Topband: 160m condx this morning EU

2020-03-31 Thread Andree DL8LAS via Topband
Hey, this morning I heard W1AW beacon with  539  here in DL,and my RBN reports in NA were not bad. I called CQ 1 hour, but only 3 QSOs,K3UL, NV3N and K9OT  this morning in my log, cant't hear  VK6WZ Steve today, yesterday I worked Steve with 539 QSB.Hope next days will be better. 73 Andy DL8LAS

Re: Topband: JA 160 changes - FYI

2020-03-31 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
Great news. I now need to finally put up a JA receive array. It's going to be great to escape from the "dime-quarter" band combat zone during contests. It gets brutal down there on contest mornings trying to carve out a run frequency. Rick N6RK _ Searchable Archives: http://ww

Topband: JA 160 changes - FYI

2020-03-31 Thread Jim McDonald
>From the Society of Midwest Contesters reflector. Jim N7US From: SMC On Behalf Of Bob, N5RP Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:06 To: SMC Reflector Subject: [SMC] JA 160 changes - FYI Here is QST about JA band plan to be expand. On March 11th Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commun

Re: Topband: Skewed polar path condx

2020-03-31 Thread Don Kirk
Hi Steve, Interesting that you mentioned path distortion. I did not notice path distortion (what I was calling flutter) on the European signals I was copying this morning, but I did notice it on you and other North American signals. I mentioned this to another ham this morning as it was indeed o

Topband: Skewed polar path condx

2020-03-31 Thread VE6WZ_Steve
Last night DL8LAS and SP3HLM were logged on 160m but the ONLY copy was via a skewed path over South America, a 90 deg skew path from direct. This was not a “subtle path skew”, but very dramatic with absolutely zero copy on the direct NE or even east path. Not even a trace on the waterfall when