Re: Topband: K9W

2013-11-15 Thread Gary Smith
Missed them, was trying at the wrong times I guess. Was listening at their Sun rise afterward, was up till 3AM several nights trying. guess I should have been listening at my SR. So here's W8A I'm listening for I'm not hearing them at my grayline but I hear plenty of others banging away for

Re: Topband: K9W

2013-11-15 Thread N1BUG
The first night they were on, K9W peaked 599 and a bit over here in central Maine around 0800z. Amazing! They were very readable for hours, but that was the peak. There was a secondary, much weaker peak at sunrise that morning. After that first night, conditions were never as good again.

Re: Topband: K9W

2013-11-15 Thread Jim GM
K9W was a well running machine. Wish I could say the same about this inverted L. It worked great on 160 and 40M at the beginning of the expedition and worked em on these bands. Tried on 80M and higher frequencies just no luck hearing them then along try to work em. Propagation maybe? My antenna,

Topband: K9W

2013-11-13 Thread Gary Smith
Hoping to get K9W on top band tonight. I couldn't hear them last night but see they were on after I went to bed. I snooze, I lose... 73, Gary KA1J --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _ Topband

Topband: K9W at their sunset, FB copy on 160 CW

2013-11-06 Thread Mark Lunday
I am paying for it today, but it was worth it to stay up until 2:30 AM local East Coast time this morning to work K9W. No crowds, no lids. QRN from lightning in Midwest, but the HiZ 4 square made the signal Q5 easy copy. These ops are top notch, which helps too. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro,

Re: Topband: K9W at their sunset, FB copy on 160 CW

2013-11-06 Thread Les Kalmus
Nice going. I worked them at 1121Z, ten minutes before my sunrise this AM. Good signal and little QRM. Inverted L and a beverage. Les W2LK On 11/6/2013 10:55 AM, Mark Lunday wrote: I am paying for it today, but it was worth it to stay up until 2:30 AM local East Coast time this morning to

Re: Topband: K9W on Top BAnd

2013-11-05 Thread Eugene Popov /RA0FF/
Yes, at K9W good rx antennas. Yesterday observed their activity on 160м. K9W  signal (and more a little others) here: http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/160m/ears.html 73! de Eugene RA0FF http://dx.bgtelecom.ru http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/ Понедельник, 4 ноября 2013, 9:57 -06:00 от Doug Renwick

Topband: K9W on Top BAnd

2013-11-04 Thread Doug Renwick
Yes K9W had an excellent, easy to work, signal into Saskatchewan this morning. Doug Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing. -Original Message- Good signal tonight http://youtu.be/5tpoCRuXdu0 -- Vlad/RA4LW _ Topband Reflector