Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Roger, I dont agree with you on the conditions, to me the experience was that the conditions were terrible. On Saturday morning it was terrible, on Sunday morning it was even worse. I only worked 104 stations in 28 states, only east coast. That is less then I worked during some contests in the past solar maximum. In 2010 I had 194 in 48 states. Lot of people who take part in contest do that because they like to contest, not to make regular qso's. In most contests the purpose is to work as much stations and multipliers. Working as much stations works best on the higher bands. Only reason to come on 160 is to work multipliers, and maybe work some strong stations. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 22-2-2021 om 12:49 schreef Roger Kennedy: Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with. That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a Contest ! Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
No EU prop to CA at all. I saw G3YRO spotted but heard nothing on my new 9 circle RX array. OTOH, I worked over 30 JA's between 0900Z and 1030Z. A fair number were reporting only 100 watts. Also worked ZM4T. I supposedly QSO'ed UZ3DD with the 9 circle beaming to Asia. I see that UZ3DD is reported as valid by SCP, but in not shown on QRZ. WFWL? Rick N6RK On 2/22/2021 8:16 AM, wa8...@wa8wzg.net wrote: No Propagation here in AZ either night,,I could hear East Coast stations working EU.. BUT could NOT here anything out here.. Even JA's were VERY slim and weak both mornings.. Still FUN!! Tom N7GP Ex WA8WZG On 2021-02-22 15:58, Roger Kennedy wrote: Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was Oklahoma . . . also worked into Georgia and Florida. But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas, Colorado, Arizona etc. It makes me wonder how many QSOs I would have had if the band had been open further west ! Roger G3YRO _ 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
Topband: ARRL WW - 160 cndx - mixed bag
Fri night from 9:30- midnight was terrific on 160 from the Columbus OH area. ( Its always surprising how spotty the openings are, however. But the fickle spotlight keeps moving around, thank heavens. ) . Each tune of the band found a handful of new ones, at very soslid copy levelsworked 82 Euro/carribs before going to 80/40. (I operate 160-10m with all wire antennas so its hard to linger on any one band too much- but my qso totals for 160 were a higher % of total Q's in many years. BUT on Sunday night, 160 was stinko. Saw the reports of high solar wind on Fri-Sat-Sun - dausing auroral issues on all bands, and cndx on all the other bands were well below normal. If anything, 160 Fri night and 20m to JA Sat sunset were the prime openings. Qso totals in central OH were 30% lower than the past 5 yrs for the arrldx-cw test. Worked Roger on 160! _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 15
Hi all, Long time ago i did post something on here. I agree with Roger about activity outside the contests ! I was active for just 5 hours spread over Saterday and Sunday morning and did manage to work 232 stations US/VE. 38 states worked. Online contest server gives me a nice 6th place worldwide as a SOSB160 HP,which pleases me. Glad to compete from a normal city lot with some of the biggest contest stations in Europe. My antenna is a new ,this winter i build me a 2 el sloper array and it is playing very well. The most far west i worked was OR (W7ZI) and some midwest like N0RIM in MO, also LA,OK etc. For me conditions were no bad at all, but i can always better hi. OT4A Theo -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Topband Namens topband-requ...@contesting.com Verzonden: maandag 22 februari 2021 18:01 Aan: topband@contesting.com Onderwerp: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 15 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. ARRL CW Contest (Roger Kennedy) 2. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Tim Shoppa) 3. Re: ARRL CW Contest (David Raymond) 4. Re: ARRL CW Contest (w...@w5zn.org) 5. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Artek Manuals) 6. ARRL CW Contest (Roger Kennedy) 7. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Ilmo Anttil) 8. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Don Kirk) 9. Re: ARRL CW Contest (wa8...@wa8wzg.net) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:49:25 - From: "Roger Kennedy" To: Subject: Topband: ARRL CW Contest Message-ID: <7330E990D6054DE7AD5681F06B4A2F06@Packard> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with. That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a Contest ! Roger G3YRO -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:56:16 -0500 From: Tim Shoppa To: Roger Kennedy Cc: topBand List Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on 80 or something. 80 was great too. How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? Tim N3QE On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy wrote: > > Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. > > I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on > Saturday night . . . > > Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased > with. > > That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but > what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there > ISN'T a Contest ! > > Roger G3YRO > > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:43:27 -0600 From: David Raymond To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest Message-ID: <5d7f83a8-36cf-d895-b469-d273fc14c...@iowatelecom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful.? I could never hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call.? Other EU beacons like OK1CF were just detectable.? Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did work a JA on 160.?? I still had a good time. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: > Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I > had to peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't > accidentally on > 80 or something. 80 was great too. > > How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? > > Tim N3QE > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy > > wrote: > >> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. >> >> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on >> Saturday night . . . >> >> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really >> pleased with. >> >> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but >> what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when >> there ISN'T a Contest ! >> >> Roger G3YRO >> >> >> _ >> Searchable Archives:
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
No Propagation here in AZ either night,,I could hear East Coast stations working EU.. BUT could NOT here anything out here.. Even JA's were VERY slim and weak both mornings.. Still FUN!! Tom N7GP Ex WA8WZG On 2021-02-22 15:58, Roger Kennedy wrote: Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was Oklahoma . . . also worked into Georgia and Florida. But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas, Colorado, Arizona etc. It makes me wonder how many QSOs I would have had if the band had been open further west ! Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Hi Roger and gang, I operated W9VW which is a pretty big contest station Saturday morning but did not get on 160 meters until 0545 UTC, and I commented to my fellow operators that conditions were about as poor as I have ever encountered on 160 from Indiana into Eu and I was running 1300 watts versus the 100 watts I typically run from my home station. I was also having issues with our other transmitter getting into our 9 circle RX array which did not help.. I did operate some from my home station Sunday morning but started at 0400 UTC and actually put a considerable amount of Eu stations in my log running my 100 watts, so maybe conditions favored the earlier hours Next year I will definitely try and get on 160 much earlier in the evening if I'm invited back to W9VW. I certainly felt embarrassed with my performance. 73, Don (wd8dsb) _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Also here in North band was lousy on both nights. I managed to work only a couple of dozens Qs, all S I did hear only Northern East Coast. All the indicators K, A, Solar Wind Speed and Proton Density did also show that band was not Ok for DXing those nights. 73 Ilmo, OH2BO -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+ilmo.anttila=qualisys...@contesting.com] Puolesta w...@w5zn.org Lähetetty: 22. helmikuutata 2021 16:48 Vastaanottaja: topband@contesting.com; Topband Aihe: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest Same down here in Arkansas Dave. Not gud on 160 at all this past weekend during the contest. 73 Joel W5ZN On 2021-02-22 07:43, David Raymond wrote: > Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful. I could never hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call. Other EU beacons like OK1CF were just detectable. Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did work a JA on 160. I still had a good time. > > 73. . . Dave, W0FLS > > On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to > peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on > 80 or something. 80 was great too. > > How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? > > Tim N3QE > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy > wrote: > > Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. > > I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday > night . . . > > Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased > with. > > That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what > saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a > Contest ! > > Roger G3YRO > > _ > 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 _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was Oklahoma . . . also worked into Georgia and Florida. But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas, Colorado, Arizona etc. It makes me wonder how many QSOs I would have had if the band had been open further west ! Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
in all I spent about 5 hours mostly from 04:30Z to 07:00Z both nights Signals were generally good . Unusual "spotlight" propagation Friday Night/Saturday morn. Worked a half dozen S5xxx stations ALL with unusually loud signals. More than one over S-9 on the BOG. While ALL other EU's were down as is typical just above my noise floor. One S5 commented that I too was very loud. In general things were better on a broader scale the 2nd night here in the tropics Did not seem to be the same level of participation as prior year. only 68 Q's in 27 countries this year vs 98 Q's in 51 countries in 2020. This might reflect the impact of fewer multi ops and dxpeditions this year due to CV-19 ??? Dave NR1DX On 2/22/2021 6:49 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote: Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with. That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a Contest ! Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector -- Dave manu...@artekmanuals.com www.ArtekManuals.com -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Same down here in Arkansas Dave. Not gud on 160 at all this past weekend during the contest. 73 Joel W5ZN On 2021-02-22 07:43, David Raymond wrote: > Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful. I could never hear > Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call. Other EU beacons like OK1CF were > just detectable. Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did work > a JA on 160. I still had a good time. > > 73. . . Dave, W0FLS > > On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 > for many hours both nights. I had to > peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on > 80 or something. 80 was great too. > > How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? > > Tim N3QE > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy > wrote: > > Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. > > I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday > night . . . > > Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased > with. > > That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what > saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a > Contest ! > > Roger G3YRO > > _ > 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 _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful. I could never hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call. Other EU beacons like OK1CF were just detectable. Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did work a JA on 160. I still had a good time. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on 80 or something. 80 was great too. How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? Tim N3QE On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy wrote: Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with. That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a Contest ! Roger G3YRO _ 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
Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on 80 or something. 80 was great too. How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger? Tim N3QE On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy wrote: > > Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. > > I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday > night . . . > > Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased > with. > > That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what > saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a > Contest ! > > Roger G3YRO > > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with. That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a Contest ! Roger G3YRO _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
