Re: Topband: T32 on earlier than 10z for W1?
John, T32JV will not be on tonight. We took down the station to be ready to leave tomorrow. But, because of weather, we may stay another weak in which case we will put it back up again. I will post if that's the case. GW On Fri, 10 May 2024 22:43:44 -0400 John Vogel wrote: George Do you think you’ll be trying TB again tomorrow with all the solar activity going on? 73John N1PGA _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: End of Season, Spring Cleaning
79 and 83 ?You guys ain't seen nothin yet !I turned 85 this week and oftensay - wish I was 80 again ! Absolutely amazed at what happens with age.If only I realized that I would have been more understanding with grandparents etc... 73, Jim W1FMR On Friday, May 10, 2024, 3:12:31 PM EDT, Tree wrote: K1WHS getting back on topband!!??!! That's great news!! Tree N6TR On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 10:52 AM Jim Brown wrote: > On 5/10/2024 10:27 AM, David Olean wrote: > > At 79+ years I am hopeful that I can re assemble things before I give up > > the ghost. > > Going 83, I'm now dependent on friends to help me deal with damage to > antennas by winter storms. Branches (and even trees) fall on RX > antennas. The 250 ft Douglas Fir holding one end of three dipoles hit > the ground 18 months ago. We got the most important, an 80/40 fan > broadside JA and SA, back up last fall. The other two have yet to be > rebuilt. > > Last night, after dark, I went out to check the 160M TX antenna and > found that the mechanical fuse,which I use to protect it from damage > when trees sway in the wind, had broken, so I didn't get to try to work > George last night. I'll fix it today, and will try if George is still on > tonight. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: End of Season, Spring Cleaning
K1WHS getting back on topband!!??!! That's great news!! Tree N6TR On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 10:52 AM Jim Brown wrote: > On 5/10/2024 10:27 AM, David Olean wrote: > > At 79+ years I am hopeful that I can re assemble things before I give up > > the ghost. > > Going 83, I'm now dependent on friends to help me deal with damage to > antennas by winter storms. Branches (and even trees) fall on RX > antennas. The 250 ft Douglas Fir holding one end of three dipoles hit > the ground 18 months ago. We got the most important, an 80/40 fan > broadside JA and SA, back up last fall. The other two have yet to be > rebuilt. > > Last night, after dark, I went out to check the 160M TX antenna and > found that the mechanical fuse,which I use to protect it from damage > when trees sway in the wind, had broken, so I didn't get to try to work > George last night. I'll fix it today, and will try if George is still on > tonight. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: End of Season, Spring Cleaning
On 5/10/2024 10:27 AM, David Olean wrote: At 79+ years I am hopeful that I can re assemble things before I give up the ghost. Going 83, I'm now dependent on friends to help me deal with damage to antennas by winter storms. Branches (and even trees) fall on RX antennas. The 250 ft Douglas Fir holding one end of three dipoles hit the ground 18 months ago. We got the most important, an 80/40 fan broadside JA and SA, back up last fall. The other two have yet to be rebuilt. Last night, after dark, I went out to check the 160M TX antenna and found that the mechanical fuse,which I use to protect it from damage when trees sway in the wind, had broken, so I didn't get to try to work George last night. I'll fix it today, and will try if George is still on tonight. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: End of Season, Spring Cleaning
Hello Dave, Well, I picked a good year to have my woods logged! I had to remove all of my beverage wires, so was off the air way back in early December. The woods have been logged, but it is a mess and needs some grading before I can start re assembling my 160 system. The ground never froze very deep, so the skidder left some pretty mean ruts over 2 ft deep and lots of churned up mud. At 79+ years I am hopeful that I can re assemble things before I give up the ghost. The loggers made mince meat of my feedlines, so I have to run all new cables. I had some of them in PVC to prevent animals from chewing them and that was ripped up too. (and I thought 160 would be easy!!) 73 Dave K1WHS On 5/10/2024 12:00 AM, David Raymond wrote: Greetings Topbanders. . . Here at the conclusion of the topband season I have to say it was right up there with the worst season I've experienced in my three plus decades on Topband. Propagation to both Europe and Asia was virtually non-existent many days. The only saving grace (at least here in the Midwest/Iowa) was some decent propagation with our faithful VK friends who hung in there providing us in NA with QSOs during their summer/QRN months of the calendar. Lastly, doing some spring cleaning today I realized I have a spare DXEngineering 160m four square relay/phasing box tested and returned from DXE still in the sealed shipping box I'd like to part with. If interested please contact me off line. Hope to see many of you at the Topband Dinner next week. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: T32JV on160 and 80 morning of 5/10
Ron, TKS for the report. Much appreciated as I am testing a new antenna. On 80 m I was running 100 W. Rapid QSB here on most 160 m signals. Also, TS noise. 80 m was solid. TKS, 73, George On Fri, 10 May 2024 12:13:23 -0400 Ron Spencer via Topband wrote: George, T32JV, was quite loud this morning on 160. I worked him from here in NC at 1000Z. Pretty easy copy with the array listening NW to escape most of the QRN from the ongoing storms in Georgia. George was not nearly as loud on 3523 when I worked him a few minutes later. As Dave, W0FLS posted, nice to see some life left in the band. George, you're RIB certainly works very, very well. Always a strong signal. Thanks for getting on! Ron N4XD Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: T32JV on160 and 80 morning of 5/10
George, T32JV, was quite loud this morning on 160. I worked him from here in NC at 1000Z. Pretty easy copy with the array listening NW to escape most of the QRN from the ongoing storms in Georgia. George was not nearly as loud on 3523 when I worked him a few minutes later. As Dave, W0FLS posted, nice to see some life left in the band. George, you're RIB certainly works very, very well. Always a strong signal. Thanks for getting on! Ron N4XD Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: T32JV - 10May 2024 1827.5 up 1
George, mni tnx for bringing 160 cw alive! :) Hr in Ohio, ur sigs today came out of the noise c. 0930z and peaked around 1000z at a real 579. And at 1010z u were still true armchair cpy hr. The skies started to get light c. 1015z and ur sigs disappeared, though you may have gone QRT. Station: ACOM amp at 700w + IC7610 Ants: RX: SAL 30 TX 52 ft vertical leg 1/4 wave INV-L with no radials, just a single 8' gnd rod. ( My winter set up with 26 x 100 ft radials has recently been coiled up and are hanging from the walnut tree for mowing season. But it still seems to work well, as evidenced by our contact today. ( also an indication that good midwestern soil supports 160m antennas rather well.) QRN was S5-9, averaging S7, and you were punching right thru it! Bon voyage, Bob W3HKK (since 1956) _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
