The wife went Christmas shopping. I ran to the shack and got
on 160 meters to work a few. The problem was that it was 12pm
local. I did hear many calling CQ Test and quite a few with loud
signals for this time of day.(s9) I called many of them for
quite some time but only one heard me. He was WB9Z. All the
signals were from the 450-600 mile range and fairly equal in
strength. I tried calling once,spacing out numerous calls to
allow them to switch beverages,moving up and down in frequency
but no luck. No wonder WB9Z kicks ass in the 160m contests.
Three of the louder stations that did not hear me even enough
to send a ..--.. were K8RR, N2RM and K3ANS. What is WB9Z using
for receive antennas? BTW, running 100 watts and a half sloper
at 50 feet. 73 Ken N4UK South Carolina
>From dleclair@efn.org (Cleve D Leclair) Sat Dec 7 20:26:42 1996
From: dleclair@efn.org (Cleve D Leclair) (Cleve D Leclair)
Subject: your mail
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961207121937.2458A-100000@garcia.efn.org>
WINNER = ((LOCATION x 10^2) x STATION x (OPERATOR x 10^2) / PROPAGATION)
LOCATION AND OPERATOR ABILITY <--- personal view of course...
ARE THE BIGGEST FACTORS...
Cleve - KT7S
>From jon@vii.com (Jon) Sat Dec 7 20:54:47 1996
From: jon@vii.com (Jon) (Jon)
Subject: The secret at WB9Z on 160m.
Message-ID: <199612072054.NAA06503@lonepeak.vii.com>
We had similar experiences. I called many and only about 1/5 of the
stations I called heard me.. I was extremly suprised when New Jesey came
back to me ( I am in Utah) . I have a Windom at 30 feet (Not even made for
160). I was running 100 watts. Some of the stations that have great
receiving antennas and were able to hear this little pistol were.... K0FX,
NG7M, N3SL, N6NT, W0CP, K7FF, N7JW, N7EX, K2IGW, N6KI, KO7X, N6ZS, N6LL,
N2NT, N6YK, K8CC, K8DO, N6RO, K5NA, NZ7T,K7CA, KO5D, WF5E and unlike you
K8RR was able to hear me, but there were several who did not even flinch
when I called them.
Jon
K7CO
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> From: ramirezk@emi.com
> To: cq-contest@tgv.com
> Subject: The secret at WB9Z on 160m.
>
> The wife went Christmas shopping. I ran to the shack and got
> on 160 meters to work a few. The problem was that it was 12pm
> local. I did hear many calling CQ Test and quite a few with loud
> signals for this time of day.(s9) I called many of them for
> quite some time but only one heard me. He was WB9Z. All the
> signals were from the 450-600 mile range and fairly equal in
> strength. I tried calling once,spacing out numerous calls to
> allow them to switch beverages,moving up and down in frequency
> but no luck. No wonder WB9Z kicks ass in the 160m contests.
> Three of the louder stations that did not hear me even enough
> to send a ..--.. were K8RR, N2RM and K3ANS. What is WB9Z using
> for receive antennas? BTW, running 100 watts and a half sloper
> at 50 feet. 73 Ken N4UK South Carolina
>From wd4ahz@gte.net (Ron Wetjen) Sun Dec 8 05:43:59 1996
From: wd4ahz@gte.net (Ron Wetjen) (Ron Wetjen)
Subject: The secret of WB9Z on 160m.
Message-ID: <32AA559F.85E@gte.net>
Greeting All,
Just read a couple of posts regarding stations hearing (or NOT hearing)
on 160 Meters. Well, glad to know I'm not the only one who gets
frustrated and wonders why. I've had the same experiences over the
several years I've worked the 160 Meter Contest. I CAN NOT work the guys
who are consistantly over S9, but if I call a weaker station, I can
always get them the first or second try. I even managed to call a few
CQ's last night, and had stations right at the noise level call me ...
worked them right away ... but call and call the loud ones, and they keep
on CQ'ing like I'm not even there! Still have no explaination for it!
Guess I'll fire up on 160 now, and see if I can't struggle to put a few
more "big guns" in my log, and look for the sure bet weaker sigs as well.
73 and Good Luck, Ron WD4AHZ
>From jreid@aloha.net (Jim Reid) Sat Dec 7 23:06:45 1996
From: jreid@aloha.net (Jim Reid) (Jim Reid)
Subject: Gale Winds Continue
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19961207230645.006604c0@aloha.net>
Aloha to All,
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU
10 AM HST SAT DEC 7 1996 (Remember Pearl Harbor, 55 years ago
today).
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE NOW AFFECTING ALL
ISLANDS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND FALLEN
TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON OAHU. THE STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
AND INTO THIS EVENING.
Well, had a good time for a couple of hours last evening in the
test, but then the gales hit!
So down came my "tower", ujsing the lowering motor
got it beolw the palm tree tops. Unfortunately, near
the tower top is the tie point for the center of my
160 inverted-vee dipole. So when the winds went over
40 mph or so, that was the end for me in the test.
Was very pleased to hear hundreds of signals on 160,
and all the way down to the bottom of the band. I
stayed below 1825 pretty much, as that was below
the keying transients that accompany KH6CC's
powerful signal from the Big Island about 350 miles
Southeast of my QTH on Kauai; wonder how much
juice Jack gets from those big bottles he runs!
I made contacts with most of the Western states to
about as far as South Dakota in the midwest.
Anyway was fun, but brief. Be interesting tonight,
IF the winds die away as they are forcast to do. Was
a rather noisy night with the wind blowing so hard.
>From the mid-morning weather post, sounds as if I'll
still be QRT on 160 this evening, too bad as the band
had rather a low noise level out here last night.
73 from the Garden Island of Kauai, Jim, KH7M
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