Topband: 160m today in DL

2021-12-21 Thread Andree DL8LAS via Topband
Hey gentlemen, after many weeks with very poor condx here in DLtoday was a good morning with any NA QSO's.N1PGA was really 559 with only 100 Watts, first time workedMatt NU4E with also a good signal.Dave W0FLS called me with 100 Watt  and had a big signal too.Than Jeff TZ4AM came on my NW

Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night

2021-12-21 Thread Roger Kennedy
Now that we're properly into Winter, maybe we'll get more activity on CW (and not just during contests!) The idea is to get as many people on 160m on the same night as possible (I know that at the weekend many have family commitments). A lot of people complain that the only activity these days

Re: Topband: So2r and diversity receive

2021-12-21 Thread Michael Walker
For any 6000 series, you want to use SO2R not SO2V as it really isn't configured for SO2V. Yes, I use Diversity all the time on 80M and 160M as I have a DX Engineering Active antenna mounted on the property and for some contests, it has allowed me to hear things that I can't hear otherwise. I

Topband: Topband antenna description on my website updated

2021-12-21 Thread Henk PA5KT via Topband
Hi, I updated the article about by 160/80 vertical. See: https://www.pa5kt.com/index.php/projects/15-vertical-for-160m-80m 73 Henk PA5KT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: So2r and diversity receive

2021-12-21 Thread Ignacy Misztal
Did anybody try SO2R or SO2V contesting on 160 with Flex 6600? Normally I use diversity of the main TX antenna and beverages. With the TX antenna most of the signals are readable but weaker ones are just a trace. WIth the beverage often signals from other directions are not present. When running