Re: Topband: Wednesday night activity report

[uy0zg via Topband]

Hi

Yes, there are no conditions at all (toward North America).


I woke up four times during the night. In the end, zero.

But the evening was good. Many people now have a new 4W country.

I also said hello for the first time this season to Kim HL5IVL.

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Mark Lunday писал(а) 2023-11-09 04:28:
Listened from 0100 UTC until 0230 UTC.  Called CQ several times during 
the period.  Even with the amp, no spots from EU.  I was hoping that 
conditions had calmed after the weekend.  No such luck.


Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4...@arrl.net
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
SKCC #16439  FISTS #17972  QRP ARCI #16497

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Re: Topband: Wednesday night activity report

[David Raymond]

Conditions this evening in NA are not good.  But last night (Tuesday 
evening NA time)  conditions were good as was CW activity.  I logged 11 
EU's Tuesday evening.  Monday evening was also good with 10 EU's in the 
log.  So all is not lost.  In the mornings I've been working VKs 
regularly with varying conditions. However, I have yet to log a JA/Asian 
station this season.  I've never gone this far into the season without 
having multiple JA/ Q's in the log.


73. . . Dave, W0FLS

On 10/18/2023 8:23 PM, Mark Lunday wrote:

I decided to start this season off early, with a promise to be more active on 
Wednesdays.  0100 UTC I flipped on the rig.

I was unable to get a spot in EU on reverse beacon network even with the amp 
on.  I listened for my signals on some of the KiwiSDR's and could only hear 
myself on one, just barely.  160 had this pulsing repeat like a CW note, every 
1 kHz on every EU KiwiSDR I listened to.

Went to 80 and tried again.  Still lots of noise.  Finally spotted by G4IRN 
with the amp on.

I know it's early in the season, but I have had many 80 meter transatlantic 
QSO's in past years as early as 1 October.  The CME isn't expected to arrive 
until 1800 UTC on the 19th.

I was disappointed.

Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC  FM06be
wd4...@arrl.net
http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
SKCC #16439  FISTS #17972  QRP ARCI #16497

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Re: Topband: Wednesday Night Activity

[Carl Braun]

Hello Roger and Topbanders

I heard G3YRO last night at 0024. You were good copy at S4 with heavy qsb. I 
threw every watt I had (120w) toward G3 but didn’t make it. You did send me a ? 
but no contact.

Hang in there. I’ll have the amp cooking on 160 soon and we’ll get a contact in 
the log soon.

73 from Wisconsin where it is -18c now.

Carl W9LF

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Well conditions had been pretty good all week up to Wednesday . . . I had
plenty of QSOs right across the US, and was getting NA RBN S/N reports
between +30 to 40dB, which is as good as it gets.

However on Wednesday night I came on the band around Z, but saw that my
RBN reports were way down - I figured this was likely to be due to QRN
rather than propagation. So I didn't stay on very long. I tried again around
0300, but it was much the same.

Incidentally, as I have mentioned previously, there always used to be a big
peak on 160m signals around our Sunrise . . . but I find the reverse is true
these days. Best reports from across North America are around 00.30 for me .
. . signals drop off at least 10dB as you get near our Sunrise. (and I've
noticed the same on receive, listening to lots of stations during the
contests). So I rarely bother coming back on at Sunrise.

Anyway, hopefully there will be lots of activity next Wednesday night.

Happy New Year to everyone !

73 Roger G3YRO

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Re: Topband: Wednesday Night Activity

[Cecil acuff]

I’ll be back out there listening for signals as well. I only hung in there last 
night till around 00:30 UT and gave up.

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Dec 30, 2021, at 4:25 PM, David Olean  wrote:
> 
> Hello Cecil
> 
> I'll bet you had a rough time with the QRN between you and the DX!!
> 
> I wonder if the QRN dropped off between  and 05;30 UT?  When I was on, it 
> was bad, but I could get calls after maybe 2 or three repeats of just the 
> call.  The noise was low in between crashes, so maybe things had improved. 
> Looking at the Lightning website, the line of storms looked pretty bad after 
> midnight.  I was not there earlier to compare things.
> 
> Looking at tonight, the storms are centered in GA and SC, so things will be 
> bad tonite as well. I will be on again for a bit after about 03:00.
> 
>> On 12/30/2021 4:30 PM, Cecil acuff wrote:
>> 
>> I listened around at 00:00 UT up around 1830 and the static crashes from the 
>> storms in the upper Midwest was covering anything that might have been on 
>> the band. S9+10 on my RX loop.
>> 
>> Cecil
>> K5DL
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
 On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:16 PM, David Olean  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I managed to get on 160  CW starting at 05:30 UT and figured I might catch 
>>> a few early risers on the "Continent".   I was quite surprised at the level 
>>> of activity. I did not hear many stateside callers, but I was busy for a 
>>> few hours up until just about Sunrise in Europe. No exotic DX worked, but I 
>>> managed a number of contacts with new stations for me.  As I was getting 
>>> close to EU Sunrise, I also got a call from ZL1AZ. He was good copy on my 
>>> Europe beverage wire, and was 579 when I picked a wire that was aimed the 
>>> other way.  He peaked at 290 degrees, so the path was skewed northward a 
>>> bit.
>>> 
>>> I tried a little FT8 near EU Sunrise and set power at 5 watts. I worked two 
>>> stations in Spain. That was not much fun, so back on CW after only a few 
>>> minutes, and worked a few more in Britain, Norway and Sweden as daylight 
>>> was spreading across the mainland.  I managed to not work G3YRO, but I 
>>> wanted to let him know that I did make an appearance on the Wednesday 
>>> Activity Night!  I had lots of QRN nearby, which made copy poor as I would 
>>> miss several letters at a time. I am also finding that my CW is getting 
>>> worse as my hands suffer from tremors. It is starting to ruin my already 
>>> bad fist!!
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> Dave K1WHS
>>> 
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Re: Topband: Wednesday Night Activity

[David Olean]

Hello Cecil

I'll bet you had a rough time with the QRN between you and the DX!!

I wonder if the QRN dropped off between  and 05;30 UT?  When I was 
on, it was bad, but I could get calls after maybe 2 or three repeats of 
just the call.  The noise was low in between crashes, so maybe things 
had improved. Looking at the Lightning website, the line of storms 
looked pretty bad after midnight.  I was not there earlier to compare 
things.


Looking at tonight, the storms are centered in GA and SC, so things will 
be bad tonite as well. I will be on again for a bit after about 03:00.


On 12/30/2021 4:30 PM, Cecil acuff wrote:


I listened around at 00:00 UT up around 1830 and the static crashes from the 
storms in the upper Midwest was covering anything that might have been on the 
band. S9+10 on my RX loop.

Cecil
K5DL

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On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:16 PM, David Olean  wrote:

I managed to get on 160  CW starting at 05:30 UT and figured I might catch a few early 
risers on the "Continent".   I was quite surprised at the level of activity. I 
did not hear many stateside callers, but I was busy for a few hours up until just about 
Sunrise in Europe. No exotic DX worked, but I managed a number of contacts with new 
stations for me.  As I was getting close to EU Sunrise, I also got a call from ZL1AZ. He 
was good copy on my Europe beverage wire, and was 579 when I picked a wire that was aimed 
the other way.  He peaked at 290 degrees, so the path was skewed northward a bit.

I tried a little FT8 near EU Sunrise and set power at 5 watts. I worked two 
stations in Spain. That was not much fun, so back on CW after only a few 
minutes, and worked a few more in Britain, Norway and Sweden as daylight was 
spreading across the mainland.  I managed to not work G3YRO, but I wanted to 
let him know that I did make an appearance on the Wednesday Activity Night!  I 
had lots of QRN nearby, which made copy poor as I would miss several letters at 
a time. I am also finding that my CW is getting worse as my hands suffer from 
tremors. It is starting to ruin my already bad fist!!

73

Dave K1WHS

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Re: Topband: Wednesday Night Activity

[Cecil acuff]

I listened around at 00:00 UT up around 1830 and the static crashes from the 
storms in the upper Midwest was covering anything that might have been on the 
band. S9+10 on my RX loop.

Cecil
K5DL

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:16 PM, David Olean  wrote:
> 
> I managed to get on 160  CW starting at 05:30 UT and figured I might catch a 
> few early risers on the "Continent".   I was quite surprised at the level of 
> activity. I did not hear many stateside callers, but I was busy for a few 
> hours up until just about Sunrise in Europe. No exotic DX worked, but I 
> managed a number of contacts with new stations for me.  As I was getting 
> close to EU Sunrise, I also got a call from ZL1AZ. He was good copy on my 
> Europe beverage wire, and was 579 when I picked a wire that was aimed the 
> other way.  He peaked at 290 degrees, so the path was skewed northward a bit.
> 
> I tried a little FT8 near EU Sunrise and set power at 5 watts. I worked two 
> stations in Spain. That was not much fun, so back on CW after only a few 
> minutes, and worked a few more in Britain, Norway and Sweden as daylight was 
> spreading across the mainland.  I managed to not work G3YRO, but I wanted to 
> let him know that I did make an appearance on the Wednesday Activity Night!  
> I had lots of QRN nearby, which made copy poor as I would miss several 
> letters at a time. I am also finding that my CW is getting worse as my hands 
> suffer from tremors. It is starting to ruin my already bad fist!!
> 
> 73
> 
> Dave K1WHS
> 
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