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Re: Topband: CQ160

To: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>, topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: CQ160
From: Petr Ourednik <indians@xsmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:43:21 +0100
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Herb

for lot of EUs is prohibited to operate below 1810!
For that reason we missed several stations which did not tuned up over
the test...

73 - Petr, OK1RP

BTW: definitely agree with Carl. I heard several US stations calling own
CQ test under EU big guns...

On Wed, Feb 3, 2016, at 07:20 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
> You nail it Carl....If there could only be by gentleman's agreement in 
> Europe a 5 Khz window anywhere on the band for NA stations to be at 
> least heard and worked...sort of a EU "CQ Test"  machine free zone.  
> Would that be of any help? I have thought of using 1809 and QSX up on 
> 1811 but understand there are commercial data transmitters below 1810 
> there in EU.
> 
> 
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
> 
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> > Cq160 is not very interesting for a dx-er anymore. A handfull of european
> > big guns are covering the band with CQ over and over again but they don't
> > seem to hear very well. During the morning hours I can hear a layer of NA
> > and SA stations behind the usual european contest stations who keep CQ-ing
> > test continuously. And it seems to be the same problem in the US. Hope to
> > meet you after the contest!
> > 73 Carl SM6CPY
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