During last few days/weeks I see a dramatic difference of DXpropagation in 80m
vs. 160m band. On 80m I worked US states CA and WA during US SS contest while
no one US station can be really heard on TopBand.
This difference appears in a gap of frequency of about 1,7 Mhz only.
I assume, the smaller the gap the smaller the difference in DXpropagation.
My question is: why all intercontinental DX happens at the band edge of 1.8 MHz
instead of the "faster" band edge at 2.0 MHz to get closer to the "good DXprop
range" ?
One possible reason I see is DX window to JA.
I would like to check DXprop between US <=> EU at TopBands both edges to
compare in practice.
Any comments ?
73 de Thomas, DL1AMQ
> Gesendet: Samstag, 05. Dezember 2015 um 19:30 Uhr
> Von: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> An: topband@contesting.com
> Betreff: Re: Topband: Topband QRP WAS
>
> On Sat,12/5/2015 10:14 AM, K4OWR wrote:
> > Anyway, I would appreciate hearing what Fx most of you find best for
> > DX, and is phone only hampering me?
>
> 160M is a CW band for anything but mindless ragchewing.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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