George, I worked you this morning at 1012z. You were Q5 with QRN & QSB. Good copy, 569. I'll be waiting for you on 160m FT8 when ever you show up. I need E5/N on 160m FT8 with W7YA.
Ray, N6VR, CW W7YA, FT8 On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 1:07 PM GEORGE WALLNER <aa...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > Richard, > Thanks for the report, which is much appreciated. I am testing a new > antenna. Extra "bird friendly" only 38 feet tall. Seems to get out. > > TKS and 73, > George > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:23:20 -0500 Richard Thorne wrote: > >George, > > > >Thanks for the qso on 160 this morning. > > > >We worked twice. I called the 2nd time as you were very loud, 599+. > >Conditions were very quiet on the 1/4 wave sloping vertical. My receive > >array is not on line and there was no need for it. > > > >Rich - N5ZC > > > >On 9/30/2024 2:20 PM, GEORGE WALLNER wrote: > > > >>TopBand is certainly open.From E51D I worked EA8 last night shortly > after my SS. Later, fromabout 10:00 Z most NA signals were S6 to S7, > including East Coaststations. Felt more like 80 m, but slower. Still, > worked around 80stations in 2 hours. It was a good night for TB. > >>George,AA7JV > >>On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:12:46 +0100 "Roger Kennedy" wrote: > >>>There is an email circulating around Top Band DXers, asking us to try > >>>and > >>>encourage more CW activity . . . so I said I would post on here (as > >>>this is > >>>something I have always tried to do). > >>> > >>>The problem is that if nobody comes on the band and puts out a call, > >>>many > >>>people presume that there is no Propagation. This is made worse if > >>>all you > >>>do is look at the DX Cluster, or look at your Waterfall Display. > >>> > >>>I also know that some people only ever come on the band to work some > >>>rare > >>>Prefix or DX-pedition . . . but that is such a waste of a decent 160m > >>>setup! > >>> > >>>However, there are many of us that get a buzz out of working ANY DX (no > >>>matter how often we may have worked that station before) . . . and DX on > >>>160m is really anything over 3,000 miles away. > >>> > >>>Top Band is certainly now open for DX most nights, certainly for > >>>those of us > >>>in the Northern Hemisphere . . . there 's just so little activity (it > >>>gets > >>>boring just looking at your signal reports on RBN!) > >>> > >>>So come on guys . . . a lot of you put a lot of trouble into having > >>>decent > >>>Tx and Rx aerials for Top Band . . . what's the point in all that > >>>effort if > >>>you never come on the band ?! > >>> > >>>73 Roger G3YRO > >>> > >>> > >>>_________________ > >>>Searchable Archives: > >>>http://www.contesting.com/_topband > >>>- Topband Reflector > >>> > >>> > >>_________________Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband > - TopbandReflector > >_________________ > >Searchable Archives: > >http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > - Topband Reflector > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
