Topband: Band open, no one home
Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. Not even the usual east coast suspects. C'mon guysit's time to test those new antennas that have been discussed at length ! 73, Steve, N2IC/5 ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
Re: Topband: Band open, no one home
Usual east coast subjects have been preoccupied.73, Guy. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Steve London n2ica...@gmail.com wrote: Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. Not even the usual east coast suspects. C'mon guysit's time to test those new antennas that have been discussed at length ! 73, Steve, N2IC/5 __**_ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
Re: Topband: Band open, no one home
So sorry. You're right. We really should have been on the air last night, but at least some of us were pre-occupied with something called Sandy, one of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the northeast United States. You know, nearly 50 people dead, $50 billion in damage, 6,000,000 without power. It's no big deal. We'll try to keep out priorities straight and get on the air tonight. How's the wx at your end, OM? 73, Jack K2RS On 10/31/2012 9:37 AM, Steve London wrote: Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. Not even the usual east coast suspects. C'mon guysit's time to test those new antennas that have been discussed at length ! 73, Steve, N2IC/5 ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
Re: Topband: Band open, no one home
Hi, I snooped on 160 a bit but the east coast action I found was on 80 meters and in the traffic nets. I believe they were passing health and welfare traffic. Some of the transmitters, presumably running on emergency power, were a little drifty or chirpy and on some I heard noise from the DC to DC converter or genset. No complaints about any of that. Just the way it shakes out when the vigero gets into the mixmaster. 73, Bill KU8H ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
Re: Topband: Band open, no one home
Awww, c'mon. Do you have to be so snarky? You evidently have power, Jack - why not just silently count your blessings? 73, Pete N4ZR The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 10/31/2012 10:32 AM, K2RS wrote: So sorry. You're right. We really should have been on the air last night, but at least some of us were pre-occupied with something called Sandy, one of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the northeast United States. You know, nearly 50 people dead, $50 billion in damage, 6,000,000 without power. It's no big deal. We'll try to keep out priorities straight and get on the air tonight. How's the wx at your end, OM? 73, Jack K2RS On 10/31/2012 9:37 AM, Steve London wrote: Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal. But that was about it. Not even the usual east coast suspects. C'mon guysit's time to test those new antennas that have been discussed at length ! 73, Steve, N2IC/5 ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com ___ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
