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K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 7/4/2012 7:45 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
> Allan,
>
> You can terminate your Topband account and catch up by reviewing the archive
> at:
>
> http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/topband
>
> Establish a new Topband subscription when you re
ht get into the matching aspects of this experiment
but I had plenty of signal strength using the coax directly
with the loop setting in my 'other room' of my ground floor apartment
I just thought it would be nice to have a symmetrical pattern
rather than the odd ball one I have now
--
Tom, you might also wish to reread ZR's comment
before you accuse him
of accusing on4un of "lying and trying to mislead"
ZR's statement imo simply says:
ON4UN's *SOURCES* may have been misleading
to protect *THEIR* commercial endeavors
> ON4UN's book is minimally useful since his sources dont rev
translated into miles :-)
KB5NJD 245mi
WD5R 640mi
N7DF 244mi
K7CA 800mi
N03M1308mi
N0TT 650mi
W5XZ 359mi
KG7H1448mi
N3RN1090mi
K9YC1321mi
NM5S 361mi
KI0I 593mi
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/17/2012 9:17 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> I ended up
ould hear, with the exception of
a few (4-5) that I heard answering other folks cq's,
but never heard them anywhere calling cq themselves.
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/17/2012 8:15 PM, Jim F. wrote:
> I operated about 2 hours in the Stew but enjoyed it to the max.
>
> Co
oops, did I forget to mention my S-9 24/7 noise floor, my bad
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/16/2012 9:46 AM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> you want to talk alligators
> try a 7' tall vertical @ 20' as your only TX/RX antenna
> and a bottom floor apartment, where I might try a 6
you want to talk alligators
try a 7' tall vertical @ 20' as your only TX/RX antenna
and a bottom floor apartment, where I might try a 6' loop
if I can build it in the next few hours, hi hi
gud luck Tim
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/16/2012 8:28 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
&g
hours under the cans
with lots of crashes in my ears and no Q's to show for it
starts to fall in the 'I'd rather be beating my head against the wall' category
I know, just no dang dedication at all from us 65yr old youngin's these days
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6
Nice one Bill, I had found intellicast
but not that part of their site
once we get into the 'real time' question of
where the storms are limiting folks reception abilities
this site works pretty well:
http://www.strikestarus.com/
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/15/2012 9:23 PM
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Surface/Forecast48.aspx
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K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/15/2012 9:18 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> the closest I have found is this *STATIC* map forecast
> for 48 hours out that's 8pm Sat. night
>
> what I was hoping for was a map similar to t
pt
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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/15/2012 6:22 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> slightly OT
> I'm looking for a link to a web site that will show me a continuous map
> covering the time from now through when the Stew Perry is over.
>
> Why?
> I'm trying to decide w
states are predicted to have
thunderboomers or not during the night time hours of the Stew
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 6/15/2012 12:39 PM, Brian Moran wrote:
> 160meters. 14 operating hours. Starts at 1500z tomorrow.
>
> http://jzap.com/k7rat/s
brand name and model numbers would be helpful please
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 4/5/2012 10:21 AM, Jim F. wrote:
> I bought two LED 40 watt equivalent 110V. light bulbs from Home Depot that
> use only 9 watts of power, for $9.99 ea.
>
> They seemed like a good deal
tells you what the propagation should be
over any path right now, but they are planning on offering a
predictive tool.
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
___
UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
various Low Noise antennas used with their K3s
just interested in the AGC and AF/RF gain and ATT settings
Specifically with their K3 configuration settings
for AGC DCY HLD PLS SLP THR -S and -F
are something I can try here
TIA
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
___
ill be there
if thunderstorms permit that is
P.S.
if you are a QRPer you know the Stew Perry
is the ONLY contest 160m or anywhere,
that we are treated with any respect by the rest of hamdom.
You have it we will come! Nuff said
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 3/18/2012 12:01 PM, Tree wrote:
> Think
are there any plans for a Jine Stew Perry this year?
last year it was on 1500Z, Jun 18 to 1500Z, Jun 19, 2011
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 3/16/2012 10:09 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT wrote:
> I think we need a July contest.
>
> Dave WX7G
ew Perry
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 2/25/2012 1:07 PM, chacuff wrote:
> Anyone care to comment on last evenings propagation for the CQ SSB contest?
>
>> From the deep south there just was no DX going on. Spots were very slim as
> well...
>
> I'd
add a lower case l to the end of that
http://www.midnightscience.com/ultrasonics.html
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/21/2011 7:27 PM, Lee Ward wrote:
> Phil, W0XI, has put a kit ultrasonic detector on the market. Well worth
> looking into.
>
> http://www.midnightscience.com
I haven't built or used one, yet
but I have often thought it might be a good idea
to put a laser on one, kinda like pointing a weapon with a laser
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/21/2011 4:04 PM, W2PM wrote:
> I have used one which the ARRL RF lab brought down here to address a ve
2 weeks (new mode for me)
that about covers my 160m ops from my city apartment in WTX.
YMMV
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/21/2011 8:07 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been slowly wading into the 160 meter CW waters since the Stew.
> I'm retired and don'
1200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html
Yippie, QRP 5w out of the rig 300mw off the antenna it is.
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
___
UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
just add the ail
on the end of the broken link in your browser
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/15/2011 3:55 PM, Wayne Kline wrote:
>
> Nope Still Broke Wayne W3EA
> > From: w0...@nc.rr.com
>> To: topband@contesting.com
>> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:47:42 -050
If you are interested in testing your ability to differentiate
between a couple of tones take this test:
http://tonometric.com/adaptivepitch/
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
___
UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
opied
perhaps what you are running into is
someone who is tired of the 3-4 intermediate attempts at normal speeds
and just cuts to the chase and reduces speed to get it done more quickly?
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/4/2011 7:41 PM, Steven Raas wrote:
> Here is one thing
> that REALL
ir endless
calls are being ignored. You are not alone Jimmy.
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 12/3/2011 4:38 PM, james soto wrote:
> Been testing the inverted L that i install few weeks ago.last night work
> couple caribbean stations and also few north american .band been pretty noisy
>
; 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 10/21/2011 2:03 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> For those wishing to give their RX antennas a real world test
>
> I will be operating QRP in the Pre Stew Perry this weekend,
> from DM91, central West Texas, San Angelo to be specific.
>
> Now for the added t
ast the hour?
I'm open for suggestions
how I might get the most out of the band
in the times from SS -1hr to SR +2-3 hrs ?
TIA
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 10/21/2011 2:03 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> For those wishing to give their RX antennas a real world test
>
> I will be
r of QSO's is so low, as to be boring...
(pun intended, hi hi)
I may have to opt for running as a big gun QRO 100w x 6%=6w tx signal
in the November Stew Perry and only be worth 2 contact points.
your log entry will help decide, TIA
--
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
k your way into completing the Q. ;-)
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 2/2/2011 12:27 PM, bruce whitney wrote:
> K8OT I guess I will break my code of silence on this issue. I haven't really
> been at this too long - but you might want to keep in mind that with the
> extreme conditions
noise, you want to talk noise.?
http://pages.suddenlink.net/k5oai/2011-rfi-noise.html
GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan
On 1/6/2011 11:57 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:
> Wow, the QRN is deafening. I can hear F5IN at his sunrise 599 to 10 over,
> but the static is jumping to 20 over on my inverted
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