Re: Topband: Made it! 80 Years a Ham

My thanks and appreciation for all the responses. . I regret to say that my physical condition, particularly my lack of finger dexterity, makes it impossible for me to answer each reply individually-but here's to the next 80 (minutes, hours, days, weeks, months???). 73 Paul W5DM

Topband: 630m Crossband Night - Sat FEB 4th

One week from tonight, on Saturday Feb 4th, the 2nd Midwinter 630m Activity Event will take place. The highlight of this event will be the opportunity for amateurs, throughout North America, to attempt crossband CW contacts with Canadian amateurs operating on 630m. Canadian stations will call

Re: Topband: More noise

Those cheap Baofeng chargers also generate a lot of noise on 160. Was sitting here wondering why tonight my noise level was S6 when it was S2 last night. Unplugged that piece of junk and noise is gone. Makes me want to throw the whole thing away, caused me a good 1-2 hours of frustration.

Re: Topband: More noise

LOTS of wall chargers are very bad. :-) Often, making a toroid choke by wrapping about 14t of the cord around a 2.4" OD type 31 ferrite core will kill the noise. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 3:33 PM, James Wolf wrote: > Nook wall chargers are also very

Re: Topband: west coast in the mornings

I suspect that lack of receiving antennas is the most likely cause. I noticed the same thing here on the East Coast when trying to work Europeans. Some had very loud signals but couldn't hear very well...requiring many, many repeats of the call sign. I thought it was just me having a problem

Topband: west coast in the mornings

Hi guys and gals, After walking Snoopy and going out for breakfast this morning, I got back on 160m around 1320z (8:20 AM local here in Ft Wayne - about a half hour past our sunrise). Between 1324z and 1340z I worked AZ, CO and OR with decent signals on my SAL-20 Shared Apex Loop. I also heard