K1KI and N0NI were like familiar pets wandering the SP living room. On Tue, Oct 20, 2026, 12:24 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: ARRL QSL Bureau - Ready to ship to Ukraine (uy0zg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:09:15 -0400 (EDT) > From: "Mike VE9AA [email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Topband: Monday evening (NA) condx > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > Worked outside for some hours resurrecting my wimpy 2ele array of sad > inverted-L's and once the sun went down promptly worked Karel OK1CF. > A cpl hours later had a solid but very short QSO with Tom, K1KI, who's > pretty close by but very loud, WD6V in Texas, then later, Ralph K8RYU in > Ohio. ?Ralph was solid 5NN...amazing. > ? > Went to watch TV and when I came back I was trying to figure out what > was wrong with the direction system on my 2el array. There are still SWR > problems despite all my messing with stuff. ?I had taken a nearby > lighting strike back over a year ago so still have some wonkiness with > certain array controllers, wattmeters, and whatnot around here. In any > case, setup calling CQ on 3 distinct frequencies and watching the RBN > and 3 what-I-hope-were 3 different directions. ?NE, SW and NW/SE > (essentially omni). > ? > Imagine my surprise to light up a bunch of the VE6WZ skimmers and also > K2PO/7 before the sun had even set there. > my? > I'd like to think it was my 5 hours of soldering, patching, cleaning and > taping and 7700 steps of walking around my property fixing radials and > repairing wires and connections, but I bet it was more likely just a > random really good day of 160M DX. > ? > It was nice in any case. > ? > Mike VE9AA FN66 in NB, Canada > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:12 -0400 > From: Ron Spencer <[email protected]> > To: "Topband@Contesting. Com" <[email protected]> > Subject: Topband: 160 last night > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Last night (Monday here) even with storms and lots of QRN, heard and > worked, for the first time (I think) a couple EU signals out here in NM. > Karel, OK1CF was amazingly loud. Well above everyone else. Came right back > when I called. Later, SM5EDX was CQing on 29.5. Listened and slowly he came > out of the noise. Finally caught a long enough QSB peak and worked John > too!? > > > > Did hear, but very weakly, OZ4MM and DL8LAS. No Qs with either of them. I > did get a couple "?" from Stig. Nice to finally get some prop out this way. > > > > Ron > > N4XD/5 in NM > > > Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:06:16 -0700 > From: Tree <[email protected]> > To: Ron Spencer <[email protected]> > Cc: "Topband@Contesting. Com" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: 160 last night > Message-ID: > < > cakf9hhzpvdbwt1vpppmzgaa3ozut1dfcda_5ot1k8z-hxn+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Was planning on a "Boring Report", but I will pile onto Ron's New Mexico > Report. > > Five Europeans in the log last night and another five or so heard but no > QSO in the log. QSB was murder. OH6RX was the loudest. Others in the log > were OK1CF, RL3A, SM2CEW and LY7M. > > Just a reminder that a QSB peak might only be about 15 seconds long, so > keep those CQs and transmissions short. > > Tree N6TR > Manning, Oregon > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 6:00?AM Ron Spencer via Topband < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Last night (Monday here) even with storms and lots of QRN, heard and > > worked, for the first time (I think) a couple EU signals out here in NM. > > Karel, OK1CF was amazingly loud. Well above everyone else. Came right > back > > when I called. Later, SM5EDX was CQing on 29.5. Listened and slowly he > came > > out of the noise. Finally caught a long enough QSB peak and worked John > > too! > > > > > > > > Did hear, but very weakly, OZ4MM and DL8LAS. No Qs with either of them. I > > did get a couple "?" from Stig. Nice to finally get some prop out this > way. > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > N4XD/5 in NM > > > > > > Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:55:54 +0000 (UTC) > From: Andree DL8LAS <[email protected]> > To: topband reflector <[email protected]> > Subject: Topband: 160m DX EU > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hey gentlemen,again another DX morning in EU.A nice signal from KU1CW on > my 140m long VLB.very low beverage only 5-10cm over ground. > https://youtu.be/UJYV-z5Bv_s?is=5fByvUmVwhjkeyEv > 73 Andy DL8LAS? > > -..? .-..? ---..? .-..? .-? ... > > T: +49 160 93953798 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:41:48 +0300 > From: uy0zg <[email protected]> > To: Topband <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: 160 Meter DXCC CW List -Updated 20 October 2026 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hello > > New members : OK2ZV, WD8DSB > > Update : ON7EH > > https://www.kkn.net/stew/160CW_DXCC.html > > --- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:55:25 +0300 > From: uy0zg <[email protected]> > To: "Jahnke, Bart, W9JJ" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Minster, David NA2AA (CEO)" <[email protected]>, Topband > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL QSL Bureau - Ready to ship to Ukraine > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > The packages containing QSLs from the USA have successfully arrived in > Kyiv. > > > They have already been sorted by our regions. > > > Thanks to everyone who helped! > > > > > > --- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Topband mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Topband Digest, Vol 286, Issue 15 > **************************************** > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
