Luis HC1PF is constructing and trying out various solutions to his RX noise, and is very much aware that he is TX much better than RX. He has a unique situation I can't get into, but he definitely has not given up on RX.
He's a pretty good demonstration of an L over FCP for TX, if you needed one. :>) 73, Guy. K2AV On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:13 PM, <donov...@starpower.net> wrote: > Luis is ten km east of Quito, only one thousand feet (300 meters) > south of the equator at an elevation of 7800 feet. > > In Quito they refer to their dry season (Jun-Sep) as summer and their > wet season (Oct-May) as winter. Most days are in the upper 60s and > most nights are in the upper 40s. Temperatures rarely exceeding 90 > and are only very rarely below freezing. > > 73 > Frank > W3LPL > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ross Primrose" <n...@n4rp.com> > To: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunning...@nc.rr.com>, "Rune Øye" > <runee...@hotmail.com>, topband@contesting.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 3:35:52 PM > Subject: Re: Topband: HC1PF on TB Tuesday 17th February 2015 > > HC1PF is, according to QRZ, a whopping 10' (yeah, minutes, not degrees) > south of the equator. Summer/winter is pretty much meaningless that > close to the equator... > > 73, Ross N4RP > > On 2/17/2015 4:50 AM, Charlie Cunningham wrote: >> Well, do keep in mind, Rune, that it's summertime in Ecuador, and he has >> summertime QRN, whereas it's wintertime in LA , so the band is quieter where >> you are! J >> >> >> >> 73, >> >> Charlie,K4OTV >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rune Øye >> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2:29 AM >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Topband: HC1PF on TB Tuesday 17th February 2015 >> >> >> >> HC1PF was literally 5NN around 10 min before my local SR this morning. Most >> of the time he is 559 to 579. Seems there is many EU stations on but many >> suffer the same as me :-) still not in log. I guess he has an RX issue noisy >> band none RX antenna etc. However we cant complain about his effort. >> >> 73 Rune LA7THA >> >> >> _________________ >> >> Topband Reflector Archives - <http://www.contesting.com/_topband> >> http://www.contesting.com/_topband >> >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > -- > FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum > transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.” > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband