Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....

2012-11-08 Thread Tree
I generally don't have a clue about that sort of thing. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV olin...@bellsouth.netwrote: Bounces would mean the list serve robot being told your address was not valid, inbox was full, that kind of thing. If your ISP has a inbox limit, and you have

Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....

2012-11-08 Thread k4tmc
I just re-subscribed (after many years of just reading the archives) and am experiencing the same problem. But I empty my inbox several times a day, and only receive a few spam messages per day. Since I also have an AOL address, maybe something is wrong with those addresses for some reason.

Re: Topband: Tuning 160M Dipole

2012-11-08 Thread Terry Conboy
Paul, At least in the copy of your message I received, it was a bit hard to determine where the frequency ended and the SWR began. As I understand, the SWR was 1.77 MHz 6.21 1.80 MHz 4.31 1.845 MHz 3.37 1.86 MHz 3.77 1.89 MHz 4.88 1.91 MHz 6.08 1.94 MHz 8.19 Since your antenna is

Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....

2012-11-08 Thread Keith Jillings (G3OIT)
On 08/11/2012 00:04, k4...@aol.com wrote: I just re-subscribed (after many years of just reading the archives) and am experiencing the same problem. But I empty my inbox several times a day, and only receive a few spam messages per day. Since I also have an AOL address, maybe something is

Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....

2012-11-08 Thread Dave Pascoe
I am one of the (long time) admins of this system. The issue has been all AOL. They look at email volume, among other things, and the surge of email around this time of year tripped one of their email volume tripwires. They're not very sophisticated, as evidenced by the fact that we have no

Re: Topband: Not sure why it was bouncing.....

2012-11-08 Thread Bill Cromwell
Hi, I'm not an ISP admin or guru. So my comments are from the user side of the fence and in support of what Dave said. Once upon a time Al Gore released internet access to the public and there were a number of startup companies. Some of them had and still have cute marketing ploys and

Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Bernie van der Walt
Sad news. Pieter Botha [86] passed away last night 7 Nov 2012 at 18Z ZS4PB, widely known as The African Cowboy, was one of Africa's best known DXer's in the last 60 years. His health deteriorated rapidly in the last few months and he and his family moved to a care centre in Stella, north of

Re: Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Raoul Coetzee
Sad indeed. Thank you for the info Bernie. Pieter also belonged to Boland Ameteur Radio club at one stage and his distictive voice will be missed. RIP Pieter Raoul ZS1REC From: Bernie van der Walt ber...@internext.co.za To: topband@contesting.com Sent:

Re: Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Rich Chatelain
I am very sorry to receive that sad news about Pieter. He always had a great signal on 80M. He will be very much missed. Rich K7ZV -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bernie van der Walt Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:28 AM To:

Re: Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Cqtestk4xs
Zed Ess Four Push Button was one of my first contacts with South Africa on 20 meters in the 70s. I loved his distinctive voice and he always had a bunch of guys calling. RIP Bill KH7XS/K4XS In a message dated 11/8/2012 2:49:13 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,

Re: Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Dan Edward Dba East edwards
very sad... dump it in...  he used to say, when he knew there was a pileup for him.. he was almost always real loud...and quickly drew a crowd...told me once he enjoyed listening to 'The Louisiana Hayride' on the AM BCB many years ago... please advise the family Pieter will be missed around the

Topband: RSGB 160 contest Friday Nov 17 evening

2012-11-08 Thread Shoppa, Tim
I note that there's a RSGB 160M contest 2100Z Nov 17 to 0100Z Nov 18. http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/r2nd-160m-2012.shtml Unlike past RSGB/UK contest timings, this one seems to have some overlap with Eastern US darkness. Looks like US stations can work not just UK but also any Euro

Topband: ZS4PB

2012-11-08 Thread Bob W4DR
He was my first ZS on 160 on 2/26/1977 and I believe he was the first ZS on topband. He was one of the qso’s that earned me #9 160 DXCC in December of that same year. Thanks for the memories, Peter. RIP Bob W4QCW/W4DR ___ Topband reflector -

Topband: ZS4PB -SK

2012-11-08 Thread Randy
Hi Greg and others Sorry to hear this news; this morning from ZS3Y... now here  thanks ever one for passing it on   I have work Peter on all the low bands many times , meet him around 1980, I have problems remembering that for back... hi hi   Thanks Burney; ZS4TX ...I was asking Mike K6MYC

Topband: PS0T

2012-11-08 Thread k...@frontier.com
Rick N6PE,   You said I hope all the propagation programs are wrong, otherwise there doesn't appear to be much chance to work them from my S-8 noise level in W6 land hi hi   Your propagation prediction on 160-Meters likely assumes multi-hop, and your path to PS0T (about 9800 km) assuming