Topband: 160M QRP Sprint Tuesday night

2017-01-23 Thread Tim Shoppa
I will be on for the 160M NAQCC QRP Sprint Tuesday night! 0130Z to 0330Z Wednesday which is 8:30PM to 10:30PM Tuesday night east coast time. Want to check out your RX antennas for the upcoming CQ 160? This is a great opportunity! Full details here: http://naqcc.info/sprint/sprint201701_160.html

Re: Topband: 160 vertical/L

2017-01-23 Thread Rob Atkinson
One reason for the 120 radial ground system on broadcast sticks often over-looked is that a large number of radials below grade makes the system more stable over seasons between dry and wet wx. It may not matter as much for ham but many radials causes the Z to settle down or not vary as widely bet

Re: Topband: CQ World Wide 160-Meter CW Contest

2017-01-23 Thread Aravind Balasubramanian
VU Allocation of 160m is 1820 - 1860 khz. On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Doug Ellmore wrote: > Reminder for this weekend, CW: 2200Z January 27 to 2200Z January 29 > > Even if your not a contester, it should be a good opportunity to work some > top band. > > I'll be hunting for a baker's dozen

Topband: DXing on teh Edge 2nd ed

2017-01-23 Thread Doug Turnbull
Dear OMs and YLs, My copy of the second edition has arrived. I am pleased to have kept the first edition as it has more technical content covering both RX and TX antennas. There is none of this in the second edition and this is a pity. The second edition is the history contained in the fir

Topband: CQ World Wide 160-Meter CW Contest

2017-01-23 Thread Doug Ellmore
Reminder for this weekend, CW: 2200Z January 27 to 2200Z January 29 Even if your not a contester, it should be a good opportunity to work some top band. I'll be hunting for a baker's dozen new ones for my 160m DXCC, as well as, Montana and Arizona for WAS. *Rules:* https://www.cq160.com/rules.ht

Re: Topband: CQ 160 Contest

2017-01-23 Thread Saulius Zalnerauskas
Hi, It will be nice in future to have MULTI OP LOW POWER CATEGORY. Any ideas? Sam LY5W p.s. maybe not too late? On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Andy Blank wrote: > Greetings Fellow 160M contesters. > > Please visit CQ160.com for the latest rules and updates for the upcoming > contest this wee

Topband: CQ 160 Contest

2017-01-23 Thread Andy Blank
Greetings Fellow 160M contesters. Please visit CQ160.com for the latest rules and updates for the upcoming contest this weekend. There are some changes to the Russian trophies resulting in 2 additional awards as follows: These awards are *Single Operator Assisted or Unassisted whichever is highe

Topband: Checking vacuum in vacuum relay

2017-01-23 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Have noticed a craze around two of the connections coming out of a glass 4PDT (Jennings RB4A) that I was getting ready to use. If one does not own a megger or other voltage breakdown testing instrument, is there a way to tell if there is a vacuum or air on the inside of the relay, other than to go

Re: Topband: [Gmc] FS: DXing on the Edge book 2016 version gently used

2017-01-23 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sold On 1/23/2017 9:26 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: $15.00 includes shipping media shipping USA only. KH6/KL7 might be higher. W0MU ___ Gmc mailing list g...@grandmesa.org http://mail.grandmesa.org/mailman/listinfo/gmc_grandmesa.org __

Re: Topband: 160 vertical/L

2017-01-23 Thread Donald Chester
I ran across this, which was originally posted on the Broadcasting list and may be of interest to Topbanders. Something I might add as a justification for exceeding, if possible, the point of diminishing returns in a radial field (not necessarily going all the way to 120) is that in many insta

Topband: FS: DXing on the Edge book 2016 version gently used

2017-01-23 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
$15.00 includes shipping media shipping USA only. KH6/KL7 might be higher. W0MU _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 169, Issue 14

2017-01-23 Thread G.Whyte
Congratulations Paul W5DM ! Thanks for telling us about your history. Truly an inspiration. Your 160m accomplishments from a RF noisy lot gives me incentive to stop complaining about my S 20 over RFI and get to trying for 160m contacts.thanks again for your contribution and many more years