..."Frustrating to hear so many loud W6/W7's - some 20 dB over - and
have them CQ in your face."......
Remember most of these stations are using directive receive antenna, and
if they get lazy and don't flip the switch to all directions they may
not hear you. However you are correct that an amp is a big help on 160.
Whenever I call a European station on 160 and forget to turn on the amp,
they never hear me either.
Jerry
ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:
> ARRL 160-Meter Contest
>
>Call: KU8E
>Operator(s): KU8E
>Station: KU8E
>
>Class: Single Op LP
>QTH: GA
>Operating Time (hrs): 12
>
>Summary:
>Total: QSOs = 422 Sections = 56 Countries = 11 Total Score = 58,156
>
>Club: South East Contest Club
>
>Comments:
>
>Icom 756PRO - 100 Watts - Inverted L
>
>Guess I need to improve the antenna - Inverted L - about 40 ft vertical. I
>never felt like my signal was that strong although I was able to run stations
>when I CQ'ed.
>
>Frustrating to hear so many loud W6/W7's - some 20 dB over - and have them CQ
>in your face. KH6ZM was about S9 at Sunday morning at sunrise but he couldn't
>hear me. Heard but did not work - EB,EWA,LAX,NV,PAC,SDG,SF,SJV,UT,WTX. Worked
>only 1 EU and heard one other. Carribean is a chip shot from here and most DX
>was from down there..
>
>Jeff KU8E
>
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