"WG" wrote in message news:TmX3c.198781$Hy3.121851@edtnps89...
I know I left that one out. I find that one too noisy and you need one hell
of a good antenna to pick up anything on it besides crashes and the like.

Depends on the static level at the time. In the winter, when it's
quiet, it's really not much noisier than 80m. We've had some very
quiet nights this winter.
Also the range under normal conditions is next to nothing, (a few hundred
miles).

The range can be just as far as the other bands. The main problem in
working DX on 160m, is receiving. Most of the "big guns" use
beverages, phased short verticals, etc. Small loops can also work
fairly well to reduce noise, and give an ability to null. Many people
work far dx on 160m, but most of these type live out in the sticks
where they can have good antenna setups. Myself, I don't work much dx.
But I have worked a few countries, and hawaii 3 times using only 100
watts output. I mainly just ragchew on there. I like the band because
the skip zone is very short. You rarely "skip over" people like you
can on the higher bands. IE: 40m at night is useless for semi-close in
regional stuff. The skip zone is too long. Even 80m, the skip zone can
get kind of long in some cases in the winter, with low solar cdx. The
MUF for a certain path can drop that low in freq in such cases. Most
of the activity on 160 is in the lower half for the most part. MK

I've loved listening to distant international shortwave radio stations for
over 40 years, but there is nothing I would rather do less than listening to
hams and other transmissions on SSB. It's so boring!
Pierre

"Love2camp5" wrote in message
...
Last night and this morning I was finally able to pull in some SSB on my
new
radio. Last night on 3885 I could very clearly hear a ham operator in
Rhinebeck, NY and his conversations (I felt like an eavesdropper!) And
this
morning (it was on 7"something") was the radio club from junior high
school #22
in New York City area on something called "class net". What is that?

Linda
Pennsylvania

Pierre L wrote:

I've loved listening to distant international shortwave radio stations for
over 40 years, but there is nothing I would rather do less than listening to
hams and other transmissions on SSB. It's so boring!

I ocassionally listen to amateur radio but for the most part they are
pretty boring. It's the main reason I never followed through with
getting a ham' license. If I ever do, it will be for getting involved
with emergency communications. I saw what happened during the last big
ice storm a few years ago. The ham's were very helpful with keeping the
communications going.


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