[FQP]Why no 75 or 160M ?

[ku8e at bellsouth.net]

Agree 100% with Ron...

Being a transplanted midwesterner now in SW Georgia and can tell you 80/75
meters is tougher from down here than it was in Ohio. The static is bad and the
activity is just not there... except for those pesky "Pig Farmers" who pin my S meter now !!!

                Jeff KU8E/4
 
> 
> From: Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at gte.net>
> Date: 2003/07/17 Thu PM 04:03:45 EDT
> To: fqp at kkn.net
> Subject: Re: [FQP]Why no 75 or 160M ?
> 
> jimz at popmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Why isn't 75 M and 160 M available for the Florida QSO party?
> 
> Some of the reasons include:
> 
> 1)  Not enough night time to make 80/75 or 160 productive.
> 2)  Want to discourage local, in-state QSOs at the expense of working 
> other states and DX.
> 3)  Poor activity year one when we did have it.
> 4)  Tough for mobiles to implement.
> 
> I'm sure there were/are others ... but these come to mind.
> 
> 73, Ron  WD4AHZ
> 
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