After about two years of no QSOs with Europe - the band started showing
signs of life a few nights ago. Over the past three days - I have made six
QSOs with Europe. Last night - some of the signals were pretty
encouraging. 9A5CW was getting copied by my K3's CW decoder occasionally.
S51V showed
In the Croatian CW contest Saturday night, LY7M, 9A2AJ, 9A5W, 9A5CW, S57DX had
amazingly loud signals on the East Coast of US circa 0400UTC. 9A5CW in
particular.
Tim N3QE
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From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tree
Sent: Tuesday, December
The band is perking up on the East Coast too.
After a couple of weeks of doldrums, VK3IO called in today at 1055z,
peaking 579 though with some deep fades.
Then from 1156z-1219z (our SR) four JAs went into the log. I was still
hearing a couple of these 20 minutes past sunrise, as well as
On 12/24/2013 09:52 AM, Tree wrote:
After about two years of no QSOs with Europe - the band started showing
signs of life a few nights ago. Over the past three days - I have made six
QSOs with Europe. Last night - some of the signals were pretty
encouraging. 9A5CW was getting copied by my K3's
Hello to Everybody in 160M Land,
In a few very short days, the Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge will
take place.
People from around the globe will fling RF mostly into the air and try to
catch the same
stuff with a variety of wires and metal devices. The rules are different
than most contests
To all who are gearing up to operate in the Stew Perry Distance Challenge this
coming weekend.
You will note that I am the sponsor of one of the unique plaque offerings in
the upcoming SPDC contest. The following is my reply to a previous inquiry
regarding the 'RULES' to be considered for the
Hello Sam,
The plaque is available to every operator in the SPDC, ANYWHERE in the WORLD.
The only requirement is that all valid QSOs have to be made during ‘sun above
the horizon’ at the operator’s location.
The Boring Amateur Radio Club, the sponsors of the SPDC, will do the log
checking
