There are excellent cw operators, the best on 160m, if there is a remote
chance of working a country on 160m it is with the knowledge that these low
band operators have.
Please leave aside the subject of contributions, I imagine that they are
not made so that they can give you the qsos, at least w
On 9/1/2024 5:51 PM, Wes Stewart via Topband wrote:
If you look at Clublog stats, you'll see fewer than half of the Qs are
on CW. Furthermore, 53% of the Qs are with EU, and 37% are with NA. I
did a rough count once and EU had only 60% of the ham population of the
US.
I suspect that's at
eters, I've been able to work them on all the bands. Thanks for sharing
Mike. 73, Bob K3UL
-Original Message-
From: Topband On
Behalf Of Mike Smith VE9AA
Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2024 5:12 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: CY9C topband CW
I know virtually nothing
I just looked at the list of operators. There are at least four hardcore
CW operators among the crew. There may be others among the crew who are
proficient CW operators, but I am not familiar with everyone on the
roster. I suspect a lot of what is driving the high FT8 count are the
poor conditi
Interesting that their original announcement said:
"CW will be emphasized but with a good mix of SSB, FT8 (using Super Fox) and
RTTY."
If you look at Clublog stats, you'll see fewer than half of the Qs are on CW.
Furthermore, 53% of the Qs are with EU, and 37% are with NA. I did a rough
I know virtually nothing about the current CY9C operation, but I was there
in 1997 with K7BV and VE1PZ.
I have no doubt at all judging by who is on the team, they are trying their
best !
It's pretty rocky, but there is a 360* view and very close to salt water no
matter where you are on the tiny n
As far as I could tell, they weren't on 160 CW at all last night, just
digital on 1836. In contrast, they were copiable on 80m just about all
night last night whereas before last night, I had to wait until an hour
before their SR before they even came up out of the noise enough to tell
they were t
Could not hear CY9C at all last night on 160. Conditions changed or
something. Hoping for a 160 contact b4 they depart.
W0MU
On 8/31/2024 2:41 AM, Andree DL8LAS via Topband wrote:
Hey topbanders,
tonight it was possible to copyCY9C im DL.Their signal was in the QRN and not
really loud, but
Hey topbanders,
tonight it was possible to copyCY9C im DL.Their signal was in the QRN and not
really loud, but after a few calls they had my call correctly in the log.Here a
short video from CY9C on 160m.
https://youtu.be/KdCWQBkKN4U?si=alAkq1kwLcbyNbte
73 Andy DL8LAS
www.dl8las.com
