Re: Topband: 2012/13 season opening up?

2012-08-15 Thread Tom W8JI
Don't take this the wrong way, but 160 meters is open all summer and all winter long ***if*** people take time to operate. This is especially true in the southern USA with our shorter summer daylight period. It isn't unusual to work northern Europe or Japan even in mid-summer. There really is j

Re: Topband: 2012/13 season opening up?

2012-08-15 Thread Jon Zaimes AA1K
I'm vacationing in coastal Maine and playing a bit of radio. Worked ZL3IX this morning, 15 minutes past sunrise. Greg was 579 on a couple of pieces of wire I'm phasing with the NCC-1 box and not quite as good on the TX antenna. Using a tree-supported Inverted L with six 1/4 wave on-the-rock rad

Re: Topband: 2012/13 season opening up?

2012-08-14 Thread John Harden, D.M.D.
On 8/14/2012 1:47 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > At Eu sunrise this morning, got an RBN spot from GW8IZR at 12 dB and > right afterwards worked G4EIM for my first cross-pond for the season. > Seems early, but I'll sure take it. Bring it on. 73, Guy. > __

Topband: 2012/13 season opening up?

2012-08-14 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
At Eu sunrise this morning, got an RBN spot from GW8IZR at 12 dB and right afterwards worked G4EIM for my first cross-pond for the season. Seems early, but I'll sure take it. Bring it on. 73, Guy. ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK