Re: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
Hi All, 4V1JR was the only Carribean multiplier than did not answer me on 10 meters (SOSB HIGH 10m this year). To get others one or two calls from newly installed 6 element quad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d927PGouBU were needed. Obviously one can't afford waisting 45 minutes to work a single multiplier regardless of band. Sat, 06 Dec 2014 09:56:25 +0100 от Jan Erik Holm : >I called you for 45 minutes or so, also a lot of >other EU stations called, you did have a decent >signal but problems receiving. >Wow 20 over 9 noise floor, if I had known I never >would have called you, waist of power and time. > >73 Jim SM2EKM >- >On 2014-12-06 09:36, Jim Brown wrote: >> I can help with RX noise issues. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> -- 73, Victor Goncharsky US5WE/K1WE (UW5W in VHF contests, EO90WF in 2014), P.E. UARL Technical and VHF Committies DXCC Honor Roll #1 (Mixed, Phone) DXCC card checker (160 meters). _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
Dale, I know you were stuck with what you had this time, and I'm sure most people appreciate your efforts and understand the difficulty with portable accommodations. Maybe in the future you can find a better location. Remember on 160, it is location way up above everything else on the list. Don't be discouraged or feel bad about trying. 73 Tom - Original Message - From: "DALE LONG" To: Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 5:01 PM Subject: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB Our plans for a 160m operation and CQWWCW entry were delayed due to supply issues and construction woes. THINGS ARE NOT EASY IN HAITI !!! We are very fortunate that we had any place to operate. We had only very low dipoles on the higher bands at the hotel/guesthouse. Thanks to the great kindness of Jean-Robert HH2JR (who is also famous for his efforts in the Haitian earthquake) we were offered the opportunity to use his nice station for the contest, and operate with the club callsign of 4V1FR. The last two days we worked on erecting the 160m antenna. We need to be thankful for three things, the kindness of HH2JR, the efforts to put up the antenna (including tower climbing and roof-climbing by an un-named old guy) and the excellent filtering ability of the Elecraft K3. We did not have time or space for a listening antenna, although with more time I would have tried. In the end we worked 180 stations on topband and had 3100 QSOs in the contest, which is not bad for a contest operation with only two ops. We aso had three lengthy power outages during which we got good exercise trying to start the generator. You probably already know that we were there on the top of every hour. We made a big effort on 160m because of the need. The antenna was an inverted Vee with one side folded back to the tower about 15 feet from the ground. The wire almost reached back to the tower. The other side went over a couple roofs and tied off in a neighboring property. It was an accomplishment to get this antenna erected and our host HH2JR was delighted to have a 160m antenna. The bad news is that we worked no EU stations, not a single one. We had 20 over 9 noise constantly...We did not have static crashes, just constant noise. One leg of the antenna was very close to a WIFI antenna. Not sure if that was the only culprit. I would like to know how we were being heard in EU...I have no reports. Our antenna described above and we used an Acom 1011 amplifier with about 750w output. Our best contact was with CN2AA. All other contacts were in the Caribbean area and North America. My goal in the future is to organize a dxpedition for topband operation only. We are looking for interested operators who love 160m. We know that contest weekends are not the best for DXing. We need a dedicated team of topband guys, not one guy without an RX antenna. But again, we need to thank HH2JR. Without his kind offer there would have been zero contacts on 160m last weekend. Thanks for all who called and wish that more of you could have been in the log. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing a 160m dxpedtion from Haiti. And please let me know how was our signal in EU compared to other stations. Thanks & 73 Dale - N3BNA _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4794 / Virus Database: 4235/8686 - Release Date: 12/05/14 _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
Dale, Assume and hope the call sign was 4V1JR instead of 4V1JB? Sorry you had problems with local noise. You did the best you could do with the location you had available and those who made a contact during the contest really appreciate your efforts. I worked you on 80 and 20 using another call sign operating a remote station in NY. I noticed that KC0W will be going to Haiti January 12 until February 2 and will work 160, 80 and 40 CW only. Look at his QRZ Page. He has been there several times in the past and am quite sure he will make thousands of contacts on 160 during those two weeks. 73...Stan, K5GO Sent from my iPad > On Dec 5, 2014, at 4:01 PM, DALE LONG wrote: > > Our plans for a 160m operation and CQWWCW entry were delayed due to supply > issues and construction woes. THINGS ARE NOT EASY IN HAITI !!! We are very > fortunate that we had any place to operate. We had only very low dipoles on > the higher bands at the hotel/guesthouse. > > Thanks to the great kindness of Jean-Robert HH2JR (who is also famous for his > efforts in the Haitian earthquake) we were offered the opportunity to use his > nice station for the contest, and operate with the club callsign of 4V1FR. > The last two days we worked on erecting the 160m antenna. > > We need to be thankful for three things, the kindness of HH2JR, the efforts > to put up the antenna (including tower climbing and roof-climbing by an > un-named old guy) and the excellent filtering ability of the Elecraft K3. We > did not have time or space for a listening antenna, although with more time I > would have tried. > > In the end we worked 180 stations on topband and had 3100 QSOs in the > contest, which is not bad for a contest operation with only two ops. We aso > had three lengthy power outages during which we got good exercise trying to > start the generator. You probably already know that we were there on the top > of every hour. We made a big effort on 160m because of the need. > > The antenna was an inverted Vee with one side folded back to the tower about > 15 feet from the ground. The wire almost reached back to the tower. The > other side went over a couple roofs and tied off in a neighboring property. > It was an accomplishment to get this antenna erected and our host HH2JR was > delighted to have a 160m antenna. > > The bad news is that we worked no EU stations, not a single one. We had 20 > over 9 noise constantly...We did not have static crashes, just constant > noise. One leg of the antenna was very close to a WIFI antenna. Not sure if > that was the only culprit. > > I would like to know how we were being heard in EU...I have no reports. Our > antenna described above and we used an Acom 1011 amplifier with about 750w > output. Our best contact was with CN2AA. All other contacts were in the > Caribbean area and North America. > > My goal in the future is to organize a dxpedition for topband operation only. > We are looking for interested operators who love 160m. We know that contest > weekends are not the best for DXing. We need a dedicated team of topband > guys, not one guy without an RX antenna. But again, we need to thank HH2JR. > Without his kind offer there would have been zero contacts on 160m last > weekend. > > Thanks for all who called and wish that more of you could have been in the > log. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing a 160m dxpedtion > from Haiti. And please let me know how was our signal in EU compared to other > stations. > > Thanks & 73 > > Dale - N3BNA > _ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
On Sat,12/6/2014 12:56 AM, Jan Erik Holm wrote: Wow 20 over 9 noise floor, if I had known I never would have called you, waist of power and time. Any team that goes to a location, whatever it, is, unprepared to address local noise issues is incompetent and ill prepared. I'm willing to help, but that's part of planning for any such effort. It's at least as important as what radios you bring and what antennas you plan to use. 73, Jim K9YC _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Re: Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
I called you for 45 minutes or so, also a lot of other EU stations called, you did have a decent signal but problems receiving. Wow 20 over 9 noise floor, if I had known I never would have called you, waist of power and time. 73 Jim SM2EKM - On 2014-12-06 09:36, Jim Brown wrote: I can help with RX noise issues. 73, Jim K9YC On Fri,12/5/2014 2:01 PM, DALE LONG wrote: Our plans for a 160m operation and CQWWCW entry were delayed due to supply issues and construction woes. THINGS ARE NOT EASY IN HAITI !!! We are very fortunate that we had any place to operate. We had only very low dipoles on the higher bands at the hotel/guesthouse. Thanks to the great kindness of Jean-Robert HH2JR (who is also famous for his efforts in the Haitian earthquake) we were offered the opportunity to use his nice station for the contest, and operate with the club callsign of 4V1FR. The last two days we worked on erecting the 160m antenna. We need to be thankful for three things, the kindness of HH2JR, the efforts to put up the antenna (including tower climbing and roof-climbing by an un-named old guy) and the excellent filtering ability of the Elecraft K3. We did not have time or space for a listening antenna, although with more time I would have tried. In the end we worked 180 stations on topband and had 3100 QSOs in the contest, which is not bad for a contest operation with only two ops. We aso had three lengthy power outages during which we got good exercise trying to start the generator. You probably already know that we were there on the top of every hour. We made a big effort on 160m because of the need. The antenna was an inverted Vee with one side folded back to the tower about 15 feet from the ground. The wire almost reached back to the tower. The other side went over a couple roofs and tied off in a neighboring property. It was an accomplishment to get this antenna erected and our host HH2JR was delighted to have a 160m antenna. The bad news is that we worked no EU stations, not a single one. We had 20 over 9 noise constantly...We did not have static crashes, just constant noise. One leg of the antenna was very close to a WIFI antenna. Not sure if that was the only culprit. I would like to know how we were being heard in EU...I have no reports. Our antenna described above and we used an Acom 1011 amplifier with about 750w output. Our best contact was with CN2AA. All other contacts were in the Caribbean area and North America. My goal in the future is to organize a dxpedition for topband operation only. We are looking for interested operators who love 160m. We know that contest weekends are not the best for DXing. We need a dedicated team of topband guys, not one guy without an RX antenna. But again, we need to thank HH2JR. Without his kind offer there would have been zero contacts on 160m last weekend. Thanks for all who called and wish that more of you could have been in the log. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing a 160m dxpedtion from Haiti. And please let me know how was our signal in EU compared to other stations. Thanks & 73 Dale - N3BNA _ 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: topband report from 4V1JB
I can help with RX noise issues. 73, Jim K9YC On Fri,12/5/2014 2:01 PM, DALE LONG wrote: Our plans for a 160m operation and CQWWCW entry were delayed due to supply issues and construction woes. THINGS ARE NOT EASY IN HAITI !!! We are very fortunate that we had any place to operate. We had only very low dipoles on the higher bands at the hotel/guesthouse. Thanks to the great kindness of Jean-Robert HH2JR (who is also famous for his efforts in the Haitian earthquake) we were offered the opportunity to use his nice station for the contest, and operate with the club callsign of 4V1FR. The last two days we worked on erecting the 160m antenna. We need to be thankful for three things, the kindness of HH2JR, the efforts to put up the antenna (including tower climbing and roof-climbing by an un-named old guy) and the excellent filtering ability of the Elecraft K3. We did not have time or space for a listening antenna, although with more time I would have tried. In the end we worked 180 stations on topband and had 3100 QSOs in the contest, which is not bad for a contest operation with only two ops. We aso had three lengthy power outages during which we got good exercise trying to start the generator. You probably already know that we were there on the top of every hour. We made a big effort on 160m because of the need. The antenna was an inverted Vee with one side folded back to the tower about 15 feet from the ground. The wire almost reached back to the tower. The other side went over a couple roofs and tied off in a neighboring property. It was an accomplishment to get this antenna erected and our host HH2JR was delighted to have a 160m antenna. The bad news is that we worked no EU stations, not a single one. We had 20 over 9 noise constantly...We did not have static crashes, just constant noise. One leg of the antenna was very close to a WIFI antenna. Not sure if that was the only culprit. I would like to know how we were being heard in EU...I have no reports. Our antenna described above and we used an Acom 1011 amplifier with about 750w output. Our best contact was with CN2AA. All other contacts were in the Caribbean area and North America. My goal in the future is to organize a dxpedition for topband operation only. We are looking for interested operators who love 160m. We know that contest weekends are not the best for DXing. We need a dedicated team of topband guys, not one guy without an RX antenna. But again, we need to thank HH2JR. Without his kind offer there would have been zero contacts on 160m last weekend. Thanks for all who called and wish that more of you could have been in the log. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing a 160m dxpedtion from Haiti. And please let me know how was our signal in EU compared to other stations. Thanks & 73 Dale - N3BNA _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Topband: topband report from 4V1JB
Our plans for a 160m operation and CQWWCW entry were delayed due to supply issues and construction woes. THINGS ARE NOT EASY IN HAITI !!! We are very fortunate that we had any place to operate. We had only very low dipoles on the higher bands at the hotel/guesthouse. Thanks to the great kindness of Jean-Robert HH2JR (who is also famous for his efforts in the Haitian earthquake) we were offered the opportunity to use his nice station for the contest, and operate with the club callsign of 4V1FR. The last two days we worked on erecting the 160m antenna. We need to be thankful for three things, the kindness of HH2JR, the efforts to put up the antenna (including tower climbing and roof-climbing by an un-named old guy) and the excellent filtering ability of the Elecraft K3. We did not have time or space for a listening antenna, although with more time I would have tried. In the end we worked 180 stations on topband and had 3100 QSOs in the contest, which is not bad for a contest operation with only two ops. We aso had three lengthy power outages during which we got good exercise trying to start the generator. You probably already know that we were there on the top of every hour. We made a big effort on 160m because of the need. The antenna was an inverted Vee with one side folded back to the tower about 15 feet from the ground. The wire almost reached back to the tower. The other side went over a couple roofs and tied off in a neighboring property. It was an accomplishment to get this antenna erected and our host HH2JR was delighted to have a 160m antenna. The bad news is that we worked no EU stations, not a single one. We had 20 over 9 noise constantly...We did not have static crashes, just constant noise. One leg of the antenna was very close to a WIFI antenna. Not sure if that was the only culprit. I would like to know how we were being heard in EU...I have no reports. Our antenna described above and we used an Acom 1011 amplifier with about 750w output. Our best contact was with CN2AA. All other contacts were in the Caribbean area and North America. My goal in the future is to organize a dxpedition for topband operation only. We are looking for interested operators who love 160m. We know that contest weekends are not the best for DXing. We need a dedicated team of topband guys, not one guy without an RX antenna. But again, we need to thank HH2JR. Without his kind offer there would have been zero contacts on 160m last weekend. Thanks for all who called and wish that more of you could have been in the log. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing a 160m dxpedtion from Haiti. And please let me know how was our signal in EU compared to other stations. Thanks & 73 Dale - N3BNA _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
