[Elecraft] 160m activity?

[Sandy W5TVW]

Worked W5ESE on 1015 last night on 160!  Scott was running 5 watts.  If it 
hadn't been for the building QRN, I'd have copied him solid.  Not to mention 
DXers who ignored us and QRMed us as well.  Until recently 1800-1820 was 
fairly free from DXing.  Some of the newbies are beginning to remind me of 
the RTTY bunch on the higher bands, especially 40.  "Keep outta 'digital' 
territory, but the whole band is ours during a RTTY contest!"  QRP can be 
very challenging, especially on 160.  This makes it fun, but the DXers are 
beginning to run off the ragchewers, what few of them are left.  SSB splits 
have ruined 40 CW during SSB contests involving DX stations, and with 80 cut 
down to 100 khz. on CW, I'm afriad the same thing will happen there soon.
Hope to meet some of you "just plain QSO" guys on 160 one evening on CW. 
Ain't many of that kind of operator left.

72/73,
Sandy W5TVW

K1 s/n 1178 from 160-15 meters
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: "Elecraft List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 160m activity?


> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:48:48 -0600, Randy Moore wrote:
>
>>I only hear people working DX.  All the CQs are
>>"CQ DX" and so far no one has answered my CQs.
>
> Sadly, that's very much the nature of 160. Some call it "the
> gentlemen's band." I think a better name for it is "the DX snobs
> band." I'm running a KW to a decent antenna, and I call CQ a lot
> (not CQ DX). I have no problem working across the country (or even
> across the Pacific) during a contest, but getting someone to answer
> a CQ for a casual contact can be tough.
>
> Another reality, however, is that 160 is a tough place to work QRP.
> Two reasons. Noise levels are high, and propagation is challenging.
> My good friend and neighbor, N6WG (in Silicon Valley) plugs away at
> contesting with his K2, including all the 160 contests. He has great
> fun with it, but only because he takes his antenna system very
> seriously. One of the good reasons for running power on 160 is to
> get over the high noise levels. I've got an S1 noise level most of
> the time. It's not uncommon for me to read a guy 579, but he can't
> read me, because his noise level is S8.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
> Santa Cruz, CA
>
>
>
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