I was very active on 160 during the 60s and early 70s then gave up radio for
about 50 years and came back 4 years ago. Almost all my activity is 160m CW, I
don’t have a microphone, I have a PC but it is not connected to my radio and I
don’t use computer logging and certainly have no interest in
Roger, G3YRO: Good to work you again. But Ive been caught with my
pants down...err I mean with my radials up. Coiled up for summer
mowing but now its too cold and snowy to lay them out. So Ive been
working radial-less. The 52 ft tall 1/4 wave L with a single 8 ft
ground rod still works, but not as
On 10/9/2020 8:26 AM, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
There is still a great deal of CW activity on 160m !
What we need is more guys calling CQ and less just listening and saying that no
one is active!
In the Summer Stew, I enjoyed a good rate for an hour or two after west
coast sunset, then my rate
There is still a great deal of CW activity on 160m !
What we need is more guys calling CQ and less just listening and saying that no
one is active!
With the usual very fast QSB on 160m, just scanning the band and listening for
RBN spots will not work very well. Especially if everyone is just
In Response,
Yes, the trans equatorial propagation has been good but still thunder
storm noise limited in North America. It can lower in late evening and
in early morning hours.
Len SM7BIC, sunset at AZ QTH is 02:42 UTC. Even then it takes the band
an hour or so to settle down. My EU QSO
Nice to hear you almost daily, Bob. Top Band is very slow during our
winter time. It's good to see some activity at all. Yesterday I also
worked AA1K and K3UL on the East Coast.
Len, 0200z is midday here. I am quite certain we won't work at that
time! I start to look for European stations as
2020 18:47
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Just for reference Len - sunset here is 0352 UTC. We still have a ways to
go before we can work.
Typically, I can work my first European in late August. Aug 31st sunset is
0251Z.
Tree N6TR / K7RAT
orning calling CQ but nil. Will try agn tmw
> 73 and stay safe!
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Hi Bob et al
I was on at 0200 Z this morning calling CQ but nil. Will try agn tmw
73 and stay safe!
Len SM7BIC
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Hi guys,
160m is not dead
Hi guys,
160m is not dead. In late evening hours these stations have been active:
LU5YF, LU5FC, V31MA and ZP9ME. In the early morning hours the following
are quite active: JA5DQH until 11:00 UTC. ZL1AZ, VK6LW, VK3HJ, 8C52I,
VK3CCC and VK3CWB.
These are great stations to check out antennas
I have been away for three weeks on holidays with no internet so I am late to
this thread.
I understand Bob’s question. During the last solar minimum, the EU path seemed
to favour the southern latitudes compared to my VE6 location. It was very
common to hear the boys in AZ, NE, CA and even OR
VP8PJ, in South Orkney is a 559 here
tonight. A new one on 160 & my only other
S. Orkney Q was on 15M in 1990.
Amazingly it took two calls and he came
back so N/S propagation is excellent right
now.
73,
Gary
KA1J
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I suspect that you are exactly right, Jim. :-)
On Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 12:51 PM Jim Brown wrote:
>
> I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of
> the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past
> decade, with SMPS, variable speed motor
On 2/23/2020 5:09 AM, W7RH wrote:
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived differences since last solar minimum.
I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of
the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past
In the previous minimum I could work North West USA and West Canada
almost every day.
Now it is rare.
The path to southwest USA and Carribean is better.
73 Henk PA5KT
Op 23-2-2020 om 14:09 schreef W7RH:
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived
The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path
perceived differences since last solar minimum.
One thing I am not is a Geophysicist, I have no training there. My
comments are on perceived changes in the aurora ring density as viewed
from my location in Arizona that would
UA7 is in zone 16
Good luck in CQWW 160 SSB
Sam LY5W
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:29 PM Jim Brown
wrote:
> 3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU
> stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their
> sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17!
>
> Last
3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU
stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their
sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17!
Last weekend in ARRL DX CW, I worked a bunch of EU stations on 80M, most
well into daylight after their sunrise.
Isn't the auroral zone centered on the "geomagnetic pole" rather than
the "magnetic pole"? Given that the geomagnetic pole is hardly
moving at all in comparison with the magnetic pole, that would
indicate that the location of the auroral zone itself shouldn't have
moved too much since the
I worked him at 0500Z
Wes N7WS
On 2/21/2020 11:50 AM, W7RH wrote:
Yesterday I worked EA7X two hours after sunset and then the band closed.
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Thanks for the comments in this discussion.
I have in previous posts commented on the magnetic north pole and it's
migration towards Siberia. I feel this has been the primary cause of
propagation disturbance at my location. That and I'm at the wrong
distance from the aurora itself creating
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Roy Morgan wrote:
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> In that same building is the US standard 1.1 million pound weight.
That must have been used to measure our gold reserves accurately...藍
Cecil
K5DL
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Dave,
Thanks for your reply. I am reminded that here I may have topographic maps from
late 1800's possibly and from the late 1950's. I will dig them out to see what
they show.
I assume the numbers you show are for London. Also I'd expect to find accurate
current values for my location on
Years ago, I think the correction was more like 17 degrees in New
England. I did some work on the geomagnetic field some years ago, and
remembered getting magnetic variations for London, England over the last
few centuries. The pole really does move.
YEAR DECL.
1600 8E
1650 1E
1700 7W
Hello Frantisek and others,
I wonder how much the magnetic pole has shifted.
I have been reviewing the operation of the Brunton Pocket Transit here. It has
an adjustment for declination - the angular difference between the magnetic
North Pole and the true rotational axis North Pole.
Here in
: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:57 AM
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Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments
Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments regarding my post.
As Larry N7DD pointed out the stations are there at least in the
contests. My comments were pointed at changing propagation
characteristics. It is no uncommon for huge swings between my location,
N7DD near Tucson and
There is a many, many Russians on 160 meter FT8...
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Subject: Topband: 160m activity and propagation
Greeting all,
This season has been interesting not because of
Hey Bob,
I found the season typical though signals in general were down from this part
of the cycle. I did work 128 European stations in the CQ 160 which is a
personal best for me.
There were many nights when I had the EU RBN lit up with huge reports but no
answers to many CQ's. I blame that on
Hello Bob,
I have no experience from the last solar minimum, but I heard plenty of
stories! I was really looking forward to this minimum to see the
improvements in 160 propagation. I was hoping to knock off some
countries in deep Asia. (Yeah, right!) So far I am not impressed. That
being
Greeting all,
This season has been interesting not because of highlights but because
of a noticeable change in propagation at least from my Arizona QTH. I
will note from my perspective highlights have been few.
Yesterday Dave W0FLS was holding court calling CQ. I could just barely
hear the
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HILL
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> Last evening like the past month or so I've been having trouble hearing
Europe. I heard
Last evening like the past month or so I've been having trouble hearing Europe.
I heard N2MS trying to work G3YRO but I couldn't hear Roger. Sigh...
Bill/W3WH
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In the pre-stew, I was honestly surprised how many EU guys I worked for the
first time ever. Not just the first time on 160M, but first time ever on
any band or mode.
I have been quite impressed with W3 <-> W6 QSO's at 100W CW on topband in
the past few weeks too. It really seems easier than in
This season there has been some discussion on this reflector about activity
levels on 160m (or lack thereof) and the possible negative effect of the FT-8
on CW.
Here are my observations.
CW is **very much** alive and well, and DX activity on TB has been exceptional.
Compared to many on this
Yes, great to work lots of NA stations over the past couple of nights !
I don't actually think conditions were particularly good . . . it was just
that lots of people came on the band on CW (which is what I was saying we
need)
So keep it up guys !
Oh and it doesn't matter how recently we
on FT8 that my system
didn't decode.
73,
Paul, K7CW
On Fri, 10/19/18, VE6WZ_Steve wrote:
Subject: Topband: 160m Activity
To: "160 reflector"
Date: Friday, October 19, 2018, 8:46 AM
As Tree said in his post, last night Topband
was
As Tree said in his post, last night Topband was very alive!
Last night 54 EU made it into the VE6WZ log on TB. Just exceptional condx.
20 min before my SS at 00:24z LA1MFA was the first in the log, and the band was
jumping until I QRT at 0:600z.
There were many "first time in my log” calls
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