FWIW guys and gals,
I can tell you the lack of activity is not just on CW and not just one band.
I've lately been getting up early enough to catch the morning European openings
on 20 SSB. Rarely do I get any one from 'across the pond' coming back to my CQ
DX over the north pole on SSB. That be
There's activity and then there's "activity." I take it that
"activity" in this discussion really means DX. It so happens that
there's other kinds of operating going on on 160 m. besides DX chasing
if you can tolerate the tedium and torture of an enjoyable ragchew
with an ordinary ham nearby.
A
dward Sawyer
To: topband
Sent: Fri, Feb 15, 2019 5:35 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: Lack of Activity
I see a general lack of CW activity other than contests and DXpeditions
actually. Not just on top band. Add to that the virtually non-existent SSB
DX activity on top band, and there you have it. Qu
I see a general lack of CW activity other than contests and DXpeditions
actually. Not just on top band. Add to that the virtually non-existent SSB
DX activity on top band, and there you have it. Quite a bit of the FT-8
activity looks to me to be non-CW ops who don't have the desire or
capability
which are almost 5000
miles away.
Nobody comes up on CW anymore...sad. Please don't suggest FT-8...it ain't my
cup of tea.
KH7XS
-Original Message-
From: W7RH
To: topband
Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2019 9:10 pm
Subject: Re: Topband: Lack of Activity
Roger and group,
It's not y
Bob
Thanks for sharing your experience. I had high hopes for a great season as I
spent a great deal of time erecting a long anticipated antenna system. (New
QTH, retirement mode)
Countless winter days spent adjusting, laying radials and taking measurements,
only to find so little activity to g
Roger and group,
It's not your imagination, activity on CW has been very low. Add to that
propagation has been absolutely horrid all season from a left coast
perspective. While some northern folks have been able to get a hop under
the aurora curtain it just is not possible from my Arizona loca
KH7XS have you tried FT-8 on 160. Plenty of activity at your sunset and
beyond.
Herb, KV4FZ
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 6:02 PM cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <
topband@contesting.com> wrote:
> I also have found the lack of activity frustrating. I'll call CQ and RBN
> says I'm hitting the mainland with
Roger,
On Monday night I worked about 50 EU station from C6AGU. There was good
activity all around. Last night (Tue) was very noisy here (and probably most
of the SE US) with nasty lightning crashes. It is somewhat similar tonight.
Starting about 2 hours before my sunset, I heard dozens of EU
I also have found the lack of activity frustrating. I'll call CQ and RBN says
I'm hitting the mainland with a good sig. I call CQ for maybe ten minutes and
either one reply or none.
Look for KH7XS tonight after my sunset..around 0500Z.
KH7XS
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I will also be on tonite. Not sure if it will be HQ9X or W1UE/HR9, but
I’ll be on. And I doubt I’ll be on as early as 2330z!
Dennis W1UE
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 14:25 Roger Kennedy
wrote:
>
> I've been off the air for a few weeks, due to personal issues . . . but
> started coming back on 160m
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Subject: Topband: Lack of Activity
I've been off the air for a few weeks, due to personal issues . . . but
started coming back on 160m . . .
But it's SO frustrating . . . I'm often seeing my RBN reports from North
American stations peaking 30 to 40 dB above the noise . .
I've been off the air for a few weeks, due to personal issues . . . but
started coming back on 160m . . .
But it's SO frustrating . . . I'm often seeing my RBN reports from North
American stations peaking 30 to 40 dB above the noise . . . yet I'm lucky to
have 1 or 2 actual QSOs !
I'll hear hun
On 12/29/2013 1:04 PM, HAROLD SMITH JR wrote:
Also as a personal note. If I am interested in receiving a QSL from a DX
station, whether for a new country or for an Award. I do not QSL via the
Bureau. I send the card direct!
You're welcome to pour money down the toilet of the international pos
On 12/28/2013 12:54 AM, Dr. Wolf Ostwald wrote:
> hny to everybody on the reflector !
> today we saw real good condx to the western US here from central EU. But i
> guess the word did not spread fast enough. I sure was missing all the " clear
> channel stations" from the coast.
> VE6SV had a b
On 12/28/2013 12:54 AM, Dr. Wolf Ostwald wrote:
hny to everybody on the reflector !
today we saw real good condx to the western US here from central EU.
But i guess the word did not spread fast enough. I sure was missing
all the " clear channel stations" from the coast.
VE6SV had a blasting sig
hny to everybody on the reflector !
today we saw real good condx to the western US here from central EU. But
i guess the word did not spread fast enough. I sure was missing all the
" clear channel stations" from the coast.
VE6SV had a blasting signal here way into daylight. My guess is, that
wi
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