G'day Topbanders,
Sad to say condx were abysmal, for the CQWW 160m CW contest, at least as
far as VK6 to Asia and Stateside is concerned.Tree summed it up very well.
I listened from 1/2 hour before my SS at 1119z and throughout Saturday
evening. There were plenty of extremely weak traces on
Greetings Topbanders,
I'm sorry to say the Stew was just about a non-event in this part of the
world. The only stateside station I heard/worked was Tree, K7RAT, within
the 1st hour, when he peaked up at his SR. The following evening (VK6
time), I was set and ready to go, about 1/2 hour before
G'day folks,
It's uncanny how often the various Stew events coincide with poor
propagation and/or severe QRN. Propagation between VK6 and stateside has
been very good recently, with the exception of last weekend, when it was
pretty dismal. Throw in the first significant thunderstorm activity
Hi Topbanders, I hope you enjoyed the Stew/LBJ contest as much as I did,
despite less than stellar conditions and thanks to Tree and the Boring
guys for organising the splendid event.
Some observations on propagation during the Stew/LBJ from down under
At the start of the contest I worked
Hi all,
I'm glad to report that Greg, formerly ZL3IX is not a silent key, he now
resides in ZS1 land. I confused him with someone else.
Sorry for the error and thanks to Tom, G3OLB for the advise.
73, Phil VK6GX.
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Hi fellow Top Banders,
I agree with Steve's (VK6VZ) and others observations, regarding what one
might consider long distances on 160m, depending on their location and
antennas. As Steve says, Perth is a long way from everywhere, (great for
the Stew)!
At certain times of year, working east
Very sad to hear of Bob's passing. He was always one of the better
signals out of Stateside and a pleasure to work.
My condolences to his friends and family.
73 old friend, Phil VK6GX (ex VK6ABL).
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During our southern hemisphere winter, there is a brief opportunity to
work South America, which being directly over the south pole from VK6,
is our ultimate challenge on 160m. I spent a couple of years trying to
give Manuel, LU5OM, zone 29 on 160m, as did Steve, VK6VZ. I heard Manuel
many
Hi All,
In case some haven't heard, VK hams can apply for a "2x1" contest only
callsign, with the following prefixes:- VJ, VK and VL. I will be
operating in the Stew as VL6M.
This past week, I have resurrected my East and Northeast Beverage's,
following last February's bush fire, now that
Very well deserved Steve, excellent work all round, inspirational and a
great help to others.
Congratulations, Phil VK6GX.
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G'day All,
Several months ago I purchased a custom built PC for my shack, from a
long established local dealer, as I had used them many times before. I
had been prepared to build it myself, but upon investigation I found
that the dealer could build it cheaper than I could, plus load and test
Hi Guys,
The last few weeks have seen some good openings to stateside from VK6
and some very strong signals, on a relatively quiet band, so I was
looking forward to the Stew, however, the first serious thunderstorm
activity of our approaching summer, picked the Stew weekend to fire up
and
Hi All,
Like Luke VK3HJ, I only managed to work one stateside station, K7RAT and
that was a battle due to the northern hemisphere QRN that Don, WD8DSB
mentioned is a great impediment and deterrent to many. I noted
particularly intense thunderstorm activity north of Fort Worth, TX and I
G'day All,
Good propagation two days running to W1 land on the long path and to EU.
I worked K1KI, K1CP and K1WHS between 12 and 24 minutes past my SR
(2142z) today, on 1822.5kHz and I'm pretty sure there was at least
another W amongst the EU's I was also hearing.
Some southern summer QRN
Hi Guys,
I was copying W1AW on 1802.5kHz on the long path at my SR (2141z) today.
I have worked VE1 and W1 many times LP, but never heard W1AW on 160m
before, possibly because of their schedule not coinciding with my SR. It
was audible until 2220z. I will be QRV on 1822.5kHz at my SR tomorrow
Hi Folks,
What a sad weekend, first we lost Jack, VE1ZZ and now I hear that Svein,
LA3XI has also passed on.
Both were often the only signals I could hear from their respective
parts of the world on 160m, both outstanding signals and both had
excellent ears.
Lets honour these two fine
Hi All,
Very sad to hear of Jack's passing, my condolences to his friends and
family.
I had the pleasure of working him many times on top band, both short
and long path, sometimes on the same day.
Thanks to Jeff VY2ZM and Mike VE9AA, for their reminiscences and
description of his superb
Hi Topbanders,
I have just experienced my first Stew in the northern hemisphere as
G3YC, operating in the S/O, low power, pathetic antenna category. A
memorable experience, and I now appreciate even more the need for a good
RX front end.
Whilst researching a rare bird for my mother, I came
Hi Folks,
Thanks to the guys at Boring ARC for providing us with yet another Stew
event, I hope this one becomes a permanent fixture.
Conditions were very poor from this isolated part of the planet and late
summer QRN made it tough going.
No EU contacts, I only heard a few weak Russian
Propagation let us down over the weekend, I only heard one northern
hemisphere station the entire weekend on Top Band, N6RK, who was very
weak, operating in the AA contest on Saturday evening VK6 time. As a
result, I only worked one station in the Summer Stew, VK3IO.
On a more encouraging note,
G'Day Topbanders,
There is propagation between the hemispheres for those willing to battle
the QRN during the northern summer, just as we do down-under, during our
summer.
We hope to hear a few northerners, who don't mind doing it tough, during
the Summer Stew this weekend. See
G'day All,
I was planing to participate in the Stew, unfortunately severe
thunderstorm activity in VK6 made it impossible to hear any DX. I will
be there for the Big Stew, QRN permitting.
73, Phil VK6GX.
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I'm very sad to hear of the passing of yet another great operator. Bob
had extremely good ears on Top Band. In August 1988, when I was in the
process of selling my previous home in the northern suburbs of Perth, I
had taken down all my antennas, but after a few weeks of radio
deprivation, I
Very sad to hear of Bob's passing.
Apart from being a great bloke and 160m operator, he was a master linear
amp constructor and frequently sent me pictures of his latest projects,
a true craftsman.
I am lucky to have one of his custom built 160m GS-35B units.
That little 42 foot vertical of
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