Re: Topband: Strange Condx

2012-12-17 Thread Eddy Swynar
On 2012-12-16, at 6:47 PM, Herb Krumich wrote: Friday late afternoon around 4 pm (EST), I was listening to 160 and was hearing many signals from Europe and Russia. Some were quite loud. I probably called at least a dozen different stations with no luck. My transmit antenna is an inverted

Topband: Strange Condx

2012-12-16 Thread Herb Krumich
Friday late afternoon around 4 pm (EST), I was listening to 160 and was hearing many signals from Europe and Russia. Some were quite loud. I probably called at least a dozen different stations with no luck. My transmit antenna is an inverted L which is about 85 feet vertical. I even went

Re: Topband: Strange Condx

2012-12-16 Thread Charlie Cunningham
, 2012 6:47 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Strange Condx Friday late afternoon around 4 pm (EST), I was listening to 160 and was hearing many signals from Europe and Russia. Some were quite loud. I probably called at least a dozen different stations with no luck. My transmit antenna

Re: Topband: Strange Condx

2012-12-16 Thread Charlie Cunningham
Christmas, Herb!! Best regards, Charlie, K4OTV FRom: Herb Krumich [mailto:wa2...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:29 PM To: Charlie Cunningham Subject: Re: Topband: Strange Condx Thanks Charlie Yes many years ago I learned that we might have a quiet band, but others might