From: Roger Kennedy
Sent: Friday, 17 December 2021 2:19 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: 160M DX Conditions
The only other thing I would say about this is that Propagation on 160m is
often quite one-way . . .
So just because you can hear a station, doesn't mean that they will copy
I just happened across an ARRL article yesterday that said that OTH radar
QRM is terrible (worse by far than anything else) in IARU Region 1. Are
there any on 160? If so, that might explain some of the problem.
There are now about 800 active OTH radar installations, mostly in Russia
but in other
The only other thing I would say about this is that Propagation on 160m is
often quite one-way . . .
So just because you can hear a station, doesn't mean that they will copy
you!
I often work the same DX stations . . . when conditions are "normal" we
exchange similar signal reports . . . but
+zen90387=zen.co...@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Smith VE9AA
Sent: 15 December 2021 02:02
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M DX Conditions
Roger,
I think you're getting out alright but RX may be a little lacking or perhaps
it was just overly noisy in Ol Blighty last night
On 12/15/2021 4:53 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
they are a huge source of noise
if you live in the city.
Most of the developed world has gotten a couple of orders of magnitude
noisier over the past couple of decades. Blame switch-mode power
supplies, other power control electronics, solar power
Well the problem is that I just live in a normal house in the city, with a
normal-sized garden !
So no room for Beverage Antennas - and even my TX Antenna (a half-wave
Dipole) doesn't fit within my own property. My only separate RX antenna is
a homebrew Loop tuned to 160m up in the loft.
I
On 12/14/2021 6:01 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
I am
not the loudest signal on the band, but I do "ok'.
And you're one of the NA stations closest to EU. You're the same
distance from me as you are to G, and it's an all water path, not over
the AU zone. From here, Roger is 5,200 miles through
Roger,
I think you're getting out alright but RX may be a little lacking or perhaps
it was just overly noisy in Ol Blighty last night.
Called you last night after a couple Midwest USA stations gave up. Probably
around 0040z or thereabouts. You were solid. Finally got 1 QRZ, then you
just
Conditions have been pretty good this week . . . and there has also been
quite a few NA stations coming on the band. (I usually come on for about an
hour at 00.30Z, as that seems to be when propagation is best, based on
received signal strengths on NA RBN stations)
Although it's hard to be
: Monday, 3 May 2021 9:08 AM
To: Roger Kennedy; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Conditions
Thanks for the update, Roger. Unfortunately, work is kicking my butt with 12
hour days and weekends because of Covid. I will be 57 this year, getting too
old for this stuff. Not sure how
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Subject: Topband: 160m DX Conditions
Well DX Propagation continues to be pretty good most nights . . .
Shame there's so few stations on to work !
Roger G3YRO
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Well DX Propagation continues to be pretty good most nights . . .
Shame there's so few stations on to work !
Roger G3YRO
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