Steve VE6WZ's post prompted me to tot up how many DX QSOs I've had this Season (quite tedious, as I just use a paper Log Book!)
I haven't been as active as Steve, but managed to work a total of 1,014 DX Stations on Top Band. I obviously haven't included any Europe contacts, or even any Russians (even though several of these could be considered DX, so the total should be higher - but I couldn't be bothered to work out which ones!) Nearly all of these were on CW, apart from 42 SSB QSOs. My reason for posting is the same as Steve's - to point out that there is still a lot of DX Activity on CW on Top Band. But it still saddens me that there are hundreds of stations that pop on the band hardly ever - you just hear them calling a DX-pedition, or maybe during a Contest . . . but the rest of the time, they never come on ! I really don't get that . . . given the amount of effort it takes to have a decent 160m station, it seems such a waste to only come on a handful of times a year. Some people complain there is no CW activity . . . but if more stations make the effort to come on and put out some calls, there WILL be a lot more activity ! (some of my Wednesday Activity Nights have proved that - I have sometimes had over 40 DX QSOs) 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
