Good conditions this morning, quiet band, strong signals from Asia into New Mexico. 73, Jim w8zr
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 17, 2020, at 2:59 AM, Mike Devereux via Topband > <topband@contesting.com> wrote: > > Roger > I had a great night working Asia HS0 and lots of JA also USA. Conditions here > seemed good. Was using my Dipole! > Mike G 3 SED > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 16 Jan 2020, at 17:01, topband-requ...@contesting.com wrote: >> >> Send Topband mailing list submissions to >> topband@contesting.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> topband-requ...@contesting.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> topband-ow...@contesting.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Topband resource (W0MU Mike Fatchett) >> 2. Re: Topband resource (Roger Parsons) >> 3. Re: Topband resource vertical vs. horizontal (David Olean) >> 4. Re: Topband resource (Jim Brown) >> 5. Hamvention related updates (Tim Duffy) >> 6. Re: Topband resource (Jim Brown) >> 7. Topband resource (Lee STRAHAN) >> 8. Re: Topband resource (Jim Brown) >> 9. Re: Topband resource (Arthur Delibert) >> 10. Re: Topband resource (Roger Parsons) >> 11. Re: Topband resource (Jim Brown) >> 12. Re: Topband resource (Roger Parsons) >> 13. Topband resource (Jim Thomson) >> 14. Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (Roger Kennedy) >> 15. Re: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (Sam Josuweit) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:53:32 -0700 >> From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w...@w0mu.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: <7702344f-b0a0-1a2a-f943-3b69a509d...@w0mu.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> I was only really able to work Carib/CA/SA with my inverted v at 70 ft.? >> With the inverted L I get our far better.? I am a very long way from any >> salt water in any direction. >> >> W0MU >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 9:17 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: >>> Roger has 27 topband QSOs in my log since February 1993, >>> well done! >>> >>> >>> Its interesting how our transmitting antenna experiences are exactly >>> opposite on both 160 and 80 meters. I've had little success with >>> 160 meter horizontal dipoles 100 to 200 feet high compared to >>> my 4-square vertical array which always perform superbly. >>> >>> >>> I use only vertically polarized antennas f or topband receiving , >>> a 350 foot diameter W8JI/W5ZN/N4HY passive 8-circle array, >>> 580 foot Beverages and my transmitting 4-square array. All >>> receive 6 to 10 dB better for DX than horizontal dipoles at my QTH. >>> Many easily copied DX signals on the verticals are completely >>> inaudible on the horizontal dipoles. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 80 meters I use only horizontally polarized 2 element quads >>> 170 feet high for transmitting which are far superior to any verticals >>> I've tried although I've never tried anything more sophisticated than >>> a 4-square transmitting array. >>> >>> >>> My 80 meter quads perform very well as receiving antennas, on >>> some -- but not all -- very weak signals they outperform the >>> 175 foot diameter passive 8-circle array and 580 foot Beverages. >>> >>> >>> You can never have too many antennas... >>> Unless they interfere with each other, a non-trivial issue. >>> >>> >>> 73 >>> Frank >>> W3LPL >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Roger Kennedy" <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> >>> To: topband@contesting.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 10:48:51 PM >>> Subject: Topband: Topband resource >>> >>> >>> "However, 160 needs vertical polarization for consistent long DX." >>> >>> So how is it that I consistently work all over the world on 160m with my >>> horizontal dipole at 50ft?! (and my signals seem to often be pretty >>> comparable with other Brits using verticals} >>> >>> You certainly need a Vertical to work DX on 80m . . . but in my experience >>> 160m propagation is very different . . . I'm guessing it's often quite high >>> angle due to multi-hop or ducting. >>> >>> Also, I don't understand why on the Web page they are talking about NA >>> stations coming on Top Band at 1730 UTC to work Europe . . . I don't find >>> the band opens to NA until at least 2200 . . . and for me signals are always >>> much better after midnight. >>> >>> Roger G3YRO >>> >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 17:55:15 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Roger Parsons <ve...@yahoo.com> >> To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com> >> Cc: "manu...@artekmanuals.com" <manu...@artekmanuals.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: <951245210.13893125.1579110915...@mail.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> NR1DX wrote: "Apples and oranges." regarding my antennas. >> >> Not really. >> >> There is very little pattern difference between a purely horizontal dipole >> and an inverted V provided that the angle of the V is not too acute. A >> horizontal dipole 5/8 wavelength high has predominantly low angle? radiation. >> >> W4RNL is sadly an SK. However, he designed and described a great many >> antenna systems one of which is a half wave vertical array for 160m. I have >> one. Here. >> >> 73 Roger >> VE3ZI >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:07:38 +0000 >> From: David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> >> To: donov...@starpower.net, topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource vertical vs. horizontal >> Message-ID: <e131a7d6-c187-c45d-b38b-9221c54e4...@metrocast.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> I was always intrigued by the success of our "Down Under" friends in >> VK6. They tried vertical polarization and it was horrible. They had much >> better luck with horizontal wires.? I think this had much to do with the >> gyro frequency.? It depends on where you are in the world.? I am about >> 30 miles away from salt water. My ground is poor with hills and rocky >> soil.? The tops of the local hills are solid rock. ? I tried an inverted >> vee antenna for 160. It worked, but not very well.? My signal was sort >> of like chopped liver. No one would answer me when I called!? I did >> catch an opening, however, where it worked very well and I nabbed two JA >> stations. I have a recording of one of the? QSOs , and my signal got >> very loud in JA at times. Switching to a vertical here, there was no >> comparison. I went from chopped liver to meat loaf and gravy. Still it >> was a long time before I worked another JA, and when I did, it was a >> squeaker! >> >> 73 >> >> Dave K1WHS >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 4:17 PM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: >>> Roger has 27 topband QSOs in my log since February 1993, >>> well done! >>> >>> >>> Its interesting how our transmitting antenna experiences are exactly >>> opposite on both 160 and 80 meters. I've had little success with >>> 160 meter horizontal dipoles 100 to 200 feet high compared to >>> my 4-square vertical array which always perform superbly. >>> >>> >>> I use only vertically polarized antennas f or topband receiving , >>> a 350 foot diameter W8JI/W5ZN/N4HY passive 8-circle array, >>> 580 foot Beverages and my transmitting 4-square array. All >>> receive 6 to 10 dB better for DX than horizontal dipoles at my QTH. >>> Many easily copied DX signals on the verticals are completely >>> inaudible on the horizontal dipoles. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 80 meters I use only horizontally polarized 2 element quads >>> 170 feet high for transmitting which are far superior to any verticals >>> I've tried although I've never tried anything more sophisticated than >>> a 4-square transmitting array. >>> >>> >>> My 80 meter quads perform very well as receiving antennas, on >>> some -- but not all -- very weak signals they outperform the >>> 175 foot diameter passive 8-circle array and 580 foot Beverages. >>> >>> >>> You can never have too many antennas... >>> Unless they interfere with each other, a non-trivial issue. >>> >>> >>> 73 >>> Frank >>> W3LPL >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Roger Kennedy" <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> >>> To: topband@contesting.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 10:48:51 PM >>> Subject: Topband: Topband resource >>> >>> >>> "However, 160 needs vertical polarization for consistent long DX." >>> >>> So how is it that I consistently work all over the world on 160m with my >>> horizontal dipole at 50ft?! (and my signals seem to often be pretty >>> comparable with other Brits using verticals} >>> >>> You certainly need a Vertical to work DX on 80m . . . but in my experience >>> 160m propagation is very different . . . I'm guessing it's often quite high >>> angle due to multi-hop or ducting. >>> >>> Also, I don't understand why on the Web page they are talking about NA >>> stations coming on Top Band at 1730 UTC to work Europe . . . I don't find >>> the band opens to NA until at least 2200 . . . and for me signals are always >>> much better after midnight. >>> >>> Roger G3YRO >>> >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:44:36 -0800 >> From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> <44c7f6e0-6802-364d-d982-3678a67d0...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> It's more than antennas. There's also propagation. You're 700 miles ESE >> of me, which gives you a path to EU over less of the auroral zone. >> >> AND there's noise, which has been increasing over time. My first years >> in W6 were more productive for CW on Topband than now -- I have a dozen >> or so countries in the log from the solar minimum of those earlier years. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 6:21 AM, Wes wrote: >>> Roger is in my logbook, along with at least five other "G" stations.? My >>> station is described on my QRZ page.? I receive on the TX antenna. >>> >>> Wes? N7WS >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:44:46 -0500 >> From: "Tim Duffy" <k...@k3lr.com> >> To: <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Topband: Hamvention related updates >> Message-ID: <005001d5cbd3$dc680440$95380cc0$@k3lr.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> 2020 Dayton Contest University Professors and the 2020 Course Outline have >> been posted. >> >> <https://www.contestuniversity.com/> https://www.contestuniversity.com/ >> >> <https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/> >> https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/ >> >> >> >> 2020 Dayton TopBand Dinner speaker is Glenn Johnson, W0GJ >> >> <https://www.topbanddinner.com/> https://www.topbanddinner.com/ >> >> Info about Glenn's talk is here: >> >> <https://www.topbanddinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/VP6R-pg1-3.pdf> >> https://www.topbanddinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/VP6R-pg1-3.pdf >> >> >> >> The 28th Annual Dayton Contest Dinner >> >> <https://www.contestdinner.com/> https://www.contestdinner.com/ >> >> Our dinner speaker is Bryant, KG5HVO - his bio is here: >> >> >> <https://www.contestdinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bryant-Rascoll-KG5 >> HVO.pdf> >> https://www.contestdinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bryant-Rascoll-KG5H >> VO.pdf >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> Tim K3LR >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:59:02 -0800 >> From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> <95b6203b-23e9-b2e4-1f0a-4f5917413...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 9:55 AM, Roger Parsons via Topband wrote: >>> There is very little pattern difference between a purely horizontal dipole >>> and an inverted V provided that the angle of the V is not too acute. A >>> horizontal dipole 5/8 wavelength high has predominantly low angle? >>> radiation. >> >> But there IS a difference in efficiency that looking ONLY at the pattern >> misses. To understand this, take a look at >> >> http://k9yc.com/VertOrHorizontal-Slides.pdf >> >> starting around slide #18, which plots the pattern of an 80M dipole as >> it's height is varied ON THE SAME AXES, and the following slide, which >> picks points off of those curves to show gain vs height at vertical >> angles of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 70 degrees. Slide #19 clearly shows that >> gain at low angles increases with mounting height. To apply these data >> to 160M, simply multiply height by 2. >> >> There is, of course, also the matter of how horizontally and vertically >> polarized waves propagate, and how they are affected by nearby earth. >> Vertically polarized waves encounter a very strong loss component from >> poor soil conductivity, while horizontally polarized waves are almost >> unaffected. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:13:43 +0000 >> From: Lee STRAHAN <k7...@msn.com> >> To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> >> <mwhpr05mb28163bda6e7e5b04db0719c9f5...@mwhpr05mb2816.namprd05.prod.outlook.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> And from the Northwest I have a slightly different observation of >> horizontal/vertical questions. What I have noticed is this. I more or less >> equate Horizontal antennas with high angle and vertical with low. The EU >> stations are usually mostly looking West into the setting sun. The East >> coast stations are looking into the total darkness toward EU mostly. Here in >> the Northwest we look into darkness toward EU and the East coast. I mention >> this because observations of high angle signals are VERY rare looking East >> toward EU. Maybe twice in 10 years. However looking West toward the setting >> sun and JA and UA0 I often see signals start early on the low angle vertical >> antennas and progress toward high angle signals in a same setting. The low >> horizontal takes over as the signals apparently get to a higher angle. I am >> about 200 miles from the Pacific. I have on my project list (way way down >> it) to build a high angle, low elevation horizontal array with a high RDF >> and gain just to see what it >> would do. Unfortunately it stays way down the list. >> For me Frank LPL says it all " You can never have too many antennas... >> Unless they interfere with each other, a non-trivial issue." >> Lee K7TJR OR >> >> >> It's more than antennas. There's also propagation. You're 700 miles ESE of >> me, which gives you a path to EU over less of the auroral zone. >> >> AND there's noise, which has been increasing over time. My first years in W6 >> were more productive for CW on Topband than now -- I have a dozen or so >> countries in the log from the solar minimum of those earlier years. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 6:21 AM, Wes wrote: >>> Roger is in my logbook, along with at least five other "G" stations.? >>> My station is described on my QRZ page.? I receive on the TX antenna. >>> >>> Wes? N7WS >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:56:34 -0800 >> From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> <7145684d-f7eb-21e9-5624-5c9a4d466...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 11:13 AM, Lee STRAHAN wrote: >>> And from the Northwest I have a slightly different observation of >>> horizontal/vertical questions. >> >> Your analysis makes lots of sense, Lee. It's consistent with what I've >> read from trustworthy sources about propagation. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:06:36 +0000 >> From: Arthur Delibert <radio7...@msn.com> >> To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>, >> "j...@audiosystemsgroup.com" <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> >> <sn6pr10mb26089ac28ac176bf2abc746fe4...@sn6pr10mb2608.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Back in the late 90s, there were a pair of articles in QST about a receiving >> antenna for 80 and 160 that rejects local noise. The antenna was low and >> horizontal, it was exceptionally quiet even in a somewhat noisy location, >> and it had a very high reception angle. I recall that the authors said they >> could hear pretty much everything the "big boys" could hear, but for a >> shorter window of time. Also seems consistent with what Lee said. >> >> Overall, I have to say that 160M propagation is still somewhat mysterious, >> and we should be careful about judging too quickly what others describe as >> their experience. We're like the three blind men describing the elephant: >> each of us has hold of a different part and so we have different >> experiences. We won't understand the full picture until we respect and >> appreciate each other's experiences. >> >> 'Nuf said. >> >> Art Delibert, KB3FJO >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Topband <topband-bounces+radio75a3=msn....@contesting.com> on behalf >> of Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 2:56 PM >> To: topband@contesting.com <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 11:13 AM, Lee STRAHAN wrote: >>> And from the Northwest I have a slightly different observation of >>> horizontal/vertical questions. >> >> Your analysis makes lots of sense, Lee. It's consistent with what I've >> read from trustworthy sources about propagation. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 10 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:25:15 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Roger Parsons <ve...@yahoo.com> >> To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>, "j...@audiosystemsgroup.com" >> <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: <1518173527.14041626.1579123515...@mail.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> K9YC wrote: "But there IS a difference in efficiency that looking ONLY at >> the pattern misses." >> >> Your point is unclear to me. Of course the pattern of a horizontal antenna >> changes with changing height and with other environmental factors. If the >> antenna is actually on the ground the efficiency is pretty terrible, but it >> does not have to be very high before efficiency does not change meaningfully >> with height - assuming that total radiation is considered rather than just >> that which is useful. >> >> However, I was only describing a horizontal dipole at around 5/8 wavelength >> high. NR1DX suggested that because the ends are lower than the centre that >> there was now an additional "significant vertical component". There is not >> if the included angle is shallow, which in my case it is.* >> >> 73 Roger >> VE3ZI >> >> *(I stated that the ends were at 250' - they are at least that, and could be >> up to about 290' - but I have not accurately measured the tension in the >> support rope nor allowed for stretch so I cannot be specific about the >> catenary.) >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 11 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:05:29 -0800 >> From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: >> <67e9dc98-c95d-7d1e-73ad-86c466694...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >>>> On 1/15/2020 1:25 PM, Roger Parsons via Topband wrote: >>> Your point is unclear to me. >> >> Did you study the slides? >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 12 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:36:22 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Roger Parsons <ve...@yahoo.com> >> To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>, "j...@audiosystemsgroup.com" >> <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: <1797291964.14123383.1579131382...@mail.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Yes >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 13 >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:05:27 -0800 >> From: "Jim Thomson" <jim.t...@telus.net> >> To: "TopBand List" <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Topband: Topband resource >> Message-ID: <9F9A9A2454FD459D8243CE20F30DE4CE@DESKTOPSV54DBH> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:58:57 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Roger Parsons <ve...@yahoo.com> >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband resource >> >> <W8JI's experience with a horizontal dipole at 300 ft is often quoted as >> proof that only vertical antennas are useful for 160m DX. This is not my >> experience with a dipole with the centre at 320 ft and the ends at over >> 250'. In its favoured directions it is equal to a <W4RNL half wave vertical >> array over a very large radial system. It is unsurprisingly not as good off >> the ends, and quite is useless for relatively local communications. >> <I am also inclined to support Roger, G3YRO, in his use of a low dipole, >> having myself successfully used relatively low horizontal antennas for DX in >> the past. There are most certainly times when higher angles are useful for >> DX - and possibly more frequently than <we imagine. There actually have to >> be, otherwise Roger would never work any DX at all. Note, this does not mean >> that a good vertical antenna is not often or even usually better than a low >> horizontal one. Finally, the UK is small compared to many other <countries, >> but it is not actually a tiny island. Roger's path to North America is over >> about 300 km of land, and he is more than 10km from the sea in any direction. >> >> <73 RogerVE3ZI/G3RBP >> >> ## AFAIK, W8JIs.. dipole was actually an inverted vee, with the >> apex at 300 feet....with no info on enclosed angle. >> Per the older arrl ant books, Inverted vees...with a 90 deg >> enclosed angle are omni directional. >> But they conducted that test on 80m, with an inverted vee up 60 >> feet, with a 90 deg enclosed angle. The vee was rotated 90 degs.... >> and signals 900 miles away did not change. No mention whether a >> real CM balun was used. >> >> ## Plenty of 80m rotary dipoles and 80m yagis that perform >> exceptionally well..at heights of 100-150 ft. That would extrapolate >> to 200-300 ft >> on 160m. Years ago, a fellow In Ore had installed the 1st F12 >> 160 rotary dipole.... which I believe was up aprx 120 ft. His >> 1st contact >> was a 4X4. Several folks with 2 el....shorty 40 yagis up 70 ft, >> report that the shorty 40 yagi ate their 40m 4 squares hands >> down. >> Some have had great success with a half wave sloper......used in >> conjunction with a delta loop reflector...apex up. In some cases, a >> half wave sloper >> was used on either side of the delta loop REF. So 2 switchable >> directions were obtained. >> >> Jim VE7RF >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 14 >> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:00:42 -0000 >> From: "Roger Kennedy" <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> >> To: <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night >> Message-ID: <8A0C7DAFAD1D4A90BF2B36830597E599@Packard> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> Well sadly conditions seemed very poor last night . . . >> >> My own signals were 20 to 30dB down on what I would normally see on NA RBN >> sites >> >> I managed just 4 NA QSOs . . . but heard several other people calling me >> that were way down in the noise. >> >> Not sure how many stations were on across the pond, but heard lots of other >> EU stations calling CQ, but getting few replies. >> >> Thanks to all those that made the effort to come on the band . . . let's >> hope conditions are better next Wednesday ! >> >> 73 Roger G3YRO >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 15 >> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:20:41 -0500 >> From: "Sam Josuweit" <sam...@epix.net> >> To: "'Roger Kennedy'" <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk>, >> <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night >> Message-ID: <003f01d5cc88$e5fb2e00$b1f18a00$@epix.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Lots of static crashes from a storm front moving into the NE US. Very noisy >> last night. >> >> Sam(N3XZ) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+samjos=epix....@contesting.com] On >> Behalf Of Roger Kennedy >> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 11:01 AM >> To: topband@contesting.com >> Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night >> >> >> Well sadly conditions seemed very poor last night . . . >> >> My own signals were 20 to 30dB down on what I would normally see on NA RBN >> sites >> >> I managed just 4 NA QSOs . . . but heard several other people calling me >> that were way down in the noise. >> >> Not sure how many stations were on across the pond, but heard lots of other >> EU stations calling CQ, but getting few replies. >> >> Thanks to all those that made the effort to come on the band . . . let's >> hope conditions are better next Wednesday ! >> >> 73 Roger G3YRO >> >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Topband mailing list >> Topband@contesting.com >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Topband Digest, Vol 205, Issue 21 >> **************************************** > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector