Topband: CW Activity Last Night

Good to see lots of stations on Top Band last night ! Signals were pretty good across the Pond, and peaking around 0300Z . . . . curiously the band seemed to fade out after 0400Z. Sadly, I still have a local noise coming from the West of me (the direction my Receive Loop is pointing, which

Topband: 160m activity

I was very active on 160 during the 60s and early 70s then gave up radio for about 50 years and came back 4 years ago. Almost all my activity is 160m CW, I don’t have a microphone, I have a PC but it is not connected to my radio and I don’t use computer logging and certainly have no interest in

Topband: Eu activity

Hi George I will try at UK sunrise around 0717z 73 Richard G3OQT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Wednesday activity report

I hope that conditions in our southern Ukraine will soon improve. And now it's almost summer here. I don’t remember when it was so warm here. Nature works wonders... --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Paul Mcl писал 2023-11-04 14:18: Some action here last two nights before bedtime:

Re: Topband: Wednesday activity report

Some action here last two nights before bedtime: 2nd Nov, 20 min session N4XD, K3UL, N2MF, AA1QW 3rd Nov, 30 min session N1PGA, W3BGN, N4XD, VA2MD Regards Paul MM0ZBH On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 06:26, uy0zg via Topband wrote: > Hi > > I also didn’t manage to open the season in the USA today. > >

Re: Topband: Wednesday activity report

Hi I also didn’t manage to open the season in the USA today. RBN readings are almost non-existent. N4XD heard and called me (I saw his comment in the dx cluster). But you RON noticed that your CQ was not seen by any RBN in Europe. Even England... These are the nuances of the conditions.

Topband: Wednesday activity report

OK1CF/Karel heard about 0040 UTC calling CQ, very deep QSB going from Q5 copy down to nothing and back again. K4TL worked him from Florida but I was not heard. I called CQ numerous times but no replies. Even with 500 watts I was not making it onto any of the RBN spotters from EU. Went up to

Topband: CW Activity

Well given the comments about lack of DX activity on 160m, I'm going to start the promotion of a Wednesday CW Activity Night again. (I hadn't bothered this Season up til now, due partly to very poor conditions, and also my recent Noise problem) There has traditionally been DX activity on

Re: Topband: CW activity

Roger, I stopped by the shack last night to listen for sigs...heard nothing for 15 minutes or so. til the xyl called me to watch the Olympics. I need to warm up the amp and put out a few CQs instead of listening. Maybe tonight. Bob -From:

Re: Topband: 160m activity night

Roger, G3YRO: Good to work you again. But Ive been caught with my pants down...err I mean with my radials up. Coiled up for summer mowing but now its too cold and snowy to lay them out. So Ive been working radial-less. The 52 ft tall 1/4 wave L with a single 8 ft ground rod still works, but not as

Re: Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

If you are hanging ropes over tree branches which tend to be abrasive I would highly recommend the "Wouff Hang" as designed by Roy Lewallen, W7EL.    He had an article in QST, October 2019 which describes the device made up a of several pieces of electrical conduit and PVC pipe which you pull

Re: Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

On 9/25/2021 7:19 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: Re the Flexweave, I didn't recognize the name so I googled it, and who knew...?  It sounds like it might work very well for the whole inverted L, and these days it's not appreciably more expensive than #14 THHN. I don't recommend it. I bought

Re: Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

I had to laugh - I'm sure that the couple of box wrenches I lost in the trees behind my townhouse in Reston, VA are still there - or if not, do you suppose people thought they grew there somehow? Re the Flexweave, I didn't recognize the name so I googled it, and who knew...?  It sounds like

Re: Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

In the pulley snag conundrum, I found that the small marine grade stainless steel, ball bearing pulleys would handle the black sheathed 3/16 in parachute cord style rope and never a snag. They also pull very easy as the bearing never freezes up from exposure to merely (vs. salt) water. I also

Re: Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

On 9/25/2021 1:23 PM, w3...@roadrunner.com wrote: I dont use pullies since so often the rope slips off the roller and into the crack between the roller and the U-bracket. So I just tied a rope to the other side of the insulator and hoist. This suggests a mismatch of pulley dimensions to rope

Topband: NA activity + Inv-L corner insulator

. Here in Ohio we are still having moderate QRN especially in the evenings. When I get on at our SR, the VK/ZL boys are often coming through fairly well with much less QRN. My INV-L has a ceramic insulator at the apex, which is held in place by 3/16" black synthetic rope of some kind ( Home Depot

Re: Topband: Wednesday activity

This morning Thursday local VK east coast time: 160 m, very weak unworkable signals only. I went to 80 m and worked a few quite decent signals. Most of you have Wednesday night activity around our Thursday noon, so I cannot participate then! 73 es HNY, Luke VK3HJ _

Topband: Wednesday activity

Only had 30 minutes, but worked LB1G and SM0BYD with just 100 watts. Also heard S53CC good copy but could not get through. Not too shabby. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972 QRP ARCI #16497

Topband: Wednesday activity night

Not bad at all considering we are under a geomagnetic storm warning. Tried 100 watts to my inverted L, but not enough juice so I put the 400W amp online. Worked * G3YRO - Roger (first time QSO) * OM2XW - Jan * OZ7YY - Finn (first time in 9 years since we worked) * RX3APM -

Re: Topband: CW Activity Night

Cndx have been ok but with sometimes deep qsb that all but makes a station that was strong at first all but disappear. QSOs in the W3HKK log include: OM2XW - OK1CF - F5IN - DG1CMZ - SM5EDX - DL8LAS the last two nights, plus another 8 stations hearing my CQs on the RBN. A few spots have been

Re: Topband: Wed Activity Night....

The past couple of nights have been fair. Hrd an LZ1 quite well but he didnt copy me enough to get my complete call sign ( 700w to INV-L at 52 ft + 26 coiled radials here). Then Sun night worked a flurry of G3'PQA, G3XHQ, G3OLB, plus 2-3 more in the noise I couldnt quite fish out. Then ON7PQ, and

Re: Topband: 160 activity night

That plus the bandwidth of 160M antennas were probably taken into account in the decision to put it at 1.840. Moving the FT8 frequency much higher would shut a lot of the CW guys that like both modes. 73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Oct 9, 2020, at 19:48, Mail 10 wrote: > > I rarely

Re: Topband: 160 activity night

I rarely see CW activity much above 1830 kHz. The only issue I see from time to time is SSB interference to the 1840 kHz FT8 channel. VK band is 1800 - 1875 kHz. If a particular mode were moved above 1900 kHz, some here would miss out. We would have to do what JA FT8 ops did until recently

Re: Topband: 160 activity night

In Region 1 there is no 160m band above 1900 for most countries. 1840 is a good place, it only takes 2.5kHz of spectrum. Anyway as there are no cw stations at all most of the 160m band is not used most of the time. I did try to cq on cw some weeks ago when I did have holidays but no

Re: Topband: 160m activity

On 10/9/2020 8:26 AM, VE6WZ_Steve wrote: There is still a great deal of CW activity on 160m ! What we need is more guys calling CQ and less just listening and saying that no one is active! In the Summer Stew, I enjoyed a good rate for an hour or two after west coast sunset, then my rate

Topband: 160 activity night

I enjoy low band dxing and contesting. And have an above average set up. All that said, I get on when I want.or not. Last I checked ham radio is still a hobby not an obligation. Re FT8: My only gripe is its location on 1840. PLENTY of room above 1900 so it wouldn't interfere with other

Topband: 160m activity

There is still a great deal of CW activity on 160m ! What we need is more guys calling CQ and less just listening and saying that no one is active! With the usual very fast QSB on 160m, just scanning the band and listening for RBN spots will not work very well. Especially if everyone is just

Topband: VK Activity

Greetings, I worked VK3HJ, VK3IO and VK2WF this AM with the first Q 1 minute past SR and the last Q 35 minutes past SR. All three stations were at least S5 and had very readable signals. Contrary with past SR experience, my 400 foot beverage worked the best for RX. It is very exciting to

Re: Topband: CW Activity Last Night

Roger, Last night I had CW QSOs with OZ7YY, OK1CF, OK1TP, IV3PRK, SM4DHF and ON7PQ. Most signals were very solid. It was great to connect t with Luis. I have had between 3 and 6 EU QSOs every night for the last week. I heard your CQ a few nights ago and called but you didn’t hear me. I was CQ

Topband: CW Activity Last Night

There were several of us Europeans on calling CQ DX last night . . . But despite RBN Reports being reasonable from NA Stations, I didn't hear anyone get any replies. I'll certainly be popping on again tonight, in the hope of some contacts. Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives:

Re: Topband: CW Activity

If you want to find out about QRN somewhere you don't have to ask on an email list. You can just go to windy.com or www.lightningmaps.org and see for yourself. Also lightningmaps has a gray line plot so you can see where dawn and dusk are. Rob K5UJ _ Searchable Archives:

Topband: CW Activity

Had a lot of direct replies, saying most of you in North America still have a lot of thunderstorms, so it's usually still very noisy on 160m. We hardly have any thunderstorms, even in Summer over here . . . so now we're heading into Autumn there's no QRN whatsoever ! I shall come on the band

Re: Topband: CW Activity

I can't speak for others, but the last two mornings here in S. AZ have been pretty quiet.  I worked ZL yesterday and two VKs this morning and I use my TX inverted-l on RX.  This is supposed to be our rainy (thunderstorm) season, but we are having record high temperatures and record low

Topband: CW Activity

So do you guys still have a lot of QRN over there? Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

In Response, Yes, the trans equatorial propagation has been good but still thunder storm noise limited in North America. It can lower in late evening and in early morning hours. Len SM7BIC, sunset at AZ QTH is 02:42 UTC. Even then it takes the band an hour or so to settle down. My EU QSO

Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

Nice to hear you almost daily, Bob. Top Band is very slow during our winter time. It's good to see some activity at all. Yesterday I also worked AA1K and K3UL on the East Coast. Len, 0200z is midday here. I am quite certain we won't work at that time! I start to look for European stations as

Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

2020 18:47 Aan: Lennart M CC: Topband; W7RH Onderwerp: Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View Just for reference Len - sunset here is 0352 UTC. We still have a ways to go before we can work. Typically, I can work my first European in late August. Aug 31st sunset is 0251Z. Tree N6TR / K7RAT

Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

orning calling CQ but nil. Will try agn tmw > 73 and stay safe! > > Len SM7BIC > > -Ursprungligt meddelande- > Från: Topband telia@contesting.com> För W7RH > Skickat: den 22 juli 2020 18:05 > Till: Topband > Ämne: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View > &

Re: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

Hi Bob et al I was on at 0200 Z this morning calling CQ but nil. Will try agn tmw 73 and stay safe! Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband För W7RH Skickat: den 22 juli 2020 18:05 Till: Topband Ämne: Topband: 160m activity West Coast View Hi guys, 160m is not dead

Topband: 160m activity West Coast View

Hi guys, 160m is not dead. In late evening hours these stations have been active: LU5YF, LU5FC, V31MA and ZP9ME. In the early morning hours the following are quite active: JA5DQH until 11:00 UTC. ZL1AZ, VK6LW, VK3HJ, 8C52I, VK3CCC and VK3CWB. These are great stations to check out antennas

Topband: CW Activity

Message- From: Rick Kunath [mailto:k...@yahoo.com] Sent: 08 April 2020 13:40 To: Roger Kennedy; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: CW Activity Roger, Have you tried a LoG (Loop on Ground) receiving antenna? I have one here and it works wonders. Info at this site: http://www.kk5jy.net

Re: Topband: CW Activity

Roger, Have you tried a LoG (Loop on Ground) receiving antenna? I have one here and it works wonders. Info at this site: http://www.kk5jy.net/LoG/ I built mine a bit larger but it's non-critical in construction. It worked wonders for me. It's also essentially invisible too. I wanted to

Re: Topband: CW Activity

Hi Roger You are lucky to live in a quiet city. In our cities, the 160 m range is completely destroyed. We build our antennas away from cities and even villages. Currently, I can’t get to my radio station - passenger buses were canceled (due to the search for coronovirus). --- Nick,

Topband: CW Activity

To Steve & Don Sadly I live in the city, so not only have quite a high noise level, but no room for low noise Beverage receiving antennas, like many other DX-ers use. So I'm sorry I couldn't copy you calling me last night. I do have a Receiving Loop I made a couple of years ago . . . but it's

Re: Topband: CW Activity

early fall I and a lot of others will be QRV once again. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS -Original Message- From: VE6WZ_Steve Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 10:23 AM To: Roger Kennedy ; topband Subject: Re: Topband: CW Activity Roger, You had a very solid and strong signal here in VE6 last night

Re: Topband: CW Activity

Roger, You had a very solid and strong signal here in VE6 last night so your low dipole is working for TX, but you could not hear me calling. Your CQs were too long, because often by the time you finished your 5th or 6th CQ, the QSB took your signal down, and the peak was missed. Short CQs and

Re: Topband: CW Activity

-bounces+andrzej_aeg=interia...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Hoyer via Topband Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 1:54 PM To: ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: CW Activity I don't know where those RBN's are but here in southeastern PA at my station I have only

Re: Topband: CW Activity

: Topband: CW Activity Well there are quite a few EU stations on CW, calling CQ DX every night . . . but getting very few replies. I had about a dozen NA QSOs on Saturday night . . . but I've been on every night since, and no calls whatsoever! (although RBN reports were quite good, so the band

Topband: CW Activity

Well there are quite a few EU stations on CW, calling CQ DX every night . . . but getting very few replies. I had about a dozen NA QSOs on Saturday night . . . but I've been on every night since, and no calls whatsoever! (although RBN reports were quite good, so the band IS open) Roger G3YRO

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

I have been away for three weeks on holidays with no internet so I am late to this thread. I understand Bob’s question. During the last solar minimum, the EU path seemed to favour the southern latitudes compared to my VE6 location. It was very common to hear the boys in AZ, NE, CA and even OR

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

VP8PJ, in South Orkney is a 559 here tonight. A new one on 160 & my only other S. Orkney Q was on 15M in 1990. Amazingly it took two calls and he came back so N/S propagation is excellent right now. 73, Gary KA1J _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband -

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

I suspect that you are exactly right, Jim. :-) On Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 12:51 PM Jim Brown wrote: > > I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of > the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past > decade, with SMPS, variable speed motor

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

On 2/23/2020 5:09 AM, W7RH wrote: The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path perceived differences since last solar minimum. I suspect much of the difference may be RX noise levels at both ends of the path. The number of RX noise sources has mushroomed over the past

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

In the previous minimum I could work North West USA and West Canada almost every day. Now it is rare. The path to southwest USA and Carribean is better. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 23-2-2020 om 14:09 schreef W7RH: The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path perceived

Topband: 160m activity and propagation

The emphasis of my questions are based on European propagation path perceived differences since last solar minimum. One thing I am not is a Geophysicist, I have no training there. My comments are on perceived changes in the aurora ring density as viewed from my location in Arizona that would

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

UA7 is in zone 16 Good luck in CQWW 160 SSB Sam LY5W On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:29 PM Jim Brown wrote: > 3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU > stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their > sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17! > > Last

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

3-4 weeks either side of the winter solstice, I worked a dozen or so EU stations using FT8. Nearly all were on the daylight side of their sunrise. Best DX was a UA7 in Zone 17! Last weekend in ARRL DX CW, I worked a bunch of EU stations on 80M, most well into daylight after their sunrise.

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Isn't the auroral zone centered on the "geomagnetic pole" rather than the "magnetic pole"? Given that the geomagnetic pole is hardly moving at all in comparison with the magnetic pole, that would indicate that the location of the auroral zone itself shouldn't have moved too much since the

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

I worked him at 0500Z Wes  N7WS On 2/21/2020 11:50 AM, W7RH wrote: Yesterday I worked EA7X two hours after sunset and then the band closed. _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Thanks for the comments in this discussion. I have in previous posts commented on the magnetic north pole and it's migration towards Siberia. I feel this has been the primary cause of propagation disturbance at my location. That and I'm at the wrong distance from the aurora itself creating

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Roy Morgan wrote: > > In that same building is the US standard 1.1 million pound weight. That must have been used to measure our gold reserves accurately...藍 Cecil K5DL > > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband -

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Dave, Thanks for your reply. I am reminded that here I may have topographic maps from late 1800's possibly and from the late 1950's. I will dig them out to see what they show. I assume the numbers you show are for London. Also I'd expect to find accurate current values for my location on

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Years ago, I think the correction was more like 17 degrees in New England.  I did some work on the geomagnetic field some years ago, and remembered getting magnetic variations for London, England over the last few  centuries. The pole really does move. YEAR   DECL. 1600  8E 1650  1E 1700  7W

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Hello Frantisek and others, I wonder how much the magnetic pole has shifted. I have been reviewing the operation of the Brunton Pocket Transit here. It has an adjustment for declination - the angular difference between the magnetic North Pole and the true rotational axis North Pole. Here in

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

: Friday, February 21, 2020 3:57 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: 160m activity and propagation [External Email]: This email arrived from an external source - Please exercise caution when opening any attachments or clicking on links. Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments

Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Perhaps I was misunderstood by some in their comments regarding my post. As Larry N7DD pointed out the stations are there at least in the contests. My comments were pointed at changing propagation characteristics. It is no uncommon for huge swings between my location, N7DD near Tucson and

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

There is a many, many Russians on 160 meter FT8... - Original Message - From: "W7RH" To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:01:41 PM Subject: Topband: 160m activity and propagation Greeting all, This season has been interesting not because of

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Hey Bob, I found the season typical though signals in general were down from this part of the cycle. I did work 128 European stations in the CQ 160 which is a personal best for me. There were many nights when I had the EU RBN lit up with huge reports but no answers to many CQ's. I blame that on

Re: Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Hello Bob, I have no experience from the last solar minimum, but I heard plenty of stories! I was really looking forward to this minimum to see the improvements in 160 propagation. I was hoping to knock off some countries in deep Asia. (Yeah, right!) So far I am not impressed. That being

Topband: Wednesday activity nite.

Hello Roger & topbanders, I took a nap in the early evening, then was out on 160 a bit after 0300 UT. Activity was steady and the QRN level was pretty low. The QSB was in evidence, as usual, but I thought condx were pretty nice. I worked 56 stations in between making a sliding shelf for my

Topband: 160m activity and propagation

Greeting all, This season has been interesting not because of highlights but because of a noticeable change in propagation at least from my Arizona QTH. I will note from my perspective highlights have been few. Yesterday Dave W0FLS was holding court calling CQ. I could just barely hear the

Topband: 160m Activity Night

; From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of WILLIAM HILL > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:19 PM > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: 160m Activity Night > > Last evening like the past month or so I've been having trouble hearing Europe. I heard

Topband: 160m Activity Night

Last evening like the past month or so I've been having trouble hearing Europe. I heard N2MS trying to work G3YRO but I couldn't hear Roger. Sigh... Bill/W3WH _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Wednesday Activity Night

Well a couple of weeks ago it was great . . . lots of North American stations on the band for a few nights in a row . . . managed about 50 NA QSOs on cw over a couple of evenings. But I think that activity was just due to those stations coming on the band to try and work the various DX-peditions

Re: Topband: No activity

Hi Jorge: You might also keep in mind that most of us disconnect our beverage antennas during the spring and summertime here in the north because of storms and lightning. And, along with that, there are very high QRN levels many nights. But, I will listen for you and call if I hear you. Very

Re: Topband: no activity

Remember guys, this is Dayton weekend. Right now, the big 160m signals are in the 160m Dinner. Dennis W1UE On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 19:24 Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: > Hello > > is frustrating calling CQ on 80 and 160, with no answer. I just see the RBN > spots coming quickly, with good signals,

Re: Topband: no activity

Hello Gary yes, hope to work you this year also! This are the low bands years, would be good to be active!, some surprise will come with some DX´s! 73, Jorge Libre de virus. www.avast.com

Re: Topband: no activity

Hello Wes always my first calls are around 22-23 utc when i arrive at home. If condx are good (ie I received RBN reports), I call again after dinner, 02 utc, and I get up at before my sunrise that is 10:20 utc This is a good info http://reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0=cx6vm=dx See you

Re: Topband: no activity

Hi Jorge, Last night I heard a G3 calling around 1.825. I turned on the amp (a 3 minute wait) and called back barefoot but I was not heard and they went QRT. Shortly after my amp was ready but I heard nobody else. I will listen more to the south. That is unfortunately, the direction of much

Re: Topband: no activity

Jorge, I still listen.  What times are you on?  My SS is after 02:30Z at this time of year.  I am asleep at our nearly mutual greyline (3 AM local). Wes  N7WS On 5/17/2019 4:23 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: Hello is frustrating calling CQ on 80 and 160, with no answer. I just see the RBN

Topband: no activity

Hello is frustrating calling CQ on 80 and 160, with no answer. I just see the RBN spots coming quickly, with good signals, but no one answer the CQ´s I know many people on the north, dont do low bands on this season, but would me very good if they try. We have a very calm band, so I think is

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

XYL. She is 160 friendly es will be at Dayton with me. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: daraym...@iowatelecom.net Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:07 PM To: w...@w5zn.org; uy0zg Cc: Topband Subject: Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband Same thing here. . . .lightning

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For me, the amp was apart I could have used the spare amp but it's too heavy for me to easily move back & forth anymore so it sits, I should sell it, AL-1500... New doorknobs, new plate choke in place and heftier padding on 160 now on my go-to amp and I'm good to go. I'll be on 160 this

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

as usual, I will be qrv all season.  my small, noise plagued, suburban station on 1/2 acre lot is fairly easy to maintain.  My HiZ preamps have never failed from lightning events in 10 years of use, and if my Tx marconi falls down, it's not too difficult to shoot new ropes over 2 trees. heavy

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Thank you all See you at 160 ! For information - my first three qso in the season only on the antenna TX (vertical) 160m K4IQJ --01.10.2018 ---03:30 ---CW 160m K3JJG --01.10.2018 --- 03:33 ---CW 160m NV3N --01.10.2018 --- 03:48 ---CW --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

- From: w...@w5zn.org Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2019 8:38 AM To: uy0zg Cc: Topband Subject: Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband Greetings Nick, With spring here in the south I have begun taking down all of my RX antennas in preparation for hay cutting in the fields plus

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Sad to report the Green Hornet, Bob W3GH is a silent key.,... -- Original Message -- From: "uy0zg" To: w...@w5zn.org Cc: "Topband" Sent: 4/13/2019 10:34:36 AM Subject: Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband Hi Joel I'm curious to hear Americ

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Hello Nick, I was not operating last night.  I have other activities besides ham radio and 160M. It was guitar playing last night, and soon it will be fly fishing for trout up at my camp away from the radio. Winter has been long this year and the snow and ice are still a problem. All of my

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Hi Bob https://clublog.org/logsearch/AA6VB Do you have a QSO with Ukraine at 160 m? --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Chortek, Robert L. писал 2019-04-13 17:57: I plan to be on 160 all Spring so if you are DX please answer my CQ! Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone On Apr 13, 2019, at

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Sadly, I think I get out better than I hear, but then again, I’m stuck on a 11,800 sq. ft. lot in San Jose, CA! Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2019, at 8:08 AM, Wes wrote: > > I'll be on too, although I never call CQ. No RX antennas here to worry > about. Still seem to hear

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Hi Nick, All of my receiving antennas have been removed until October and the four verticals in my 4-square vertical array have been disconnected. I can be quickly QRV with the verticals when desired 73 Frank W3LPL On 2019-04-13 03:31, uy0zg wrote: Hi What happened ? One NV3N from

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

I'll be on too, although I never call CQ.  No RX antennas here to worry about.  Still seem to hear better than I get out with 500W. Wes  N7WS On 4/13/2019 7:57 AM, Chortek, Robert L. wrote: I plan to be on 160 all Spring so if you are DX please answer my CQ! Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

I plan to be on 160 all Spring so if you are DX please answer my CQ! Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2019, at 7:55 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote: > > Joel is right; all my 160M antennas went down 2 weeks ago.Grass to mow > etc. > > 73 Mark K3MSB > >> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:41

Re: Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Joel is right; all my 160M antennas went down 2 weeks ago.Grass to mow etc. 73 Mark K3MSB On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:41 AM wrote: > Greetings Nick, > > With spring here in the south I have begun taking down all of my RX > antennas in preparation for hay cutting in the fields plus the

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Greetings Nick, With spring here in the south I have begun taking down all of my RX antennas in preparation for hay cutting in the fields plus the severe lightning we have from spring and summer storms pretty much destroys the RX antenna components if left out through summer. The QRN/noise

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Hi Joel I'm curious to hear American stations in April. At least east. This season I did not have a QSOs with many - K1FZ, K1GUN, K1HTV, KA1J, N2MF, N4IS, W1MK, W3GH, WX3B + and many, many others --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua w...@w5zn.org писал 2019-04-13 16:38: Greetings

Topband: NA activity CW topband ....................

Hi What happened ? One NV3N from all over America. No electricity? -- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: 160m Activity...musings from VE6

In the pre-stew, I was honestly surprised how many EU guys I worked for the first time ever. Not just the first time on 160M, but first time ever on any band or mode. I have been quite impressed with W3 <-> W6 QSO's at 100W CW on topband in the past few weeks too. It really seems easier than in

Topband: 160m Activity...musings from VE6

This season there has been some discussion on this reflector about activity levels on 160m (or lack thereof) and the possible negative effect of the FT-8 on CW. Here are my observations. CW is **very much** alive and well, and DX activity on TB has been exceptional. Compared to many on this

Topband: 160m Activity

Yes, great to work lots of NA stations over the past couple of nights ! I don't actually think conditions were particularly good . . . it was just that lots of people came on the band on CW (which is what I was saying we need) So keep it up guys ! Oh and it doesn't matter how recently we

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