Topband: E51D tonight

2023-09-07 Thread Wes Stewart via Topband
George, I think I was the first through on FT8  I had previously decommissioned the 160 Inverted L for the season after working you on CW, but decided to fill out my Bingo card with an FT8 QSO.  (Not my favorite mode, but we have a friendly "who works the most slots" club competition so it's nec

Topband: W9EWZ

2023-09-07 Thread Jim Brown
I was mistaken. 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: W9EWZ Calling E51D

2023-09-07 Thread Jim Brown
His TX is NOT in EN52 -- he's VERY LOUD near San Francisco 73, Jim K9YC _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Last night on top band for E51D

2023-09-07 Thread GEORGE WALLNER
Hi Jim, I never got anything on TB at or just after our SS. We are south of the Equator and the ITCZ thunderstorms are still pretty strong this early in the evening, putting a lot of QRN between us and NA (and EU). Things calm down after 0900 Z and NA comes in mostly strong. 73, George On Th

Re: Topband: Last night on top band for E51D

2023-09-07 Thread Jim Brown
Hi Guys, Have been looking for you B4 and around your sunset, but don't see you. I usually have decent prop down that way. 73, Jim K9YC (Near San Francisco) On 9/7/2023 2:54 PM, Don Greenbaum wrote: E51D will QRT at 17:00 UTC Sept 8. Tonight will be our last night on top band and it will be

Topband: Last night on top band for E51D

2023-09-07 Thread Don Greenbaum
E51D will QRT at 17:00 UTC Sept 8. Tonight will be our last night on top band and it will be on FT8, 1848 Fox/Hound Mode. George has made 1238 qsos in the past 10 days. Last night we made an additional 194. We hope to add another 200 tonight before going QRT. See you then. AA7JV and N1DG

Re: Topband: E51D was banging in this morning at 579 hr in Ohio right through moderately heavy QRN.

2023-09-07 Thread W3HKK
on 3523.1 khz. started out Q4 but around 0900z built up to a solid 579 and armchair copy on my 52 ft vertical leg 80m INV-L ( essentially a qtr wave vert) but as it is still lawn mowing season, it was working against a single ground rod. All 26 radials are coiled up and hanging from a Black Walnut

Re: Topband: E51D Approximate Low Band Schedule Sep08-9

2023-09-07 Thread kq2m
On 2023-09-04 14:40, GEORGE WALLNER wrote: Mike Thanks for the recording. The ground under the TX antenna is salt-water. No radials. 73, George Hi George, Thank you for the 80 cw qso at 0921z this morning - you were a solid 589 in CT! Unfortunately I missed you on Tuesday on 160 CW when