Re: Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)
That's fine if radio is your only interest in life. We're much happier here. 73, Jim K9YC On 11/17/2023 7:16 AM, mstang...@comcast.net wrote: Jim, You should have stayed in Illinois and bought some farmland downstate on the Mississippi. I moved from a city lot in New York to an acre lot in New Jersey a couple of miles from the ocean. When I moved here 23 years ago I was surrounded by gentleman farmers and noise level much lower . I was was successful on 160 with 100 watts and an inverted L against radials. The noise level has steadily increased and some farms have been replaced by townhouses. 73 Mike N2MS On 11/16/2023 3:19 PM EST Jim Brown wrote: On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote: Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8 Salvatore, FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO. All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a 550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced 5/8 wavelength. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)
Jim, You should have stayed in Illinois and bought some farmland downstate on the Mississippi. I moved from a city lot in New York to an acre lot in New Jersey a couple of miles from the ocean. When I moved here 23 years ago I was surrounded by gentleman farmers and noise level much lower . I was was successful on 160 with 100 watts and an inverted L against radials. The noise level has steadily increased and some farms have been replaced by townhouses. 73 Mike N2MS > On 11/16/2023 3:19 PM EST Jim Brown wrote: > > > On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote: > > Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8 > > Salvatore, > > FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more > noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard > EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have > heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU > on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO. > > All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a > 550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced > 5/8 wavelength. > > 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)
On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote: Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8 Salvatore, FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO. All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a 550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced 5/8 wavelength. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)
Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8 on TB, anyway i have good copy of you mostly every evening but unfortunatly this time i running only 100w, Hope condition improve and i'm lucky like 80m where i make qso with my 100w. Rino _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
