I hope so and that the operatior can stop EU wall
73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W El dom., 24 feb. 2019 a las 12:56, Raymond Benny (<[email protected]>) escribió: > Tnx for the info. > > Wish someone else could put on 4U1ITU again but perhaps with a little > notice. It's even rarer on the West coast. > > Ray, > N6VR > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 7:01 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last night Dave, K1ZZ, who is in Geneva at the Conference Preparatory > > Meeting in advance of this fall's WRC, was able to fire up 4U1ITU on CW. > > 4U1ITU is still a much needed DXCC entity in North America. Obviously, > > the CQWW 160 SSB contest was this weekend. There is considerable noise > > on 160 meters at 4U1ITU as you can imagine. Not to help matters, once > > the tram fires up in Geneva it adds to the hash noise on the band thus > > the decision to focus on CW rather than struggle even harder with SSB in > > the contest. > > > > Dave chose to operate low in the band, on 1811 KHz initially listening > > up 1, in an effort to avoid as much of the contest traffic as possible. > > Later in the night he shifted to listening down at 1805 KHz to avoid > > some SSB splatter from EU a little higher up. > > > > Dave was able to give about 40 USA stations a new one, mostly from > > around 0500z to 0630z when we had some decent propagation. > > > > During the evening there were around 10 stations that came on 1811, or > > close enough to disrupt the ability to hear 4U1ITU, who were politely > > asked to QSY and everyone did. As someone who needed 4U1ITU for a new > > DXCC on 160, and on behalf of the others, I want to thank you all for > > understanding and being accommodating. It was greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks again. > > > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > -- 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
