Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-23 Thread Gedking
There is nothing more aggravating than listening to somebody calling cq over and over and never listening. so you can give them a call. you give them a couple of dits to try and get them to listen and they just keep on calling GR. ED that grumpy ol fart K8OT In a message dated 1

Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-22 Thread Bill Cromwell
Hi, I've had several useful suggestions including moving a short way up the band. I already knew hams in other countries don't have the same frequency allocations we do. I was trying to stay out of the way for the DX chasers (and the DX). Maybe I just got some bad advice about that. I'm going to s

Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-22 Thread Bill Cromwell
On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 05:20 -0500, Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote: > Since in Europe and Asia the band typically starts at 1810 kHz it's > possible those RBN's don't scan below there. > > 73/Jon AA1K > Hi Jon, I tried again this morning from 11:00 Z for a little more than 15 minutes. I have been sendin

Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-22 Thread Jon Zaimes AA1K
Since in Europe and Asia the band typically starts at 1810 kHz it's possible those RBN's don't scan below there. 73/Jon AA1K On 12/21/2011 9:07 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote: > Hi, > > I have been slowly wading into the 160 meter CW waters since the Stew. > I'm retired and don't really have a schedule

Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-21 Thread Bill Cromwell
On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 08:33 -0600, Sam Morgan wrote: > I'll probably get many saying the following just isn't true > > but I can't ever (last 5 yrs) remember hearing a cw ragchew on 160m > all I ever hear is the big gun CQ DXer's on CW > and being antenna/power limited, using the same TX anten

Re: Topband: Operations...

2011-12-21 Thread Sam Morgan
I'll probably get many saying the following just isn't true but I can't ever (last 5 yrs) remember hearing a cw ragchew on 160m all I ever hear is the big gun CQ DXer's on CW and being antenna/power limited, using the same TX antenna for RX I never even hear who they are talking to. I did man

Topband: Operations...

2011-12-21 Thread Bill Cromwell
Hi, I have been slowly wading into the 160 meter CW waters since the Stew. I'm retired and don't really have a schedule. I am up early mornings...listening well before sunrise at "oh dark thirty" and sometimes in the evenings. I sometimes do hear other hams on 160 calling for DX from the US or on