And how about the clown last night, around 10pm his local time, when
TI9/3Z9DX was working EU, who got on his frequency and said, "NA NA NA, I'm
tired and need my sleep." I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
73,
Ken - K4XL
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:18 AM, GALE STEWARD via Topband <
topband@contesting.com> wrote:
> Exactly the point, Steve! A bunch of the guys around here worked them on
> 160 at 0800Z (that's 3AM here). My 160 QSO was around 1030Z.
> I'm really dating myself but "back in the day" the only way to snag some
> new ones on 80/160 was to be checking the bands in the middle of the night.
> No internet cluster, etc. It's actually a lot easier these days (my
> opinion).
>
> When my daughter was an infant this was easier as I was usually up in the
> middle of the night at least once!
> 73, Stew K3ND
>
> From: Steve Flood <kk7uv@bresnan.net>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
>
> Great points Chet.
>
> Under the "Be there" category, consider getting up in the middle of the
> night to work them on the low bands. Even in the first days of their
> operation, I got up at 2 a.m. and worked them easily on 160-80-40 with 100
> watts and no pileups.
>
> Steve KK7UV
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