Re: Topband: No American activity

Hi all, I agree with Roger because - if you take a glance at the "logged in list" - it looks like quite a few NA stations are active. You can choose to set "I am away" to make the picture more clear. IMHO Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband

Re: Topband: Aurora

Hi Bruce et al, Same even down in the southern part of Sweden. No prop to NA and ZL but Africa is ok. 73 all Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För K1FZ-Bruce Skickat: den 8 september 2017 10:31 Till: Topband

Re: Topband: LU5OM shortened dipole (inverted vee) doing a nice job

Hi gentlemen, Way back in time - 1982 - I had my first QSO with Mike which actually was the first QSO on 160 between SM and VK. Still recall his pounding signals. Since then we had a lot of QSO:s , always with good signals. RIP Mike! Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband

Re: Topband: Top Band and JT65

Yes - almost but: You have to complete your QSO on yourself You are not obliged to use any PC or any other supports. If you do, then it would not be a valid 100% QSO between two OPS. That is my 10 USD worth Len¨ SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband

Re: Topband: Top Band and JT65

Well stated JC!! I fully agree. The local QRM is getting worse each year with all those LED:s and other , mostly tiny things radiating several hundreds meters. Only two ways to go:1 Identify the QRM source and get rid of it, 2: Try to improve your RX antennas. To me, a 160 QSO is between 2 OPS

Re: Topband: Sept 12 JT65 on 1838khz...nice opening to Eu.

I do not agree with you Pedro. More is not always better. Use no more than you need. JT65 allows more noise than does CW, thus one doesn’t need as much power. 73 Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För CT1EKD Skickat: den 17 mars

Re: Topband: [TowerTalk] What's heating up ?

Hi all, There are some good, fixed EU caps that were used in coast to ship radio transmitters. One of the outstanding onses were manufactured by "Rosenthal", also famous for the production of extremely high Q porcelain used in dishes. Otherwise I would follow the advice from Guy. 73 Len SM7BIC

Re: Topband: Working Europe

Hi guys Last night I spent some time calling CQ DX on 1821.5. Just a few weak qrp Eu:s showed up. Then 9M2AX came on with a nice signal thru the QRN. That was it. LU8 xx was trying to hear Ross but I believe they did not make it. QRN all over EU makes the band sound dead. Cu 73 Len SM7BIC

Re: Topband: Summer Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge - Reminder

Please listen for us up in N EU even if there is little common darkness between us and US GL Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För Tree Skickat: den 9 juni 2016 15:57 Till: 160 ; cq-cont...@contesting.com

Topband: Caution: is VS6DO alive?

Hello guys, yes, in a way Paul, VS6DO is back on track, I just got a long letter from his daughter Sthephanie seeking information enough to make it possible to create a good of social and other contact that Paul ha during his long stay in HongKong Please send what you have, anecdots, photos and

Re: Topband: earth tester

Hi Rick et al, Just reminds me of 3Y0X from Peter 1 Island in 2006. They used a 3 el yagi laying on the ice and had a VFB sig on 160 ...but calculations were made before they went to this distant QTH. Nice memory! 73 SM7BIC Len -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband

Re: Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests

Hi Bob, I always enjoy ur sigs from w US. Please keep the station up and running. Your setup is quite different from the ones in EU renting time in a n US TX/RX station, running their full home callsign thus trying to improve their own DXCC standiings. Cu Bob Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt

Re: Topband: Use of Remote Receivers During 160 Meter Contests

Tree et al, So far I have stayed in the background reading all those US based comments. From an overall perspective- and maybe from a DXCC perspective -I would like to add the following: 1 I do agree that a Remote RX site, just like ZL3IX, VO1HP and many more are using is positive for 160 m

Re: Topband: Fwd: PQ0T active in 160

Felipe, tks nice story. Only got you on 80... Hope better luck next time! 73 Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För Kees Nijdam Skickat: den 16 februari 2015 16:02 Till: PY1NB - Felipe Ceglia; Dick Grolleman Kopia: TopBand Ämne: Re:

Topband: RHR etc

Just a few comments in case you guys gone to sleep! The other day Tree, N6TR/7 said he had to QRT to fix some changes to his remote control of his base station. Hope you managed Tree and I understand you need it during all BSNS travel flights, so far so good. If, and when, I would ever

Re: Topband: K1N and JA

GM/GE all, I recall VP6DX at Ducie Island was using two ways to fight dQRM; slightly moving TXQRG up/dwn which brought difficulties to the jammers to follow; QSX up 4 and then dwn 5 for example. Those who did not copy could hardly call at the right QRG. I spent a lot of time listening and I found

Re: Topband: EP6 from the KH6 side

Hi Merv and all, According to their WEB site the noise problems have now been taken care of. They had a very good run both on 80 and 160 last night. In Europe we do have problems with deliberate QRM on 80 and 40, much less on 160. I must say the Ops are doing a very good job. Most EU stations obey

Re: Topband: ARRL 160m contest and DX Window?

Mike et al, no answer to your open Q but I just scanned the band yday and I did work quite a few US stations being not very loud but ...they wera listening in all directions at the same time. Hope to catch u as well. 73 Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband

Re: Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo betta thanshorterversions??

Hi Tom et al Just wanna add the following: Except for a 1/4 lambda vertical at the beach a la skirt with a bandwidth from 1.7 to 8 MHz the best antenna ever used on 80 was a semivertical 2x40 m hanging from 90 down to 25 m. That antenna was only used for SSB 80, low noise, transmitting very well

Re: Topband: Spam:*******, 160M Rhombics

Hi Herb and all, That is true - if you are not going for a vertically polarized Rhombic where only the center support structures need to be tall. However that calls for a very good ground system, not only below the antenna but several wavelengths away. A typical seaside antenna? 73 Len SM7BIC

Re: Topband: Shunt fed tower plus Marconi vertical phasing on 160 and80?

Paul, If I were you I would ground both towers and put them 1/4 wavelength apart on 160. Grounded towers are easily fed by using a curtain or at least a few wires dropped from the top, distance to towers at least 1.5m. If you add some top load wires on the towers you would come close to 1.83 MHz.

Topband: VK6HD

As many have stated Mike was a great OP. We did have our first 160 QSO in April 1982, the first ever between VK and SM btw. I was surprised over the signal he was putting out. Since then many more QSOs were to follow but we never managed to make a complete RTTY QSO on 160 even thou we tried.

Topband: 500 kHz

Hi guys! Most or maybe all of us have been talking about 160 as the low band and that is correct in a sence IF they are just about to open up 500 kHz on a more global basis. I do not dream of working ZL on 500 but just want to figure out how big interest there is at this reflector to run some

Re: Topband: Need help to improve DX on 1/2 acre lot from CA(k...@juno.com)

Ämne: Re: Topband: Need help to improve DX on 1/2 acre lot from CA(k...@juno.com) I agree with most, but be careful not to be louder on TX than you can RX!  Easy to achieve from a small lot with loads of qrn and qrm, ask me. Allso there is a point where your ouput power flat top, and dont show

Re: Topband: GAP Vertical Question

Tom et al,'this a hobby, pse dont take it that seriously 73 Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För Tom W8JI Skickat: den 17 december 2012 18:55 Till: topband@contesting.com Ämne: Re: Topband: GAP Vertical Question To work at its

Re: Topband: Optimal radial wire type and gauge?

Rick, You will never find out which way is the cheapest. Put down all the radials you can manage, the longer - the better. Do not care about a few USD up/dwn. The more, the better! 73 CU on 160 SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För

Re: Topband: DX window

W8JI said: I never understood, and never agreed with the 160 committee abolishing the DX window. I thought it showed people with larger stations on the east coast have lost touch with life with smaller stations in difficult areas. It is much like billionaires making rules for the middle class

Re: Topband: Beverage question

...or for a single band, instead of using ground rods, use a fair ground radial network at the far side. Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För Tom W8JI Skickat: den 28 november 2012 16:58 Till: Martin; topband@contesting.com Ämne:

Re: Topband: V84SMD

Yes, There is only one CW dedicated guy and he does 80 and sometimes 160. Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För f6...@orange.fr Skickat: den 15 november 2012 19:19 Till: topband@contesting.com Ämne: Topband: V84SMD Hello all, looks

Re: Topband: Vertical Array Over Uneven Ground

GM Pete et al: That metric stuff is widely used around the globe. Cu on 459 ft. 73 Len SM7BIC On 11/14/2012 3:48 PM, ZR wrote: I cant find the button to convert that metric stuff to good old USA measurements when posted from this country(-: ___

Re: Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

Bob, I agree with you. If I remember correctly, getting close to (NTCA)= no tower climbing age, VP6DX used a very good procedure moving their TX QRG up/down by about 0.5 kHz, more than enough to keep the real amateur bastards away from making qrm on their TX FQ. I guess this new flue is getting

Re: Topband: W5UN this morning (Tuesday 25th September) - long pathinto EI?

Hi, I was up early this morning (Tuesday 25th September) and heard W5UN come up on 160m at 0444utc. Though very weak and with deep QSB, he was by far and away the strongest on my K9AY when switched NE and next strongest when switched SE. I'm in IO51, he is in EM19; direct bearing is 296

Re: Topband: 7O6T LOTW

Frank, Herb et al, Same here but only got 160 SSB confirmed. Maybe one has to do it all over again? Len SM7BIC -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: topband-boun...@contesting.com [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] För donov...@starpower.net Skickat: den 7 juni 2012 17:29 Till: Herb

Re: Topband: Club Log issues Yemen 7O6T

Fellow Topbanders When I went to www.yemen2012.com and went to confirm my QSOs, the Club Log REQUEST QSL icon comes up with a line for each QSO checked in green.  After filling in the dates and times and clicking on the Confirm QSO Details instead of getting feedback like the last

Topband: VB: Monopole Radiation Patterns, takeoff angles

-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Lennart M [mailto:lennart.michaels...@telia.com] Skickat: den 6 maj 2012 19:43 Till: 'Guy Olinger K2AV' Ämne: Topband: Monopole Radiation Patterns, takeoff angles Dark matter, dark energy...we're having a VERY hard time making our equations stretch

Re: Topband: Home Depot LED bulb interference.

Hi Jim et al, There is a third way, often overlooked. The radiated power is rectified - at least to some degree by lousy connections, i e aluminium fences to Al poles, which then reradiate. Look for those sources and poor connections as well. 73 By the way, 160 is still open Len SM7BIC

Re: Topband: Two wire beverage question

Like Herb is pointing out, one of the problems with stuff bought off the shelf (from DXE or others) is the lack of documentation. I have been waiting more than 3 years - so far without luck - for a real documentaione of the DXE NCC-1 which is a very good phasing unit but int the end one

Topband: 3C6A

Much has been written about 3C6A and the way to handle it. Give it a break, please and use some time listening. As the sunrise curve moves to the west they would look for Easy Eu, west Eu, Na east coast, midwest and the westcoast. This time span is no more than a few hours as seen from 3C6, Givwe

Topband: 2011 ARRL 160 Contest Results

Gentlemen, Running 50w I only worked Jeff VY2ZM who was real strong as usual but after a few calls to other loud stations I switched off. Would say it is almost impossible to get thru with low power. Never turned on my Henry 4K. Looking forward to this promising winter. Plase dont be afried of

Topband: 160 m use

Have you studied what IARU says about the 160 m bandplan? To summarize: SSB is allowed all over the place! We can never expect ITU or even the national authorities to take action in order to divide this band into segments. With the present statements from IARU any narrow band mode is allowed

Topband: 160 m use

Here you can read more about how IARU deals witth this matter http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remositoryItemid=173func=startdownid=368 73 Len SM7BIC ___ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK