Re: Topband: K9YC and LU8DPM
I managed to get through in ARRL 160, but not this weekend. tnx Mike / K5JR (fmr W5JR) Alpharetta GA > On Feb 1, 2022, at 13:03, w3...@roadrunner.com wrote: > > Jim, I said the same thing in the ARRL 160 contest. I heard DPM loud > and clear and called my head off...to no avail. And he wasnt coming > back to anyone. Assumed his QRN/M problems must be monumental. > > But this time he came back on the third call. Go figure. > >-From: > topband-requ...@contesting.com > To: topband@contesting.com > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday February 1 2022 12:04:13PM > Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 230, Issue 1 > > 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. Re: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) > (w3...@roadrunner.com) > 2. Antenna check for V31XX (cqtestk...@aol.com) > 3. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Wes) > 4. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Mike Smith VE9AA) > 5. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) > 6. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) > 7. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jim Brown) > 8. Re: K9AY RX antenna (HP) > 9. Really Frustrating (Roger Kennedy) > 10. Antenna check for V31XX (Roger Kennedy) > 11. Square "loop" antenna for 160 (Radio KH6O) > 12. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (FZ Bruce) > 13. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jan Erik Holm) > 14. New 9 circle PCB with CMCs (VE6WZ_Steve) > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:50:36 + > From: w3...@roadrunner.com > To: "'topband@contesting.com'" > Subject: Re: Topband: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Fri night rates in Ohio were below average but open to EU. Sat night > was slow with few signals as the night progressed, and 51 dupes. :< > > My 3830 summary: > > W3HKK: 18:45 hrs OTA 694 Q's ( plus another 51 dupes (6.9%) that dont > count of course) =57 Sections + 36 DX entities - Score: 186,744 pts. > ( > the 4th highest score out of my seven CQWW160CW log submissions.) > Struggled to achieve a contest rate of 35 Q's/hr, with a high rated > of > 108/HR early on Friday night. > > === > > STATION: IC7610 - Acom 1000 amp - N1MM+ Logging software - cw buddy > memory keyer/memory/real time keyboard supplementing the 8 cw > memories > in the 7610. > > TX ANTENNA: No radials! This year I failed to lay out my 26 x 100 ft > radial system before the wx turned too cold to do so. So I was > running > 700w into a 1/4 wave 160m INV-L with a vertical leg of 52 ft, and the > 78 ft of wire sloping down to the E, ending about 15 ft above ground. > > The only RF ground for the INV-L was a single 8 ft copper clad steel > ground rod dating to 2009, plus of course the earth beneath it. A 50 > ft black walnut tree was my antenna support. Ohio loam conductivity > must be pretty good! > > That means the L puts out a slightly stronger signal to the W. And as > usual, I have very good results towards the US West Coast, working > many CA (19) & AZ(8) stations in particular. . > > RX ANTENNA: SAL 30 ( four short delta loops 30 ft tall, > electronically rotatable in 8 directions.) > > CONTEST CATEGORY: Single Op - High Power ( 700w) - Assisted > > CONDITIONS: FRIDAY night was about average, with some decent openings > into EU. And many strong US sigs, but not as many of them. ie My best > actual hourly rate in 2022 was about 65% of my Personal Record Year > of > 2020; and my score was also about 65% of my Personal Best Year of > 2020 > - which happened to be at the solar minimum. My 2022 average contest > rate ( total Q's divided by total hours OTA) was a humbling 35/hour > due eto the very slow 2nd night. It was hard work to say the least. > > SATURDAY night had MUCH slower rates, and far fewer - and weaker - > sigs. Required a lot of searching and pouncing to separate fresh meat > from stations already in the log. But still, I was called 51 times by > stations who had already worked me. Since its always faster to just > work the dupes than try to explain that theyre a dupe, you just work > them and move on. At one stretch Sun morning, almost 50% of my CQ > replies were dupes. So I switched to S > > As sigs thinned out, many were just above the noise, requiring agile > fingers on the eight direction SAL30 RX antenna, switching from W to > E, N to S, and directions in between. The 20 db F/B often made all > the > difference. > > SS CYCLE: : With the bottom
Re: Topband: K9YC and LU8DPM
Worked him this weekend from KS first night. 5:17Z. Only DX seen in my whopping 2 hours of activity. 73/jeff/ac0c alpha-charlie-zero-charlie www.ac0c.com On 2/1/22 12:03 PM, w3...@roadrunner.com wrote: Jim, I said the same thing in the ARRL 160 contest. I heard DPM loud and clear and called my head off...to no avail. And he wasnt coming back to anyone. Assumed his QRN/M problems must be monumental. But this time he came back on the third call. Go figure. -From: topband-requ...@contesting.com To: topband@contesting.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday February 1 2022 12:04:13PM Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 230, Issue 1 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. Re: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) (w3...@roadrunner.com) 2. Antenna check for V31XX (cqtestk...@aol.com) 3. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Wes) 4. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Mike Smith VE9AA) 5. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) 6. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) 7. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jim Brown) 8. Re: K9AY RX antenna (HP) 9. Really Frustrating (Roger Kennedy) 10. Antenna check for V31XX (Roger Kennedy) 11. Square "loop" antenna for 160 (Radio KH6O) 12. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (FZ Bruce) 13. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jan Erik Holm) 14. New 9 circle PCB with CMCs (VE6WZ_Steve) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:50:36 + From: w3...@roadrunner.com To: "'topband@contesting.com'" Subject: Re: Topband: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Fri night rates in Ohio were below average but open to EU. Sat night was slow with few signals as the night progressed, and 51 dupes. :< My 3830 summary: W3HKK: 18:45 hrs OTA 694 Q's ( plus another 51 dupes (6.9%) that dont count of course) =57 Sections + 36 DX entities - Score: 186,744 pts. ( the 4th highest score out of my seven CQWW160CW log submissions.) Struggled to achieve a contest rate of 35 Q's/hr, with a high rated of 108/HR early on Friday night. === STATION: IC7610 - Acom 1000 amp - N1MM+ Logging software - cw buddy memory keyer/memory/real time keyboard supplementing the 8 cw memories in the 7610. TX ANTENNA: No radials! This year I failed to lay out my 26 x 100 ft radial system before the wx turned too cold to do so. So I was running 700w into a 1/4 wave 160m INV-L with a vertical leg of 52 ft, and the 78 ft of wire sloping down to the E, ending about 15 ft above ground. The only RF ground for the INV-L was a single 8 ft copper clad steel ground rod dating to 2009, plus of course the earth beneath it. A 50 ft black walnut tree was my antenna support. Ohio loam conductivity must be pretty good! That means the L puts out a slightly stronger signal to the W. And as usual, I have very good results towards the US West Coast, working many CA (19) & AZ(8) stations in particular. . RX ANTENNA: SAL 30 ( four short delta loops 30 ft tall, electronically rotatable in 8 directions.) CONTEST CATEGORY: Single Op - High Power ( 700w) - Assisted CONDITIONS: FRIDAY night was about average, with some decent openings into EU. And many strong US sigs, but not as many of them. ie My best actual hourly rate in 2022 was about 65% of my Personal Record Year of 2020; and my score was also about 65% of my Personal Best Year of 2020 - which happened to be at the solar minimum. My 2022 average contest rate ( total Q's divided by total hours OTA) was a humbling 35/hour due eto the very slow 2nd night. It was hard work to say the least. SATURDAY night had MUCH slower rates, and far fewer - and weaker - sigs. Required a lot of searching and pouncing to separate fresh meat from stations already in the log. But still, I was called 51 times by stations who had already worked me. Since its always faster to just work the dupes than try to explain that theyre a dupe, you just work them and move on. At one stretch Sun morning, almost 50% of my CQ replies were dupes. So I switched to S As sigs thinned out, many were just above the noise, requiring agile fingers on the eight direction SAL30 RX antenna, switching from W to E, N to S, and directions in between. The 20 db F/B often made all the difference. SS CYCLE: : With the bottom of the SS cycle now history, Ole Sol
Re: Topband: K9YC and LU8DPM
Jim, I said the same thing in the ARRL 160 contest. I heard DPM loud and clear and called my head off...to no avail. And he wasnt coming back to anyone. Assumed his QRN/M problems must be monumental. But this time he came back on the third call. Go figure. -From: topband-requ...@contesting.com To: topband@contesting.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday February 1 2022 12:04:13PM Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 230, Issue 1 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. Re: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) (w3...@roadrunner.com) 2. Antenna check for V31XX (cqtestk...@aol.com) 3. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Wes) 4. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Mike Smith VE9AA) 5. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) 6. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Don Kirk) 7. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jim Brown) 8. Re: K9AY RX antenna (HP) 9. Really Frustrating (Roger Kennedy) 10. Antenna check for V31XX (Roger Kennedy) 11. Square "loop" antenna for 160 (Radio KH6O) 12. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (FZ Bruce) 13. Re: Antenna check for V31XX (Jan Erik Holm) 14. New 9 circle PCB with CMCs (VE6WZ_Steve) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:50:36 + From: w3...@roadrunner.com To: "'topband@contesting.com'" Subject: Re: Topband: CQWW160MDX-CW Contest summary for W3HKK (OH) Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Fri night rates in Ohio were below average but open to EU. Sat night was slow with few signals as the night progressed, and 51 dupes. :< My 3830 summary: W3HKK: 18:45 hrs OTA 694 Q's ( plus another 51 dupes (6.9%) that dont count of course) =57 Sections + 36 DX entities - Score: 186,744 pts. ( the 4th highest score out of my seven CQWW160CW log submissions.) Struggled to achieve a contest rate of 35 Q's/hr, with a high rated of 108/HR early on Friday night. === STATION: IC7610 - Acom 1000 amp - N1MM+ Logging software - cw buddy memory keyer/memory/real time keyboard supplementing the 8 cw memories in the 7610. TX ANTENNA: No radials! This year I failed to lay out my 26 x 100 ft radial system before the wx turned too cold to do so. So I was running 700w into a 1/4 wave 160m INV-L with a vertical leg of 52 ft, and the 78 ft of wire sloping down to the E, ending about 15 ft above ground. The only RF ground for the INV-L was a single 8 ft copper clad steel ground rod dating to 2009, plus of course the earth beneath it. A 50 ft black walnut tree was my antenna support. Ohio loam conductivity must be pretty good! That means the L puts out a slightly stronger signal to the W. And as usual, I have very good results towards the US West Coast, working many CA (19) & AZ(8) stations in particular. . RX ANTENNA: SAL 30 ( four short delta loops 30 ft tall, electronically rotatable in 8 directions.) CONTEST CATEGORY: Single Op - High Power ( 700w) - Assisted CONDITIONS: FRIDAY night was about average, with some decent openings into EU. And many strong US sigs, but not as many of them. ie My best actual hourly rate in 2022 was about 65% of my Personal Record Year of 2020; and my score was also about 65% of my Personal Best Year of 2020 - which happened to be at the solar minimum. My 2022 average contest rate ( total Q's divided by total hours OTA) was a humbling 35/hour due eto the very slow 2nd night. It was hard work to say the least. SATURDAY night had MUCH slower rates, and far fewer - and weaker - sigs. Required a lot of searching and pouncing to separate fresh meat from stations already in the log. But still, I was called 51 times by stations who had already worked me. Since its always faster to just work the dupes than try to explain that theyre a dupe, you just work them and move on. At one stretch Sun morning, almost 50% of my CQ replies were dupes. So I switched to S As sigs thinned out, many were just above the noise, requiring agile fingers on the eight direction SAL30 RX antenna, switching from W to E, N to S, and directions in between. The 20 db F/B often made all the difference. SS CYCLE: : With the bottom of the SS cycle now history, Ole Sol was again throwing out particles that tended to mask Top Band signals passing through the ionosphere, by adding 20 dB or more attenuation. DX: Hams in the northern latitudes complained about poor to nonexistant conditions this year. I heard no Scandanavian stations, and few
