Re: Topband: T30RH

2011-03-04 Thread Diane and Edward Swynar
On 4th March, Rys wrote: ...Jacek is active again on TB...160m is OK... * Hi Rys, YES...! I had the privilege of working Jacek this morning on 160-meters, for a new one there... He was a barely readable (in QSB) 449 here, and it was obvious that others

Topband: Topband INactivity

2011-03-01 Thread Diane and Edward Swynar
Good Day All, Is it just my singular imagination here, or has general activity on 160-meters declined significantly in the past few weeks...? With the exception of contests, the number of CW stations seems to be hit miss, at best, on the band anymore...even my plaintive general CQ calls in the

Re: Topband: Chat Room Confirmation

2011-02-17 Thread Diane and Edward Swynar
On 15th February, Dave wrote: ...I'm not advocating chat room confirmation, but I'm not sure what, if any, harm is caused by this practice... ** I was always lukewarm, at BEST, when it came to such things as The ON4KST Low-Band Chat Room (or, How do you

Topband: Topband Conditions: CONSOLATION

2011-01-08 Thread Diane and Edward Swynar
Good Day All, While the current doldrums on 160-meters have been more than a bit of a drag therein of late, it's certainly been a boon to creating interest in the re-discovery of other bands... Case in point: 40-meters CW. I haven't been a regular on 7-MHz for several years now, but was