I am very new on top band and only managed a handful of big guns on the east coast on Friday night so can't really compare. I did receive a message from the GM5A team who were on a beach with big verticals facing NA over saltwater and they managed 143 q's into 30 states on the Friday night. Unfortunately we can't all live on a beach.
Regards Paul MM0ZBH On Monday, 19 February 2018, Ian Fugler <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger > > I think the beacons towards the bottom of the band are fishing nets (drift > nets) in eastern Europe/Asia. They are VERY loud on my east beverage. I > use 1812.60 to call CQ because that falls nicely in between the fishing net > signals. > > I only had a quick listen this weekend on 160m and agree that condx seemed > well down compared with the days running up to ARRL DX. > > 73, > > Ian G4IIY > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger > Kennedy > Sent: 19 February 2018 09:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Topband: Conditions on 160m for ARRL Contest > > Well on Friday night I couldn't hear one single American station . . . even > though I heard a couple of Southern Europe stations working a few. > > Saturday night conditions were better, but signals were well down on what > they have been for the past few weeks. > > However, in the 3 hours I spent on the band (at different times in the > night) I did manage to work 61 American stations . . . including a few in > Brazil and the Caribbean. > > For future reference, here in Britain there are about 6 Navigation Beacons > between 1810 and 1818 kHz (they sound like the old Decca HiFix) . . . these > make copying weak signals VERY difficult, so a good idea to avoid this part > of the band ! > > Roger G3YRO > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
