Perhaps we should listen more evenings. In the few evenings when I have
listened I have been surprised at 160m condx. I think we assume that the
band will be dead until next winter. Some examples:
19 April UA6LV 0228z 559/nil
19 April LY3UM 0247z 449/449
21 April LY3UM 0232z 559/339 he was 569 at 0242z
19 May DF2PY 0219z 559/339
21 May SV3RF 0255z 559/nil
I could not hear these stns on my tx vertical or else they were esp in the
noise.
Rx antennas are a 500' Beverage or a broadside (160' spacing) EWE array. For
the 21 April LY3UM qso the EWE was better.
For receiving there is the old TS-850 with two narrow filters; plus a set of
old ears.
73 Bob W7LR in Montana - maybe winter is here, many snow storms in Apr & May.
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