Topband: W1BB

2016-01-07 Thread Greg Chartrand via Topband
I love walking down 160 memory lane. I add to Tom's list of Stew contributions to 160 DXhis bulletins he sent out to DX'ers world wide promoting 160 and the transatlantic tests. I'll never forget getting a phone call around midnight one transatlantic test night; it was Stewcongratulating me for

Re: Topband: W1BB (not K1BB)

2016-01-07 Thread Mike Waters
Well said, Jim. Indeed, many are right here on this forum, alive and in the flesh. :-) I'm also grateful for all I've learned here, and continue to learn. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Jim Murray via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > To all those who may be new

Re: Topband: W1BB

2016-01-07 Thread T R Mortimer
PY1RO remains my one SA QSO. He must have bats with huge ears among his ancestors. 7 - Mort, G2JL On 7 January 2016, at 17:14, Tree wrote: It's great to see this discussion come up. One call I saw mentioned was PY1RO (the person who provided some of the data on W1BB to K1ZM). I have fou

Re: Topband: W1BB (NOT K1BB, whoever that is)

2016-01-07 Thread K8MFO--- via Topband
Tom: I'm sure you also remember Waldo - W8ANO in Grafton, OH, active on the air from 1915 - 2002.Waldo was one of the first to make 160 WAC, as a result of working ZC4AK in Cyprus. Roger - VE3ZI told me that when he was in 5Z4 land a long time ago, Waldo was as loud as anyone fr

Re: Topband: W1BB

2016-01-07 Thread Gary Smith
I'd like to thank everyone for their really helpful on & off list replies to my question about W1BB, no, not K1BB... :) I'm not as accurate as I remember being before... ;) I'm a relative active newcomer to Top Band, getting on from this location in 07 and it took till 2010 to get the sloper an

Topband: Ve3ta qsls.....

2016-01-07 Thread dl8yhrfrank via Topband
Hi all...annyone knows if someone handeling qsl s for ve3ta activitys in the past who sadly sk in spring? Vy 73 Frank Von meinem iPhone gesendet _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Using shielded CAT5 data cable as feedline foractive antenna; benefits of multi-turn K9AY loop/SAL/etc?

2016-01-07 Thread чавдар левков
Hello to everybody, My name is Chavdar Levkov LZ1AQ and I am new in this forum as a writer. As a reader I have followed it for a long time. I have some comments about the discussed topics. It is a long post so excuse me for that. 1. Wideband small loops are working almost in short circuit

Re: Topband: W1BB (NOT K1BB, whoever that is)

2016-01-07 Thread Don Field
And don't forget Stew's hand typed and duplicated 160m bulletins, usually sent out with a personal handwritten note of encouragement. Roger G3RBP/VE3ZI and I kept it going for a few years after Stew passed away. Don G3XTT On 6 Jan 2016 19:11, "Tom W8JI" wrote: > I remember this stuff well from t