The joys of "Internet DXing"!! Everybody that comes on is swamped by
"packet-rats"!!
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Grimm
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:37 AM
To: GALE STEWARD
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M
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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