antenna unless you can get it up 200 to 300 ft. I shunt feed my 80 > ft of Rohn 45G with a 10, 15, 20 meter stack of Yagis. It gets out very > well but my receive leaves a lot to be desired. As one can see, no room for > a good RX antenna. Even so I have 192 confirmed on 160. I have tried loops, > BOGs and etc and nothing helps much. I have a S9+ noise on 160, 24/7. A 33 > kV and 7.2 kv power line on my street makes for some fun.One must > understand that it took W1BB many yours to get 100 on 160. There weren't > many countries on Top Band then. > My four pfennig worth.....Price W0RI > > On Monday, March 14, 2016 12:40 PM, Larry via Topband < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > hi rob, > > > 160 meters is all about hearing! you can't get that out of a "cracker-jax" > box. > > > it's not too difficult for guys with lots of property available but for > the guys on small lots?? kudos to them. then there are remote RX sites but > that's another story for another time. > > > 160 meters is as much a challenge today as it was 35 years ago and will > continue to be so for the next 35 years. > > > enjoy top-band, it's not as easy as you may think. > > > 73, larry n7dd > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Atkinson <[email protected]> > To: topband <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2016 4:45 pm > Subject: Re: Topband: Untoward comments on 160 > > >Amazes me; it takes years to accumulate enough skill and equipment to > >get on the air with a good signal, especially on 160 and then become > >a participant in the opposite mentality of what the sport is all > >about. > > You are around 35 years out of date. It was harder to get on 160 in > the days of the phony "all-band" rigs that covered 10 to 80 meters but > now that every plastic box had a button on it for 160 and you can get > a solid state plastic box amplifier that automatically switches bands > and tunes up and you can go buy a dipole that is cut for 160, getting > on 160 is about like getting on CB. > > 73 > > Rob > K5UJ > _________________ > 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
