Tom,


I think you are putting too much stock in the need to burn the midnight 
oil in order to have success on 160.  By 10 P.M. local time Friday 
night, I'd worked as far to the southwest as Mexico and Arizona, and as 
far to the east as Portugal and Canary Islands.

You are a bit further west than I am, but not a tremendous amount.  160 
DX from Europe  can start hitting the east coast in early evening, just 
a matter of being in the right place at the right time.    No need to 
lose your beauty sleep.    While DX can pop up anywhere, check the DX 
window between 1.820 and 1.825.

73, Steve KW3A

On 2/1/2011 6:48 AM, tom behler wrote:
>      Well, Phil, I'll keep you posted.  Just wish I could stay up all night
> and never feel it like I used to be able to do at Field Day and such.
> (grin)
>
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: 160 Meter CW Contest
>
>
> Tom,
>
> You'll have better luck working Europeans on 160 than I will with my power
> and humble antenna.  I've only copied one European on 160 in my life and it
> was one of the high powered EA Spaniard stations and those guys you can copy
> from Denver in your sleep on any band all year round.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>