I found it very effective to "spread up". When conditions to EU were really
top-notch Saturday night (your Sunday morning) I worked a lot of EU's above
1860 without the high QRM conditions found lower in the band.
There were some phone guys above 1850. Because they never stopped talking,
it was pretty to avoid them.
I think the really strong EU stations could hold a run frequency lower in
the band but not the majority could do that.
Overall, I felt this years running to have less QRM than some past years.
Yes, several times I would be CQ'ing, then an EU would come up underneath
me CQ'ing. I'd generally go S&P to work the guy and go even higher in the
band! But that happens every year. I'm happy for the 10-pointer no matter
how I got it.
Tim N3QE
On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Carl Jonsson <carl.jonsson7@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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