Re: Topband: [160] No NA Activity

2020-03-06 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/6/2020 12:06 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: I generally try to leave my radio listening to 160 FT8 at night when I go to bed.  I did decode some VK's last night.  Not much activity the last couple of days. I often do that, especially during our winter months, but also around the spring

Topband: EU condx last night

2020-03-06 Thread VE6WZ_Steve
Last night the trans-polar EU path was open to VE6 although the QSB was very deep. 22 EU made it into my log. At first the band seemed poor, with only very weak signals bubbling at the noise level. Bob W7RH appeared to have the spotlight working some N EU that I couldn't hear. For me the band

Re: Topband: Inverted L with elevated radials for topband

2020-03-06 Thread sawyered
I haven’t experimented on top band but I have tried elevated radials on 80M ¼ verticals. I had one in Houston Texas that worked wonderfully – elevated 8 radials at about 10 ft. Ground conductivity in Houston was about as good as anywhere in the US. I tried doing the same thing at 2 different

Re: Topband: [160] No NA Activity

2020-03-06 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
I generally try to leave my radio listening to 160 FT8 at night when I go to bed.  I did decode some VK's last night.  Not much activity the last couple of days. I have nothing for 630.  I just started playing with 60m chasing VP8PJ and they were super easy there.   There seem to be many many

Re: Topband: Inverted L with elevated radials for topband

2020-03-06 Thread Wes
I second this. Wes  N7WS On 3/5/2020 4:43 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: Read all of what Rudy N6LF says, and you will be an expert. Grant KZ1W _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector