Lots of useful stuff posted, but I haven't seen anything on why
propagation was so poor. Is this is a function of solar flux up, 160m
down, or what? It's often said that 160/80 are much better at the bottom
of the cycle, so do the lowbanders now have to wait several more years?
Brian VE7JKZ
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From: "Ken"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions/zero beat
>A few points on the zero beat issue:
>
> Some rigs are difficult to "zero beat". For example, my TS-440:
>
> 1) does
Well said Joe,
I enjoy the thrill and challenge of just working 160 much less getting my
drawls in a wad over it. :-)
I don't have the real-estate to run Beverages, EWEs, or other such RX antennas.
I have a 125' Inverted L, three radials, and a whole lot of enjoyment.
I hope contesting or hammin
A few points on the zero beat issue:
Some rigs are difficult to "zero beat". For example, my TS-440:
1) does not have a ZB function
2) uses a 800 Hz offset while I prefer to listen to a lower tone (600-700 Hz).
Until I started using fldigi with it's waterfall, I didn't even realize what
t
You guys are awful hard on the folks who were off frequency, could not
hear , operating in the "prescribed DX window" etc. Everyone needs to
step back and consider the challenges that the 160 meter band poses. It
has what, 50 kHz of usable contest space (not usable band space) with
excursion
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From: Mike & Coreen Smith
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Topband
hear their neighbors
much less the DX.
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From: Wayne Mills
To: 'Brian_ve7jkz' ;topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Preston Smith wrote:
>
> Solution is simple, one yellow carding or delisting to check log and
> these guys would have a clean signal in the next contest guaranteed.
> But that is up to the sponsors. I'm not holding my breath.
>
> Pres, N6ss
>
Sounds like an easy wa
ills
To: 'Brian_ve7jkz' ; topband@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
"Bang on zero beat" IS a problem. I am noticing more and more of that as
(I
guess) more and more guys rely on SPOTTING SOFTWARE! Agh! It doe
> I was going to ask Wayne off-list about that statement. The more I have
> learned the more I realize I don't know. My guess was that he might know
> or observe something that others of us have missed somehow. Now that the
> question is on the list...I would like to know, too. Why would we want
>
ys would have a clean signal in the next contest guaranteed.
But that is up to the sponsors. I'm not holding my breath.
Pres, N6ss
> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:36:21 -0500
> From: Roger D Johnson
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Message-I
How about W7IJ who was 10 kc up and I had a drifty 519 signal off freq both
days...Mark W7MEM
-- Original Message --
From: Roger D Johnson
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:36:21 -0500
Many of the stations had very
Dead on Zero Beat is OK if there is only one station ZB. Same is true is there
is only one station up or down X number of hertz. The problem with newer
transceivers and the skimmers is that several answer ZB and that last filter,
the old ear, can't separate them when the signals are similar in s
On Sun, 2011-12-04 at 12:36 -0500, N1BUG wrote:
> > "Bang on zero beat" IS a problem. I am noticing more
> > and more of that as (Iguess) more and more guys rely
> > on SPOTTING SOFTWARE! Agh! It doesn't make any
> > sense to call exactly zero beat.
>
> Huh? As I stated earlier, out here wi
> "Bang on zero beat" IS a problem. I am noticing more
> and more of that as (Iguess) more and more guys rely
> on SPOTTING SOFTWARE! Agh! It doesn't make any
> sense to call exactly zero beat.
Huh? As I stated earlier, out here with the QRM and crowding if you
are not darn close to zero
Many of the stations had very clicky signals making it almost impossible
to hear anything between them. As this prevents someone getting close to
them and not having any reason to generate a clean signal, this problem
will persist.
73, Roger
On 12/4/2011 12:02 PM, Brian_ve7jkz wrote:
>
> I was a
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On Behalf Of Brian_ve7jkz
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:02 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: ARRL 160 conditions
Very disappointing indeed, although always nice to work the east
Very disappointing indeed, although always nice to work the east coast,
ME, WNY, VA, MAR (PEI) etc from the wet coast. And CE3 was a nice one.
For the propagation experts out there did the poor conditions reflect
the increasing solar flux as the new cycle gets going? Or is it just one
of those
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