Re: Topband: 160 ain't dead yet.
Roger, It is a matter of definition of what you call Good conditions. To me the average conditions are if I hear eastern states in the VE1, VE2, W1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 call areas.. Conditions are good when I also hear VE3, W0, W4, W5. Conditions are very good if I can hear all of North America. During the CQ160 contest conditions were above average as I heard all east coast states and some Midwest. This weekend I only heard VE1, VE2, eastern VE3, W1, W2, W3 and NC and FL. To me that qualifies as bad. It looks like the polar activity absorbed everything west of W3. Additional to that signals were below average. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 23-2-2023 om 10:21 schreef Roger Kennedy: It's always fascinating how very localised DX Propagation can be on Top Band, I noted how several Europeans said that propagation to NA was very poor over the weekend, whereas I found it pretty good. 73 Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: Topband antenna description on my website updated
Hi, I updated the article about by 160/80 vertical. See: https://www.pa5kt.com/index.php/projects/15-vertical-for-160m-80m 73 Henk PA5KT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
I worked 23 NA and 3 Carribean. Of the 3 Caribbean at least 1 was still copieable 1 hour after my sunrise. When I started for the morning sessions at 03:30 only the Carribeans had a good signal. An hour later it went better, but mostly east coast. Best distance to USA was 15 points, best to the east was 8 points. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 16-3-2021 om 01:17 schreef List Mail: Conditions were terrible here on the weekend. Storm static on Saturday night and poor propagation, and continuing poor propagation on Sunday night but with less storm static. I heard a few NA stations, but none responded to my calls. I worked one JA station in the Contest. 73, Luke VK3HJ Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Roger Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2021 4:07 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Stew Perry Contest Well I came on for a couple of hours during the contest . . . Conditions seemed OK, not particularly good, but not bad either. Managed to work everyone I heard, which was a total of 37 NA stations, so was pretty happy with that. Worked down to Florida and the Caribbean, but nothing further west than Nebraska. I meant to pop on again around our Sunrise, but I overslept ! Roger G3YRO _ 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
Topband: FST4
Hi, I have a receiver running with FST4 on 160m. Dial is on 1839. I dont like digital (or SSB) qso's so will be receive only. If I use my equipment for CW it will be switched off. 73 Henk PA5KT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: FST4
It is USB, so that signal will be on 1841 kHz. Henk PA5KT Op 3-2-2021 om 12:00 schreef Roger Kennedy: You guys feed audio into an SSB rig for these Computer modes, right? So which sideband do you use on Top Band? IE if you are on 1840kHz with a 1kHz tone, are you on 1839 or 1841? Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: DXE Thunderbolt
I had the 18m spiderpole and now I am using the 22m spiderpole. It is guyed with 4x2 guys. It is a stable mast. I raise it by hand by extending the tubes one by one. I would not place the mast over another tube. The tubes cannot handle force from inside. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 7-12-2020 om 13:01 schreef CUTTER DAVID via Topband: Roger Thanks, I had the same idea but I am concerned about the point pressure at the end of the scaffold pole on the inside of the Spiderpole, since on raising and lowering that would be at its extreme.I came to the conclusion of using a "soft" buffer to spread the contact pressure. I didn't think of wood, perhaps pvc drain pipe or the like but I'll look at wood since it can be tailored to fit and I'm only doing it once. The falling derrick is best for me, so conquering this detail is important. What I will never do is drill the f/g pole - that's a quick way to wasting a good pole. This will be a very windy location, so, 3 x 4 guys is planned. I know 2 x 4 guys works for the 18m on its own. David G3UNA/G6CP On 07 December 2020 at 11:35 Roger Kennedy wrote: Well some telescopic fibreglass masts will fit over an alloy Scaffold Pole, so you just slide it over and fit a Jubilee Clip a couple of feet down. Otherwise, it's down to buying some tubing to act as a joining sleeve . . . where the inside diameters are different I have known people use a length of hardwood, and shave each half to the correct inside diameter of the metal and fibreglass poles. 73 Roger G3YRO -- Further to that scheme, is there a sound way to join a Spider pole to a scaffold pole? The cost change from 18m Spider to the next sizes up is quite a jump, but I've often thought an alloy scaffold pole at the base would be worth the effort if I had a decent way to join them. I can raise the 18m Spider pole using a falling derrick on my own and a rigid extension underneath looks doable with help. David G3UNA/G6CP _ 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: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster
That is because for some people it can be useful information if they want to make contacts. What is DX or not is up for the listener. There is nothing different then with CW spots. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 13-5-2020 om 01:58 schreef Roger Kennedy: Why oh why do some people post on the DX Cluster every FT8 station they have heard? One GM station this evening posted 21 stations . . . none of them were even DX ! I don't even see why you would post ANY on the DX Cluster . . . I thought the whole point of FT8 is that you leave your computer listening on the same frequency, so surely any stations will just come up on the screen? Whereas posting the frequency of a CW or SSB DX station on the Cluster is really useful to help people find those stations, and attempt a QSO. Also . . . as others have said, DX propagation is still pretty good on 160m most nights . . . but despite lots of CQ calls by myself and other EU stations, we're often getting no replies! (despite RBN reports being good) 73 Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Handheld Impedance Analyzer
Hi, I use a miniVNA pro with bluetooth Bluevna software to my Android smartphone or tablet. You can calibrate it with your feedline connected so you do real antenna measurement. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 3/27/2016 om 21:08 schreef dick.bingham: Greetings All I am getting fed up with multiple trips between new antenna matching stations and the tx-source/VSWR and not converging on a good match in quick order ! Please send me - OFF LINE - your recommendation for a handheld impedance measuring tool that covers 400KHz to at least 150MHz. I looked at the RigExpert AA-220 in the latest QST and it looks like a decent tool. I certainly do not want to restart this topic but new stuff is becoming available and I don't want to settle for second best if 'best' is not 2X more costly! 73 Dick/w7wkr CN97uj - _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: Am I the only one in step?
Dont forget in R1 there are still countries which have only 1810-1850. As long as we dont get the full band it will be a discussion point every time. I do listen a lot on 160m. I know only of 2 contests where the CW band is not usable: CQ160 and CQWW. Other contests keep the SSB higher in the band. I made 25 qso's last weekend and stayed away from 160m. Lot of other nice things to do. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 2/29/2016 om 17:01 schreef Roger Parsons via Topband: Thank you for your comments Tom. The NA band plan has phone at above 1840kHz. My proposal is for phone above 1817kHz (and perhaps below 1810kHz) which seems to me to accept that this is not normal band loading. _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: CQ160
During contest when the band is full with CQ machines I used to listen below 1810 to check out conditions. There are always stations active and as that part is always clear it is very useful to check if I can hear NA. It would be very effective to work split around 1810. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 2/3/2016 om 7:43 PM schreef Petr Ourednik: Herb for lot of EUs is prohibited to operate below 1810! For that reason we missed several stations which did not tuned up over the test... 73 - Petr, OK1RP BTW: definitely agree with Carl. I heard several US stations calling own CQ test under EU big guns... On Wed, Feb 3, 2016, at 07:20 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote: You nail it CarlIf there could only be by gentleman's agreement in Europe a 5 Khz window anywhere on the band for NA stations to be at least heard and worked...sort of a EU "CQ Test" machine free zone. Would that be of any help? I have thought of using 1809 and QSX up on 1811 but understand there are commercial data transmitters below 1810 there in EU. Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ On 1/30/2016 2:03 PM, Carl Jonsson wrote: Boxbe <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (carl.jonss...@gmail.com) Add cleanup rule <https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Ftoken%3D6IBFEsfcr65rTjBcx5mY5m%252FV9fhdq8cJD%252BqnvcYqvTGjLKrxzKTMkK3HdtYZFB2ClJJUGUv9q9wP6DpecqdxlWmozISJBG6%252FiLDUs6YKlvzCxX9ShbP9JyOEUiqDSDICQyqC2WbCxLzTyif0dOy%252FSA%253D%253D%26key%3DAfm4ZV7GcM9ENrSaE18dvnnIX6YLTqMYVVtnSREranI%253D_serial=24199281521_rand=1749317949_source=stf_medium=email_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD_content=001> | More info <http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=24199281521_rand=1749317949_source=stf_medium=email_campaign=ANNO_CLEANUP_ADD_content=001> Cq160 is not very interesting for a dx-er anymore. A handfull of european big guns are covering the band with CQ over and over again but they don't seem to hear very well. During the morning hours I can hear a layer of NA and SA stations behind the usual european contest stations who keep CQ-ing test continuously. And it seems to be the same problem in the US. Hope to meet you after the contest! 73 Carl SM6CPY _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: Anybody?
Bill, This is a standard toploaded vertical. Spiderbeam sells the same with fiber mast. (http://www.spiderbeam.com/product_info.php?info=p337_160m%20Wire%20Vertical%20kit%20including%2018m%20fiberglass%20pole.html) Like any other vertical the performance of your antenna depends on your radial system. I do not have experience with these commercial available antennas as I have tree of that height which I use. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 1/1/2016 om 5:16 PM schreef K4OWR: Does anyone recall that I originally asked about this? http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-160va-1?seid=dxese1=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tUOULTlQpNyMARBk4ZWRxw70jODW_FJCuBJ1Td47YMgaAhgQ8P8HAQ I appreciate all the advice, but a lot of people recommended antennas that I have had for years. BILL K4OWR _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: ON4KST low band chat
Hi, I am connected to the chat almost all day. I see most messages related to 160m. Did even not know it was also 40m. Did that recently change? Think 60% is 160m, 30% 80m, 9% general messages and 1% 40m. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 12/6/2015 om 05:48 schreef Mike Waters: Thanks, but that doesn't fix the 40m clutter in the ON4KST lowband chat. That's what I meant. For me, adding 40m to the chat simply ruined it. I'd be willing to pay to have it work like it used to, just 160 and 80. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com Menu Change Settings Cluster Spots Panel Configuration Choose 1.8 for only 160 spots On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Mike Waters <mikew...@gmail.com> wrote: I don't see how to do that. How do we reduce it to just 80 and 160? Thanks and 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Mike Waters <mikew...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks! I didn't see that option. I'll check it out. Mike you can reduce it to just 80 and 160 as I have you don't need to do all 3 bands see the menu When the ON4KST chat room combined 160, 80, and 40 into the "Low band chat", it all of a sudden became WAY too cluttered for me. I was almost ready to send a few bucks that way, but then that happened. All I care about is 160 meters, so I don't even use it anymore. _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: earth tester
Another website with a measurement tool: http://www.technik.dhbw-ravensburg.de/~lau/gc.html I did not yet try this or N6LF's system. 73 Henk PA5KT Jorge Diez - CX6VM schreef op 4/22/2015 om 7:34 PM: Thanks Jim I will look at N6LF website, I want to measure my soil conditions 73, Jorge -Mensaje original- De: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] En nombre de Jim Brown Enviado el: miércoles, 22 de abril de 2015 01:48 p.m. Para: topband@contesting.com Asunto: Re: Topband: earth tester What do you want to measure? These testers, as well as the fall of potential method, measure the impedance to earth at dc and low audio frequencies. It's important to remember that a connection to earth is for lightning protection, and does not make a TX antenna work better. If you want to measure your soil conditions, N6LF shows a method on his website. It uses a driven rod that passes through an opening in a wire screen. Z between the rod and the screen is measured using a vector impedance analyzer, first before the rod is driven, and again after being driven to its full length, and soil parameters are computed from the two measurements. I've thought about doing this, but never got around to it. This measurement yields the data on the soil conditions that affect the performance of vertical antennas. 73, Jim K9YC On Wed,4/22/2015 6:00 AM, Paul Christensen wrote: Do you use a earth tester? Which brand do you know is very good and accurate to consider? Jorge, If you can, try and find a clamp-on earth tester rather than the type that relies on the fall-of-potential method with electrodes. There are several good clamp-on units by Megger, Fluke and AEMC. I recently acquired an AEMC model 3711. It wasn't supplied with a calibration loop, but I found one from Fluke that quickly checks calibration at 100, 50, 12.5, and 0.5 ohms. You'll want that calibration loop to validate the accuracy of the clamp tester, especially if you use an off-brand model from Asia. N4CC and I recently installed a large grounding field, with some ground rods driven down to a depth of 24 ft. The clamp-on device was useful for quick validation. Had we used a unit with electrodes, it would have taken us much longer to perform our tests. By the way, in sandy/clay type soil here in north FL, we found that connecting 8 ft. rods end-to-end to form a 24 ft rod substantially lowered earth resistance by a factor of 10x. Paul, W9AC _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: 160 Worked All States
Hi, I completed WAS 160 in 2010 and worked most of the states during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Band was almost open to the full USA every night. Working all states with the current propagation is a real challenge. You might consider to wait some years till the sun calms down. Good luck hunting. 73 Henk PA5KT James Bennett schreef op 1/9/2015 om 6:50 PM: Hi folks - I’m trying to complete my WAS on 160 and need a confirmed QSO with anyone in the following five states: LA, MS, SC, WV, VT. I run an Elecraft K3/KPA500 into an Inverted L with a K2AV-designed FCP under it. Got a limited amount of real estate so I can’t lay out much in the line of radials of receiving antennas, but… I have been able to easily work into the Canadian Maritime provinces (plus the remainder of the New England states), so I know I can hit those states. Problem is that I’ve never heard anyone from there on Top Band! So - if you can get on some evening while we have relatively good propagation, I’d love to arrange a schedule. If we connect I can QSL via LoTW or direct with my card and an SASE. Thanks, Jim / W6JHB Folsom, CA _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Topband: Stew Perry
Hi, I made some hours in the Stew Perry last night. Only dx worked around 02:30 was KV4FZ and 03:00 worked KA1R who was not in contest. Both had very strong signals and not a lot of noise. USA stations I could hear for a long time but who did not hear me: NO3M, K1LT, K3UL. Signals were good till about 04:30 and then dropped and stayed low even during my SR at 06:15. Tx antenna 16m vertical top loaded with 2 sloping wires. 2 1/4wl elevated radials and some radials on the ground. Rx 50m reversible (W-E) beverage on ground which appears to work ok. Looks like buying a new house in the countryside was a good investment. Hope to work more dx. 73 Henk PA5KT _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: Ferrites and verticals
Hi, Jake, Jake starts with an interesting assumption: HF6V or ANY vertical. HF6V is not the same as any vertical, as the 1/4 wl on 20m 75 own coax which was delivered with the antenna acts as a matching stub on 20m. I have the same question: Is a choke needed, and where do I place it on a regular 1/4 vertical and where on a HF[6|9]V? 73 Henk PA5KT jcjacob...@q.com schreef op 8/11/2014 9:34 PM: How do, The thread on ferrites has been most interesting, but it leaves a question or two unanswered. Please be kind to an old timer. The scenario: Butternut HF6V (or any hf vertical) ground mounted w/32 radials at 32 feet, buried just beneath the surface. The questions: Is a choke needed on the feed line and if so, how many #31 snap on ferrites are needed for proper function. AND are they placed at the feed point, or at the 32' point to match the radial length? And please remember, be kind to an old timer who didn't do to well in algee um alger, um lets just make that math. GRIN 73 and Tnx K9WN Jake _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: ARRL Board Requests Member Comments About Digital Modes
Mike, One of the problems with making band plans is that every region makes its own and then forget how things are arranged in other zones. In EU still a lot of the countries have only 1830-1850 available. To make everybody happy the bandplan has to allow CW, digital and phone in this 20kHz window. Why not using the Region 1 plan as a base? Up to 1838 CW. 1838-1840 CW and narrow band digital with 500Hz bandwidth 1840-1843 digital and other modes. 1843 and higher all modes. Also it would be nice if everybody would use JT9. It is much more efficient, but it is rarely used. Most people stick to JT65. 73 Henk PA5KT Mike Waters schreef op 3/3/2014 7:57 PM: Since there has been recent discussions on this reflector about JT65 on 1838, I thought I would pass this on. IMO, digital should go below 1810, AND it should preferably be a narrow band mode such as the superior JT9 mode. As W8JI recently pointed out, insufficient sideband suppression (and IMD products of improperly adjusted rigs) of JT65 signals --becoming more and more common on 1838-- winds up in the area where weak signal DX is common. Furthermore, Joe Taylor himself --the author of JT65 and JT9-- has stated in no uncertain terms that the JT9 mode is superior to the far wider JT65 mode for MF and lower HF weak signal communications. JT65 is for EME and upper HF. I suggest that this be discussed here for a week or so before anyone submits comments to the ARRL. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com -- Forwarded message -- _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: WD1A wire
Search for Feldkabel on ebay.de. Most sellers also ship to rest of Europe. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 8/29/2013 7:28 PM, ct1...@sapo.pt schreef: Hi I am also interested in any european source :) Very hard to find this wire Filipe CT1ILT F4VPX Quoting Neil G0JHC g0...@blueyonder.co.uk: Those are all very good prices from NA. Here in the UK, the only source I found was Army Surplus, the best deal was $85 for 2000ft spools + $15 shipping. Anyone have any cheaper sources in the UK? Neil G0JHC -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of topband-requ...@contesting.com Sent: 29 August 2013 17:00 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 128, Issue 31 Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to topband-requ...@contesting.com You can reach the person managing the list at topband-ow...@contesting.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Topband digest... Today's Topics: 1. WD1A wire (Larry Molitor) 2. Re: WD1A wire (Herb Schoenbohm) 3. Re: WD1A wire (Larry Molitor) 4. Re: data follow up to W4ZV and K2AV comments (Tim Duffy) 5. Spiderbeam mast UV Resistance? (Jim Garland) 6. Re: WD1A wire (ZR) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:32:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Molitor w7...@yahoo.com To: topband@contesting.com topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: WD1A wire Message-ID: 1377718327.441.yahoomail...@web126202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Anyone know of a good source for WD1A field phone wire these days? Best I've found so far runs abut 60 bux shipped to WA for a 0.5 km spool. Thanks, Larry - W7IUV -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:58:02 -0400 From: Herb Schoenbohm he...@vitelcom.net To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: WD1A wire Message-ID: 521e564a.6050...@vitelcom.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Larry try eBay that is where I bought my last 2500 feet for 28 bucks but be sure to not get it tangled as that is a mess or long runs. Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ On 8/28/2013 3:32 PM, Larry Molitor wrote: Anyone know of a good source for WD1A field phone wire these days? Best I've found so far runs abut 60 bux shipped to WA for a 0.5 km spool. Thanks, Larry - W7IUV _ Topband Reflector -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:53:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Molitor w7...@yahoo.com To: ZR z...@jeremy.mv.com, topband@contesting.com topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: WD1A wire Message-ID: 1377723234.85498.yahoomail...@web126206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks Carl, even though it wasn't much help. Need some new wire for some BOG experiments, mostly for 630 meters. Ran outa cheap insulated wire. Considering cat5 because it's cheaper than any single conductor wire you can buy. But WD1A ?is not as appetizing to the varmits and in my old age, I really hate splicing wire in the snow. Anybody even run bare wire on the ground? I tried that when I was in AZ and it didn't work but the soil at that location was very very good. Maybe it would work here over frozen sand and rock? Larry - W7IUV From: ZR z...@jeremy.mv.com To: Larry Molitor w7...@yahoo.com; topband@contesting.com Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Topband: WD1A wire The last reel I bought was 2.5km for $40 plus about $20 shipping from Ohio about 3-4 years ago on Fleabay. It was listed strangely but I forget how; I believe I searched for military wire or something similar. I see some speculators peddling it at .10/ft Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Larry Molitor w7...@yahoo.com To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:32 PM Subject: Topband: WD1A wire Anyone know of a good source for WD1A field phone wire these days? Best I've found so far runs abut 60 bux shipped to WA for a 0.5 km spool. Thanks, Larry - W7IUV _ Topband Reflector - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com[1] Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3211/6115 - Release Date: 08/28/13 -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:02:07 -0400 From: Tim Duffy k...@k3lr.com To: 'Bill Tippett' btipp...@alum.mit.edu, topband@contesting.com Subject: Re
Re: Topband: CQ 160 Contest
I was only active from Saturday evening on. Had the idea that there were more participants as last years. About the DX, I did not hear a lot of asian stations, and those that I hear were very weak. Did not work Japan. Till about 02:00 UTC I did only work 5 NA stations, and signals were not good. I took a break and from 03:00 I was on again. After that time I worked several eastcoast NA. Signals were like on 20m. But almost no midwest. From half hour before sunrise (sunrise at 07:30) I also worked AZ and CA and several caribbean stations. Signals like 20m. After sunrise band closed pretty fast. Last dx at 07:33 with W0AIH. I stopped at 07:45. Sunday evening was the same, only EU no Asia, only some middle east heard. (Not worked as too many stations only calling and not listening). I did work 2 TX stations, but used to work more. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 28-1-2013 1:45, Mike(W5UC) Kathy (K5MWH) schreef: The CQ 160 contest was a large disappointment this year here in EM21. At least at this location, Europe was weak or not heard. Please, I would like to know what others were hearing. I saw few, if any EU postings on VE7CC from others in this area. At least I am enjoying the winter. It was a frigid 78 degrees F here in EM21pi today. (No, that's not a typo) 73, Mike, W5UC _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
