Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-19 Thread Mike Waters
Good grief! Probably stolen for the copper. :-( Maybe they could get some plated steel electric fence wire, and make some spacers somehow. That works better than copper. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Jan 19, 2018 9:10 PM, "W0MU Mike Fatchett" wrote: I saw on the cluster that their

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-19 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
daraym...@iowatelecom.net [mailto:daraym...@iowatelecom.net] Sent: 19 January 2018 17:09 To: Roger Kennedy; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: E31 Roger. . they are not hearing NA either. There has been some mention of them dropping a coax over the side of the building and putting up a Beverage. No

Topband: E31

2018-01-19 Thread Roger Kennedy
@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: E31 Roger. . they are not hearing NA either. There has been some mention of them dropping a coax over the side of the building and putting up a Beverage. Not sure whether that is fact of someone's wishful thinking. In any case, I'm sure they are doing

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-19 Thread daraymond
-Original Message- From: Roger Kennedy Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 10:56 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: E31 Yes, they're obviously having problems Receiving on 160 . . . I heard half the world calling him the other night . . . he just kept calling CQ over and over

Topband: E31

2018-01-19 Thread Roger Kennedy
Yes, they're obviously having problems Receiving on 160 . . . I heard half the world calling him the other night . . . he just kept calling CQ over and over ! If he has/had a Beverage, I bet it's pointing to the USA ! Roger G3YRO _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread daraymond
Topband Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:24 AM To: topBand List Subject: Re: Topband: E31 Last night they were weaker here in Eastern EU then the two previous days. Have the country confirmed so didn't call. Possibly future DX peditions will use the alternative RX antenna approach not to feed

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread Victor Goncharsky via Topband
Last night they were weaker here in Eastern EU then the two previous days. Have the country confirmed so didn't call. Possibly future DX peditions will use the alternative RX antenna approach not to feed locals with cupper wires. Fortunately, pingwins don't steal wires so hopefully the Bouvet

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread Mark K3MSB
Hi Steve I noticed the same thing. The pileup was considerably wider, but he typically stayed within the 1 to 2 KHz up slot.I had my bandwidth set to 1.2 KHz when I switched to his RX frequency, and my VFO was on 23.66 and it didn’t move for me to hear most of the responders! NT2X spotted

Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread Steven R Daniel, D.D.S.
I called unsuccessfully for quite some time. I noticed that, on the stations I could spot, he stayed within the range of 1-2 up. I did not spot anyone higher than that. Just FYI. Steve, NN4T --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread Greg
. Com <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Topband: E31 ​Solid copy on them from my ss to their sr. But obvious they were having great difficulty hearing. And also obvious some stations in pile were getting frustrated. I'm very happy the folks there are putting in the effort to get on 160 for

Topband: E31

2018-01-18 Thread Ron Spencer
​Solid copy on them from my ss to their sr. But obvious they were having great difficulty hearing. And also obvious some stations in pile were getting frustrated. I'm very happy the folks there are putting in the effort to get on 160 for us! I think how frustrated THEY must be: travel all that