One way to use the current radial field would be to erect a 30 foot piece of
freestanding aluminum tube right in the center of the radial field and connect
a wire to the top of the short vertical for the remaining length. The wire will
have to slant away from the radial field but a substantial
I was able to copy OE3DIA last night. Any time
W6 can copy EU, conditions are at least "good". He
had a huge pileup going and I didn't work him,
although I only called for a few minutes.
(If I had worked him, then I would say "great"
conditions, HI.)
BTW, I was copying on the TX vertical. No
It was the best opening I have heard since getting on FT8. I have
missed plenty of nights though.
Here is a map of what was decoded. That would be calls I decoded and
stations that decoded my call.
It is interesting to see the opening in this manner. I did not stay up
long enough to
I forgot the link to the map
https://i.imgur.com/EnylEMd.png
On 12/1/2017 3:39 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Well I came on 160 when I got in from a gig last night, around 23.30Z . . .
And ended up working 35 NA stations! Including across to Texas and several
Midwest states . . . brilliant!
The band was open to EU at least on FT8 from Colorado last night. It is
the first opening I have been around for. I worked about 7 stations but
it took real 160m power even with FT8 most signals were -12 to -22 -24.
I was thrilled. I still do not believe my circle array has been working
Hi Roger
I would suspect activity.
This weened during the CQ WW CW contest our club worked 86 countries on
15M. We were running 100W into a 3 element beam. Nice openings to Africa
and a delightful long path opening to the Pacific around 2100Z Saturday.
The sun spot number was 0.
I
I was happy to work two “new to me” European callsigns on 160M last night and
heard many of the EU topband regulars warming up for this weekends contest.
Seemed decent enough conditions to me.
80M seemed particularly good last night to Asiatic Russia.
Tim N3QE
> On Dec 1, 2017, at 5:39 AM,
I'm just not getting the results I had
when the 160M antenna was put up some 7-8
years ago, not as good as last year
either. I tried running QRP on 160 this
evening, lots of pre-contest activity and
only made three contacts and they were
relatively local. I've always considered
how well I
Many people on Top Band want to work DX. Some use digital modes.
Remember there are countries outside the USA (that have different band
plans). Not everyone has the full 1800 - 2000 kHz to use. For example, inn
VK we have 1800 - 1875 kHz only.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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Well I came on 160 when I got in from a gig last night, around 23.30Z . . .
And ended up working 35 NA stations! Including across to Texas and several
Midwest states . . . brilliant!
However . . . was it good conditions? Or just the fact that a lot of
stations were active?
I note that my
The 160 m Band Plan was only fairly recently formalised in Australia, a
decade or so ago.
We have 1800 - 1875 kHz, with the CW sub-band 1810 - 1840 kHz.
The digital narrow band modes seem to have established themselves on 1838
here with no great problems, but there are few users of the band
Hi, Jimmy,
If the question is whether laying a single 30 foot wire on the ground from
a vertical feedpoint at the ground to the radial center is lossy, it is.
For At least two reasons.
First, a single wire carrying max antenna current is laying on the ground
for 30 feet.
Second, without the low
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