Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
Thank you very much for trying Luke. I was the 80m op who requested that you try to work K3LR on 160m. Unfortunately, we were not able to complete any 160m QSOs with VK this year. 73, --Kirk K4RO On 11/29/2021 5:33 PM, List Mail wrote: Terrible. I couldn’t even raise K3LR who had a reasonable signal on the first night, and who actually requested I call them on 160 m the second night after our QSO on 80 m. I can usually work K3LR easily in contests. I did work a couple of NA stations and one or two JA who were also surprisingly weak. Luke VK3HJ _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
From another peanut whistle from the east coast: Fri night most EU stns were weak and marginal for me even to try...but did any way. Sat night abt the same altho a few had a fair sig...a good bit of QSB both nights. Only worked 4 EU stns, total, and they were stronger than most of the rest heard. No problem working Carib stns (15). The highlight for me was working WH7T & KH7M with ease (1011 & 1041Z 11/28)...both a real 579. And my hats off to the op. at ZM4T (1124Z 11/28) that spent several minutes getting me into the log. Boy, what a patient, first class op...tnx OM. And the setup here was a TS-440S...100W and a inverted L (with a four wire CP), which is covered over with tall pines. Even peanut whistles can have some funwhich I did. 73 de Bill K4JYS Smithfield, NC - Original Message - From: "Wes" To: "topband" Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 7:02:18 PM Subject: Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH? From the peanut whistle on the west side of the country just three of the usual suspects, JA3YBK, RM0F and HL5IVL on Saturday, somewhat after local sunrise. I totally slept in on Sunday. Nighttime toward EU, nada. Wes N7WS _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
From the peanut whistle on the west side of the country just three of the usual suspects, JA3YBK, RM0F and HL5IVL on Saturday, somewhat after local sunrise. I totally slept in on Sunday. Nighttime toward EU, nada. Wes N7WS _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
Terrible. I couldn’t even raise K3LR who had a reasonable signal on the first night, and who actually requested I call them on 160 m the second night after our QSO on 80 m. I can usually work K3LR easily in contests. I did work a couple of NA stations and one or two JA who were also surprisingly weak. Luke VK3HJ Sent from Mail for Windows _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
I operated SOSB 160 from my station in Arkansas. I found Friday evening condx marginal and no EU peak at their SR. Saturday evening was much different. Sigs from EU were gud with a nice peak during EU SR. Also had some nice Asia/Pacific during my SR Sunday morning. Sunday evening about an hour before the contest ended, at my SS, EU sigs were great and JW7QIA was excellent for well over 30 mins. 73 Joel W5ZN On 2021-11-29 14:29, w3...@roadrunner.com wrote: Id give it a 6.5. Europe was plentiful on FRI night, but with just fair sigs. SA-CA-Carib fair. I tried very hard to work a loud LU8 with no success! No Asia. No Pacific. No Africa. Thank you KL7RA! Station: IC7610 - ACOM 1000 - N1MM+ Antennas: SAL 30 rx antenna. 52 ft tall 1/4 wave INV-L in a 40 ft walnut tree with the horizontal leg running SE. All 27 radials ( 30-130 ft long depending on PL) were neatly coiled up, hanging from the lowest branches of said walnut tree. (Maybe I can lay them out before this weekends ARRL 160m Test.) _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH?
Id give it a 6.5. Europe was plentiful on FRI night, but with just fair sigs. SA-CA-Carib fair. I tried very hard to work a loud LU8 with no success! No Asia. No Pacific. No Africa. Thank you KL7RA! Station: IC7610 - ACOM 1000 - N1MM+ Antennas: SAL 30 rx antenna. 52 ft tall 1/4 wave INV-L in a 40 ft walnut tree with the horizontal leg running SE. All 27 radials ( 30-130 ft long depending on PL) were neatly coiled up, hanging from the lowest branches of said walnut tree. (Maybe I can lay them out before this weekends ARRL 160m Test.) -From: topband-requ...@contesting.com To: topband@contesting.com Cc: Sent: Monday November 29 2021 12:00:49PM Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 27 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. W1FV 9-Circle Feedline & control Line Chokes? (Rich Dailey) 2. Re: W1FV 9-Circle Feedline & control Line Chokes? (John Kaufmann) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:13:48 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Dailey To: "topband@contesting.com" Subject: Topband: W1FV 9-Circle Feedline & control Line Chokes? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Homebrewing a 9-circle vertical array, and I'm looking for opinions from other 9-circle users on what chokes you're using on the feedlines (rg-6) at the switch box, and on the control line. I can go the binocular core route with rg-174, as per W1FV's article, but would prefer the simplicity of several turns through a snap-on choke. tnx! 73 de Rich, N8UX -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:53:12 -0500 From: "John Kaufmann" To: "'Rich Dailey'" , Subject: Re: Topband: W1FV 9-Circle Feedline & control Line Chokes? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" You can make a feedline choke with snap-on ferrites as follows: wind 4 turns of the feedline through 5 snap-on cores of Fair-Rite part #0431176451. The core has an inner diameter of about 3/4 inch and 4 turns of RG-6 is the limit of what will fit in the core. However, using 5 cores will provide a large total choking impedance (~10 kohm) on 160. A larger core will accept more turns but at significantly more cost for the cores. The advantage of making chokes with RG-179 wound through smaller cylindrical cores is the much lower cost, although it's a bit more work to make these chokes. 73, John W1FV -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+john.kaufmann=verizon@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rich Dailey Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 8:14 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: W1FV 9-Circle Feedline & control Line Chokes? Homebrewing a 9-circle vertical array, and I'm looking for opinions from other 9-circle users on what chokes you're using on the feedlines (rg-6) at the switch box, and on the control line. I can go the binocular core route with rg-174, as per W1FV's article, but would prefer the simplicity of several turns through a snap-on choke. tnx! 73 de Rich, N8UX _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband [1] - Topband Reflector -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband /> -- End of Topband Digest, Vol 227, Issue 27 Links: -- [1] http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
