Re: Topband: IT9/LY5W

[Joe Giacobello, K2XX]

Sam, you were 57/89 here in SW VA for quite some time last night.  What 
are you using for an antenna, etc. over there?  The only other EU that I 
heard was G3JMJ, but he was only about S3.  I was surprised that there 
weren't more EU stations coming through.


73, Joe
K2XX


Saulius Zalnerauskas 
Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:07 AM
GM from Sicily,

another 48 contacts put to the LOG.
Great signal from Arizona N7GP, also was no troubles to get 2 N.Mexico
stations - N5BG, N5IA.
No many takers, but I enjoyed these 100 minutes.
Maybe I must be earlier? At 0200z?
Well, will try next night.

73, Sam IT9/LY5W
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Rich C 
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 2:49 PM
Thanks for the report Sam I have been listening for you from Oregon
but the propagation has been lousy so far this season. Hopefully
conditions will change so we can hear you here on the WC.

Rich K7ZV



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Saulius Zalnerauskas 
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 2:36 PM
GE,

Tonight I was on Top Band for 2 hours till our S.R. in Sicily island 
05.30z.

47 QSO so far with USA.
Many TX, 9 and 8th area, but nobody from west coast. Only few - 0.
I not have beverages antena's antenna now, only before CQ WW contest it is
possible.
Listening with Vertical, dipole and Apex Loop.

I will try to show again tonight. Let we change with reports.

If You need QSL - 100% Direct when

*back home to Lithuania in December.*

*73 Sam IT9/LY5W at II9P Contest station*
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Re: Topband: 160 activity

[w7dra]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 04:33:36 -0700 James Rodenkirch
 writes:
> Agree, Larry, with all of your points . but.just where ARE 
> other ops, like you, who subscribe to the position that having a > 
> 15 second QSO on 160 is a good thing?
>  
 I have never been a fan of the 15 second QSO, of course when you run
ancient equipment and paper logs you have a different view on radio in
general. my foggy brain feels need of longer QSOs at least for contact
verification. i have not been DX for quite a while now, but my usual
evening 40 meter activity while Lovely Carol had her nose in a book was
to go up the band and answer some haltingly sent CQ.

worked my first 160m only CQWW in 1958, and i must say i have had lots of
FB QSOs on that band many years ago. even in my last contest surge
(retired from Boeing in 1995) i would try to add extra "Rs" and "TUs" to
the almost non exist ant contest QSO.

nowadays you can find me most every night rockbound on 3560 while combing
the Barry the cat.

mike w7dra


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Topband: 160 activity

[James Rodenkirch]

Agree, Larry, with all of your points . but.just where ARE other ops, 
like you, who subscribe to the position that having a > 15 second QSO on 160 is 
a good thing?
 
I was on 160 many nights and early mornings last winter calling CQ with few 
repliesoh, yes, the antenna was "working" just fine!
 
I'm not on this fall/winter as we're in our RV out in FL but will get back on 
in mid-January - sure hope there is more "activity" than just during contests 
but I'm not holding my breath!
 
72/73, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 22:15:38 +
 To: topband@contesting.com
 Subject: Topband: 160 activity
 From: topband@contesting.com
 
 I made a point when I was operating W1AW/8 to try to work 160 phone a 
 few times.

The QSO rate was low compared to 20, but I think I made a lot of people 
 happy, at least based on the comments I got, and for a QSO party, I 
 thought that was the point.

 A contest is a different kettle of fish altogether.  In some ways I am 
 glad that 160 seems to be a refuge from the 15 second QSO. Not knocking 
 contesting at all;  I have fun with it and love running a good pileup, 
 and you learn a lot about your station and your skills doing that.  But 
 when a contest is running, and you aren't in it, it's nice to have a 
 place where you can go and have a nice relaxed chat if that's what you want.

 160 is a good band for regional communications at any hour, and an 
 interesting challenge for longer haul at night.  The people on 160 tend 
 to be nicer than those on 80, for sure, another reason to operate 
there.  Although my CW is still a bit rusty, I worked a couple of folks 
 on CW that asked me.  One of the WV team ran RTTY on 160 and had a great 
 time doing it, too.

 BTW, if anyone wants WV for WAS, drop me a line.
 
 Larry
 KD8WSP
 
  
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