Topband: CQ160M Contest Plaque Sponsorships available

As has been pointed out, the CQ160M Contest is coming up this weekend. Several plaque sponsorships have become available...if any of the categories listed below are meaningful to you and you are interested in sponsoring a plaque, let me know. The cost is USD55. 73, Doug K1DG CQ160M Plaque

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

This thread is getting dangerously close to being totally irrelevant to the mission of this reflector. There are MANY contest rules that can't be enforced. This is just making it clear what the intention is - and to allow those who are using remote receivers a place to compete. Tree N6TR On

Topband: direct buried beverage coaxial

hello which 75 ohms coaxial do you recommend for 400-700 runs of direct buried on ground? I will need to replace some coaxial that is over the ground and cows and horses have trodden and have scored in various places so the next step will bury the coaxial 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W _

Re: Topband: direct buried beverage coaxial

Hi Jorge, You want flooded RG-6/U with the polyetheleyne (not PVC) jacket, such as: http://www.dxengineering.com/search/product-line/dx-engineering-6uf-75-ohm-dual-shield-coaxial-cable?autoview=SKU=6UF%2075-ohm=BestKeywordMatch=Ascending 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message -

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

That, I can tell you from personal experience, is how that entire crew works. That's an amazing and wonderfully supportive crew. We owe a great thinks to the captain, crew and good ship Braveheart for many many successful and SAFE DXpeditions. Robin Critchell, WA6CDR member, VP6DX -

Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

Just a reminder that the biggest 160 meter contest is coming up this weekend. It starts at 2200 UTC on Friday and runs for 48 hours. Full rules can be found at http://www.cq160.com/. Exchange is RST and your QTH for US/VE stations. For DX - it is RST + CQ zone. One fairly new rule is that

Re: Topband: direct buried beverage coaxial

thanks all for the help! very helpful advices 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W 2016-01-27 13:01 GMT-03:00 : > Hi Jorge, > > You want flooded RG-6/U with the polyetheleyne (not PVC) jacket, such as: > > >

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

How about a chorus of For hes a Jolly good fellow? _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: direct buried beverage coaxial

The dual shield direct burial coax that I have received from DXEngineering has been Commscope F660BEF. Greg N2GZ On Jan 27, 2016 11:01 AM, wrote: > Hi Jorge, > > > You want flooded RG-6/U with the polyetheleyne (not PVC) jacket, such as: > > > >

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

I did and it made me feel very good ! If you donate $50 or more you get an automatic upgrade to the OQRS feature via Club Log. There is a separate donate page for VP8SGI on their web page as well. So be sure to hit both. Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ On 1/27/2016 2:28 PM, Richard (Rick)

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

How about some donation$ ? On 1/27/2016 9:59 AM, C Allen Baker via Topband wrote: How about a chorus of For hes a Jolly good fellow? _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

This came up last year, and I pointed out it is a game changer. A station can now operate full duplex by having a remote receiving site. A few folks indicated they came close to being able to do this within the confines of their own property, but it looks like they decided to proceed. It is

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

I feel those competing for the top scores, would need multiple remote receivers (not allowed by the rules) and would suffer from latency. What this does do, is allow some limited operation with a single remote receiver. Tim N3QE On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

Jorge, this new rule is for SINGLE OPERATOR ASSISTED ONLY. Multi ops, single ops are not allowed to use remote rx. For those of you that did not follow the thread, this was in response to some stations that requested a compromise. We decided to allow it only for assisted operation. This rule

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

Andy, It is not clear to me; can a low Power or QRP operator use a remote rx within 100km? Mike N2MS - Original Message - From: Andy Blank To: Jorge Diez - CX6VM Cc: 160 Sent: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:37:47 - (UTC)

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

Hi Mike. To clarify; The rule for allowing remote receivers is for Single Op ASSISTED only. It does not matter what power level you use. Multi Ops CANNOT use remote receivers. Single operator Unassisted CANNOT use remote receivers. Power levels do not matter. There is no separate listing for LP

Re: Topband: CQ 160 CW Contest

Can someone tell me how this rule is going to be policed? Operator ethics (becoming an oxymoron) doesn't count. Doug/VE5RA I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could. -Original Message- Hi Mike. To clarify; The rule for allowing remote receivers is for Single Op

Topband: On their way!

For those who haven't seen this: January 27 – Antonio EA5RM – VP8STI/VP8SGI Chief Pilot – informs that finally, yesterday the team was able to collect all gear from Thule Is. All team members are OK and they are on the way to South Georgia where they will arrive after three days

Re: Topband: On their way!

Here's the correct URL for location tracking: http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/location.php 73, Barry N1EU On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Jim Monahan wrote: >For those who haven't seen this: > > > > January 27 – Antonio EA5RM – VP8STI/VP8SGI Chief Pilot – informs that >

Re: Topband: VP8STI rumor

how about 3 cheers for the Braveheart's skipper, Nigel, for keeping team safety a priority? 73, w5xz, dan On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:30 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On Tue,1/26/2016 1:09 PM, Chortek, Robert L. wrote: > Anyone know if they were able to go back