I think the biggest obstacle to overcome is the antenna. Many, including
myself do not have a 160 antenna. You could load the 80 meter dipole but
NVIS would be your working conditions to some extent. Most already are
aware that to REALLY work DX on 160(or any band for that matter) with good
results is to be at least a quarter wave up. On 160 that's about 130 feet.
That's a big tree. The higher you are the lower the take off angle. It's
certainly worth a shot, if you have an 80 meter dipole, to see how it will
play out. My guess is you'll have about a 700 to 1000 mile radius. I'm in
for trying.
Anthony - N2KI
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Shelby Summerville
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:09 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 160
Bill Turner wrote: ""And remember, to the best of my knowledge the first WAS
and DXCC on
160 RTTY has yet to be earned. Who will be first?"
Even though I have attained WAS, on 160 CW, I am still far, far away (44
worked, 30 confirmed) from DXCC! I'm not even sure I can hear well enough to
work the 56 necessary to attain DXCC, on 160, regardless of mode! I would
not be against a 160 meter RTTY contest, as long as the exchange is modeled
after an existing contest, as far as scoring is concerned, as I doubt if any
of the programmers are interested in writing a module for a, IMHO, "limited
activity" contest?
C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
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