Re: Topband: 160 meter elevated vertical

2012-10-21 Thread Tom W8JI
I find after some interesting conversations that readers of posts often read as if written to them. So I write my posts as to the general audience. If an expressed situation is so specific as to be exceptional to general use, I reply in private. K4XS had such a situation, as does **any case**

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry Challenge Warm Up...

2012-10-21 Thread Gary Smith
I had problems with my radio this weekend and was able to get on 160 only after sunrise. I'd planned on taking part throughout the contest but that little wrench sidelined me. But Eddy, I did manage to work you! :) Instead of firing up the Alpha I went barefoot at 70 watts and was able to

Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew

2012-10-21 Thread Jim F.
Friday afternoon was spent putting 140' of wire in the trees but was not able to spend time operating until Saturday evening.   Thought there was no one on the band until accidentally tuning up a ways and there they were.  Couldn't get beyond 900 miles (needing many repeats) and about midnight

Re: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew

2012-10-21 Thread James Rodenkirch
Wish I woulda heard ya., Jim - would have been nice to have you in my log. Ended up with 80 Qs with one KL7 and three KH6s in the mix. Longest stateside Q was either a fella in PA or a fella in NC (can't remember which). Heard FM5CD Saturday evening but he wasn't hearing my peanut whistle as

Re: Topband: Stew Perry Warm Up

2012-10-21 Thread Björn SM0MDG
On 21 okt 2012, at 11:32, Cormac Gebruers ei4hq.m...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Stew Perry warm up. View from the EI4HQ chair (operating EI100T): It was lonely :-( Whether it was the effects of the M class flare at 1815UTC or something else, I had lost the will to keep fighting by early

Re: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew

2012-10-21 Thread Jim F.
OK Jim...  worked nothing over 877 miles but will keep improving the antenna system until I work you and Herb down in the islands.  I'm living on a big rock here and it's granite, not copper.   Sounds like you are doing pretty well for QRP power. Keep it up, and see you at Dayton in May.   73,  

Re: Topband: 160 meter elevated vertical

2012-10-21 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Interspersed. On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com wrote: I find after some interesting conversations that readers of posts often read as if written to them. So I write my posts as to the general audience. If an expressed situation is so specific as to be exceptional to

Topband: Stew Perry

2012-10-21 Thread rick darwicki
44 QSO's . I think 4 were above ESP/noise here.   Thanks for the repeats Rick, N6PE ==  Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it. ___ Remember the PreStew coming on October 20th. http://www.kkn.net/stew

Re: Topband: Thrashing around in the Stew

2012-10-21 Thread Gary Smith
What do you use to tell you the distance between grids? Gary KA1J OK Jim...  worked nothing over 877 miles but will keep improving the antenna system until I work you and Herb down in the islands.  I'm living on a big rock here and it's granite, not copper.   Sounds like you are doing

Topband: PreStew results

2012-10-21 Thread Tree
The results for the Stew Perry Warmup are now posted. Yes - the contest has only finished 12 hours ago - but we have received almost 100 logs already. As more logs come in - they results will be updated. Go to http://www.kkn.net/stew and click on the link for the PreStew results. If you