On 08/12/2013 11:29 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
Frankly, I think many hams are just too lazy (maybe disinclined is a better
word) to try and copy weak signals buried in the noise. To me, that's
what's the most fun about this hobby. That's why I loved working 144.2 MHz,
the challenge. And I managed to
it or not, the Internet has changed our methods of communicating.
Mike N2MS
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From: Mike Waters mikew...@gmail.com
To: topband topband@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:29:30 - (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
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Frankly, I think many hams are just
To: Mike Waters
Cc: topband
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
Mike,
I find the problem is that most operators today spend most of their time
surfing the Web or chatting on varios social groups (like Yahoo Groups!).
They gripe about lousy conditions or the lack of stations instead of just
)
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
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Frankly, I think many hams are just too lazy (maybe disinclined is a
better
word) to try and copy weak signals buried in the noise. To me, that's
what's the most fun about this hobby. That's why I loved working 144.2
MHz,
the challenge. And I
. K9JWV
From: charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com
To: mstang...@comcast.net; mikew...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:07:10 -0400
CC: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
Sad, but true.
Folks don't seem to listen much anymore. Seem to prefer being spoon-fed
DX
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of James
Rodenkirch
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:57 PM
To: Charlie Cunningham; mstang...@comcast.net; 'Mike Waters'
Cc: 'topband'
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
Heck, got on 160 yesterday morning and called CQ
Tonight was a perfect example of that. N2RK called CQ DX for the longest
time, and he had a great S/N ratio from multiple stations on the RBN,
including GW8IZR. I spotted him on the cluster, and so did HK1MW (Good
copy northen Colombia). He was two or three S-units above the lightning
QRN here,
Well said, Jim! Sounds like that syndrome you mention might be related to
*Topband Disease* ;-)
The link to that is now 404, but I have it copied to
http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html near the bottom.
I only completed the best 160m station that I have ever had (by completing
a legal limit 160m
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From: Mike Waters mikew...@gmail.com
To: topband topband@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:26 PM, ZR z...@jeremy.mv.com wrote:
I would think that with optimized F/R for your
: Lightning QRN season?
I appreciate the replies and insight. Let me add some details I should have
included in my original question.
What I really wanted to know was, When do you think that QRN might let up
a
little, to the point when we might expect to have a relatively quiet night
here and there? So
Thanks, Don. I do check real-time lightning maps daily, but I have never
seen this site. I'll have to study it more soon, but it more or less seems
to show what we already know: that lightning can occur in any month.
Based on all the replies so far, it seems that my question falls into the
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:26 PM, ZR z...@jeremy.mv.com wrote:
I would think that with optimized F/R for your Beverages that at least one
path would be somewhat quiet.
They do indeed sometimes help reduce the QRN from some thunderstorms,
particularly if they are in a nearby state (higher
They do indeed sometimes help reduce the QRN from some thunderstorms,
particularly if they are in a nearby state (higher angle) and
perpendicular
to the desired direction. But they are only 580' (1λ on 160 and a 3 dB
beamwidth of 90 degrees). And I do have one Beverage that seems to have a
On 07/23/2013 10:03 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
I appreciate the replies and insight. Let me add some details I should have
included in my original question.
What I really wanted to know was, When do you think that QRN might let up a
little, to the point when we might expect to have a relatively
Mike,
The band has been open frequently in the morning to VK/ZL.
Several of us are on almost every morning checking propagation with VK3ZL and
others.
The band is open a lot, but activity is low.
I checked the log and have made contact with VK3ZL 29 days since the beginning
of May
with signals
The persistence of easily more than half a year of loud QRN in the evenings
on 160, perhaps 3/4 of the year, has generated the *expectation* that no
one is on. The expectation of activity is what generates activity. The
band is clearly open to some degree at various times any night, even in
The persistence of easily more than half a year of loud QRN in the
evenings
on 160, perhaps 3/4 of the year, has generated the *expectation* that no
one is on. The expectation of activity is what generates activity. The
band is clearly open to some degree at various times any night, even in
Probably in early September when the frontal systems causing the intense
QRN are significantly altered by the polar air masses pushing them south
of your QTH by 500 miles or so.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
On 7/23/2013 12:26 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
Anyone have a guesstimate as to when the
I was going to suggest mid October for sure...
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 23, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Herb Schoenbohm he...@vitelcom.net wrote:
Probably in early September when the frontal systems causing the intense QRN
are significantly altered by the polar air masses pushing them south of your
I saked my magic 8 Ball and says Cannot Predict Now
--
Jim K9TF
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I appreciate the replies and insight. Let me add some details I should have
included in my original question.
What I really wanted to know was, When do you think that QRN might let up a
little, to the point when we might expect to have a relatively quiet night
here and there? So far, we have gone
Anyone have a guesstimate as to when the QRN will begin letting up a
little on 160?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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Subject: Topband: Lightning QRN season?
Anyone have a guesstimate as to when the QRN will begin letting up a
little on 160?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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