Agreed. I have a modest (read sub-par) station but was thrilled to work 2 UK stations and a score of NA. Most nights I need to go to 80 for Qs.
A 160 Activity Night (DX or not) could more occasionally light up the band! 73 de Ed, K1RID Newburyport Electronics & Radio Society www.k1yrd.org > On Nov 27, 2018, at 18:13, Roger Kennedy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's so frustrating that you always hear hundreds of stations on Top Band > whenever there's a contest on, or when there's some DX-pedition active on > the band . . . yet most of the time the band is dead ! > > I find it even more frustrating that there's often people posting lots > stations that are on the band using FT8 (which doesn't interest me in the > slightest) . . . yet NOBODY is on CW. > > That's why last Winter I suggested a regular Wednesday Activity Night . . . > one evening when hopefully lots of stations would make the effort to come on > the band at the same time, so we could all work each other. > > It was pretty successful . . . so hopefully we can make it work again this > Winter too ! > > I'll certainly be on the band from around 2300Z tomorrow night. > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
