OK Steve,
I will call you every morning when I hear your signal
(... tnx for this hint! I really feel strange to work a station again in
the same mode on the same band - therefore I love contesting.)
Additionally I will try to join the famous "VE6WZ-Top-25" List.
Now I go downstairs for some CQ.
73 de Michael, DL6MHW
Am 07.01.2020 um 17:49 schrieb VE6WZ_Steve:
> Speaking of multiple QSOs with the same stations on 160m….
> please do not hesitate to call me if you hear me on Topband no matter how
> many QSOs we have had! I am a 160m QSO collector. The more the better. I
> don't get bored working the same guys over-and-over-and-over on TB. Each
> opening is a new adventure for me. It ‘aint rocket science to know that if
> we wait to work only new stations on the band then things will get pretty
> slow!
>
> Everyone is motivated in different ways, and at different times for what
> excites them about Ham radio. For myself, the thrill of working DX on
> 160m….ANY DX, even multiple QSOs in the same season works for me. I am much
> less excited about doing that on 80m, or 40m, or the higher bands, but I know
> there are those that love to work DX on ANY band all the time, any time.
> The thrill for me started when I was 13 years old, under the covers in bed at
> night with a small transistor radio (1971) listening to distant AM broadcast
> stations with the sound of summer QRN.
> Because 160m is so un-predictable and usually completely dead and devoid of
> ANY signals (here in VE6 at least) it really is magical when the DX finally
> makes it to my ears. I mean sincerely magical, because I reflect back on
> listening to those AM signals on that transistor radio…the 160m band is just
> above the AM band. How cool is that! We are just Ham guys with backyard
> antennas!
>
> I understand completely those that find it boring working the same guys
> over-and-over, and how the chase for the next DXCC band counter is what
> really matters. For many years after I built my 80m Yagi I was somewhat
> “marooned" on 80m working as much DX as possible. I still love 80m, but the
> intrigue has faded and I don't find myself calling CQ there much anymore.
> Perhaps the same will happen on 160m, but because the trans-polar propagation
> from VE6 to EU (under the AU oval) can be absent for YEARS (!) on end, I
> expect that when the condition are good I will remain engaged. I must
> confess that working JA’s are not as exciting from here (perhaps like working
> EU from the EC?).
> The chase for the DXCC band totals is not my main motivator anymore as much
> as just hearing what DX might make it through each night or morning.
>
> To work a lot of DX on 160, you NEED to call CQ. If we all just listen,
> waiting for others to call, the only guys we will work are the few that are
> calling CQ (wow, crazy eh?). I understand that with poor RX and high local
> noise the alligator risk is high, but you never know. I have received a
> number of JA and EU QSLs indicating 100w TX and modest antenna setups.
>
> Lets keep the band alive. Get on the band, ionize the ionosphere and call CQ
> and see what happens.
>
> 73, de steve ve6wz
>
> So…here is the VE6WZ 2018-19 season “top repeat QSO list”
>
> From my log export for this winter season (4 months) beginning September
> till now, I have worked 422 unique EU callsigns. (1,228 total QSOs)
>
> Here is the top 25 list for Europe:
> (rank, call, number of QSOs)
>
> 1 SM5EDX 40
> 2 DF2PY 38
> 3 LA1MFA 38
> 4 SM4DHF 33
> 5 OM2XW 26
> 6 RA4LW 23
> 7 LY7M 23
> 8 ON7PQ 23
> 9 YL2SM 22
> 10 PA3FQA 21
> 11 RC3FL 19
> 12 G3PQA 16
> 13 G3XHZ 15
> 14 IK7JTF 15
> 15 F5IN 13
> 16 OH1XX 13
> 17 DL8LAS 13
> 18 G3OQT 12
> 19 F5NZ 11
> 20 G4UFK 11
> 21 GW3YDX 11
> 22 SM3EVR 11
> 23 G3XGC 10
> 24 SM6MCW 10
> 25 SM7BIC 10
>
> And here is the OC/AS list:
>
> 1 VK6LW 44
> 2 VK2WF 21
> 3 HL5IVL 20
> 4 VK3HJ 19
> 5 JA5BIN 11
> 6 VK3IO 9
> 7 3D2AG 7
> 8 DS2JJV 6
> 9 JA4CQS 5
> 10 JH2FXK 5
>
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