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I don't have much of an opinion about this...but some</div>
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Having 160 might help with the slowdown which hits <br>
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at about 10PM. Also would get a second band since the</div>
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RTTY kills 40 if the propagation doesn't.<br>
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QRN in August will make things pretty ruff.</div>
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PAQP has 160 and it seems to me that most years <br>
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it isn't worth the effort. My rover setup will work on</div>
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160, and one year there was a real advantage to having</div>
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the band. Most years QRN covered most stations up.</div>
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The year it did "work", as I remember the coverage was</div>
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about the same as on 80. But that was only one year.</div>
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