Just to remind you that if you're going to come on 160M CW one night this
week, TONIGHT'S the night when we try and get lots of people on at the same
time.
Conditions have been pretty good the past couple of nights . . . so hope to
see you on the band !
73 Roger G3YRO
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The annual Spring time QRN has arrived. This does not mean the band is
dead as it is always open somewhere. Here in Arizona the path to EU is
almost gone with the last EU contact being John, SM5EDX. Some southern
EU is possible but noise levels are making it more difficult.
While I enjoy the
be decommissioning the RX and main TX antennas for lightning season.
73. . . Dave, W0FLS
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From: Roger Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:41 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well I personally had a dozen NA
Well I personally had a dozen NA QSOs last night.
But the band went very quiet after 01.00Z . . . (I popped on again at 03.00,
but no calls)
Thank you to those that made the effort to come on . . . maybe we'll have
more next Wednesday !
73 Roger G3YRO
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me 20 years to get DXCC on 160 which I finished
on an unusually quiet evening this past January
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From: Wes
To: topband
Sent: Thu, Mar 19, 2020 1:55 am
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Stormy WX here in Arizona. Too much QRN :-(
Wes N7WS
Stormy WX here in Arizona. Too much QRN :-(
Wes N7WS
On 3/18/2020 10:38 PM, uy0zg wrote:
Hi
We are waiting for activity from America ...
And where is the activity of Europe?
Everything is very difficult.
People are aging soul.
Moral crisis...
And this is not only in amateur radio ..
Hi
We are waiting for activity from America ...
And where is the activity of Europe?
Everything is very difficult.
People are aging soul.
Moral crisis...
And this is not only in amateur radio ..
There are thousands of stars in Hollywood, but no good movies.
Money money money
Well, or
Well I'm still trying to promote this, for all the people who say there's
very little CW activity these days !
Conditions have been pretty good lately . . . so I wonder if we'll get many
NA stations on the band tonight?
(I keep hearing EU stations calling CQ DX, but getting no replies, even
Well conditions were pretty good last night . . . but not many NA stations
active on CW . . .
Maybe we'll get more people on tonight.
(I personally usually pop on around 00.30Z . . . and again around 03.00Z)
73 Roger G3YRO
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Well I wonder if we'll get many guys making an effort to get on Top Band
tonight?
Roger G3YRO
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On 2/27/2020 5:58 AM, George Taft via Topband wrote:
Confess I did not call CQ toward EU. With limited time, the concentration was
with SA.
Now and for the next six months, N/S paths are better than E/W paths in
the Northern Hemisphere. I picked up band-country slots to CP and ZP on
80M in
Roger,
Sorry I missed you. I think I was QRV when you were not. After some
quality time with the XYL, I got on about 0200 UT and went until sunrise
in Europe. Signals were certainly good, and I worked a few all time new
stations as well, so that was nice.
I listened for VP8PJ for quite
För Roger Kennedy
Skickat: den 27 februari 2020 13:47
Till: topband@contesting.com
Ämne: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well I came on a couple of times last night, but gave up after an hour each
time.
The band was certainly open as my RBN reports were good.
There were other
: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well I came on a couple of times last night, but gave up after an hour each
time.
The band was certainly open as my RBN reports were good.
There were other Europeans on Calling CQ too . . . but very few NA stations
on. I only worked a handful
I agree with you Roger!
Len
SM7BIC
-Ursprungligt meddelande-
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Skickat: den 27 februari 2020 13:47
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Well I came on a couple of times last night, but gave up after an hour each
Well I came on a couple of times last night, but gave up after an hour each
time.
The band was certainly open as my RBN reports were good.
There were other Europeans on Calling CQ too . . . but very few NA stations
on. I only worked a handful, and reports were good both ways.
It saddens me
Yes, as Dave K1WHS noted, very few NA stations on the band last Wednesday
(think I only heard/worked 4), but there were loads of EU stations calling
CQ DX. (I find that very sad, considering how many NA stations there are
that put out a decent signal on 160m!)
Maybe we'll get a load more
: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Roger,
I'm constantly confused.
I assume that you are saying Wednesday 0300 etc. Zulu time which is our late
Tuesday - early morning Wednesday.
Thanks,
Jim Wolf, KR9U
2415 Union Chapel Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
260-637-6434
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Conditions have been fairly good the past few nights . . . but again, often
little CW activity from North America.
So I'm still trying to promote the idea of trying to at least get everyone
on the band on the same evening !
Personally, I shall be on 160 for about an hour from around Z . .
Roger,
I got on around 0030z for about an hour and worked several G's, SM, I ,
W0's, W7RH, NP2J etc.
I saw you spotted and tuned to your freq after a moment but heard nil. Sri!
Musta just missed you.
I did hear OY1S (or something like that.I didn't write it down) calling EX8M
(and heard
I seem to have missed you last night, Roger. I was QRV, but took time
out to work on an old boat anchor receiver. It has a very obtuse problem
and it took awhile to figure out. I was on early, around UT and
then later on the two hours before your sun rise. All signals were down
from what
Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well sadly conditions seemed very poor last night . . .
My own signals were 20 to 30dB down on what I would normally see on NA RBN
sites
I managed just 4 NA QSOs . . . but heard several other people calling me
that were way down in the noise
Well sadly conditions seemed very poor last night . . .
My own signals were 20 to 30dB down on what I would normally see on NA RBN
sites
I managed just 4 NA QSOs . . . but heard several other people calling me
that were way down in the noise.
Not sure how many stations were on across the
Well this is for all of us that complain about all the FT8 activity, but
very few CW stations on the band . . .
Hope we can get lots of people on Top Band tonight so everyone can have lots
of QSOs !
I personally will be on from around 23.30 GMT . . . again at 03.00 . . . and
again at 07.30.
Recently the geomagnetic field has been very unstable, hence a higher
K-index and a lot of aurora, resulting in totally wiped out DX
conditions on 160m up here.
None of the regular NA stations could be heard this week.
Then again, conditions were phenomenal during the Stew so let's hope
for
Of Roger Kennedy
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 4:57 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well sadly conditions were rather poor last night . . .
Also I wasn't sure how many stations made it on the band, as I had
torrential rain all night
Hello Roger,
You had a great signal last night. At one point you called CQ and I
answered with 5 watts, but you did not hear me. I did work I think two
stations while running 5 watts here. One was HA0NAR. This morning was a
big ZERO. I was up at 1000 UT and called CQ but had no QSOs and heard
Well sadly conditions were rather poor last night . . .
Also I wasn't sure how many stations made it on the band, as I had
torrential rain all night, and with the 400kV power lines a mile away that
caused a high noise level, so could only copy stations above S7.
Oh well . . . perhaps it will
Well for those of us who get a buzz out of working ANY station a long way
away (no matter how many times we've worked them before), let's hope we get
lots of stations on the band tonight !
And if you see somebody calling CQ, do try and Spot them on the DX Cluster,
as that helps others to find
Well now that we have the Holiday season out the way, hope we can re-start
this each week.
Remember, this is for all the people who complain about FT8 and the lack of
activity on CW . . . there will only be activity if people make the effort
to come on the band and have a few QSOs !
Conditions
Spent about a hour on the band last night..
Conditions to Arizona were not as good as other nights have been
recently..
I could not here Mike F5IN,, at all , which is very unusual,,,and V31MA
was no where near his normal signal.
I did hear EA6BN calling cq with heavy deep qsb and called him
Hi Roger,
It was poor conditions.
Don (wd8dsb)
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 3:58 PM Peter Sundberg wrote:
> The sky was all green and purple from south west to north last night
> due to aurora.
>
> Magnetometer in KP07 swinging wildly.
>
> No NA stations heard (or worked) on 160m at this QTH.
>
>
The sky was all green and purple from south west to north last night
due to aurora.
Magnetometer in KP07 swinging wildly.
No NA stations heard (or worked) on 160m at this QTH.
73
Peter SM2CEW
At 20:49 2019-12-19, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Well I spent a few hours on the band calling CQ last
Well I spent a few hours on the band calling CQ last night, but only had a
couple of QSOs.
There were several other EU stations doing the same, and again not getting
replies.
Not sure if it was just poor conditions or lack of activity? (although my
QSO and RBN reports were OK)
73 Roger G3YRO
Well as several people have posted, conditions on Top Band are pretty good
most nights at present . . . but not a lot of activity !
So come on guys, let's see if we can get lots of stations on the band at the
same time (especially those that complain that there are very few REAL QSOs
going on,
Last night I worked 46 EU from 0300z till about 0600.
In spite of the elevated solar wind, the band was in great shape into VE6.
de steve ve6wz
> On Dec 11, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Roger Kennedy
> wrote:
>
>
> Not sure what conditions are like, but I hope we'll get a few stations on
> tonight !
>
Just a few mins past SS here. LB6GG is on and that's it so far.
73 Joel W5ZN
On 2019-12-11 16:09, David Olean wrote:
I heard G4EIM/QRP calling AA1K and the signal was very Q5 and pretty
impressive at about 22:00 UT. I tried calling a bunch of CQs up 2
khz, but had no takers. I'll be on
I heard G4EIM/QRP calling AA1K and the signal was very Q5 and pretty
impressive at about 22:00 UT. I tried calling a bunch of CQs up 2 khz,
but had no takers. I'll be on tonight a bit more.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 12/11/2019 10:48 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Not sure what conditions are like, but I
Not sure what conditions are like, but I hope we'll get a few stations on
tonight !
73 Roger G3YRO
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Well propagation TO North America from here seemed reasonable last night . .
.
But return signals were mostly poor (and lots of QSB)
Also didn't hear many stations on . . . but maybe I just couldn't hear them
! (there were several stations that called me that were down in the noise.)
Conditions good into Arizona last night from EU,
worked 4 new stations...
Thanks to all that got on the band !!!
Tom
N7GP
ex WA8WZG
On 2019-12-03 17:19, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Well conditions have been pretty good the last few nights . . . but not
much
activity !
Let's hope we can get a
Well conditions have been pretty good the last few nights . . . but not much
activity !
Let's hope we can get a load more stations on the band tomorrow evening.
Personally, I should be on around Midnight, 3am and 7am, all GMT . . . so
Wednesday evening in North America.
73 Roger G3YRO
LOL I tried, did work G4EIM & GS8VL but
then I was hit by a lightning strike with
no rain at the time. It did a bunch of
little things but all bad. Lost the USB
connection on the K3s but had a
replacement unit from my backup rig,
replaced that and all is well with the K3,
I'll send the
I had company, but I came down to the shack and worked ZD7W at 23:15 and
quickly followed at 23:29 with F9ARC. Since the ZD7 was a new one for me
on 160, I count the evening as a success! I'm also very glad that we
didn't have those conditions for the CQWWCW last weekend!
73 and see you next
I stayed on till about midnight but the only station I ‘heard’ was NY2PO
and that was barely readable. On the flip side I did work 3B8M for a new
one.
Regards
Paul MM0ZBH
On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 at 18:19, Roger Kennedy
wrote:
>
> Well conditions were very poor here last night . . . only worked
Well conditions were very poor here last night . . . only worked a couple of
NA stations . . . and my DX RBN reports were 20 - 30 dB down on normal, so
propagation wasn't very good.
Thanks to everyone who made an effort to come on . . .
Hopefully it will be better next Wednesday !
Roger
FWIW, I'll be listening and calling tonight. Just fixed an intermittent
problem with the TX antenna and, last week, laid a BOG for EU.
CU tonight.
Brad, KV5V
Texas, USA
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:57 AM Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Roger. Thank you for promoting this.
>
>
>
> With this week being US
Roger. Thank you for promoting this.
With this week being US Thanksgiving holiday, you may see less activity on
tonight. A LOT of us are off work and doing family things.
Thanks for the Q last weekend.
73
Ed N1UR
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Just to clarify . . . (as I've had an email asking)
So this is Wednesday Evening in North America and into Thursday morning here
in Europe.
Personally, I usually come on from around 23.45Z on Wednesday Night, for
about an hour if there's stations to work . . . then again around 03.00Z .
. .
Well I spent an hour calling CQ DX around 00.00Z last night . . . and for
half an hour again from 06.45 . . . but despite getting good RBN reports
from NA, only had a couple of QSOs !
So I'm plugging the idea of this regular CW Activity Night every Wednesday
again, in the hope of getting more
bject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
> Well conditions were quite up and down last night . . . but good to hearquite
> a lot of stations making the effort to get on Top Band on CW.The whole idea
> is to at least have a FOCUS of at least one night when we canget a lot of
&g
e: Topband:
Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night Hi Roger , Not questioning self spotting,
but you should get picked up by skimmers when CQ ing?? W3LPL is a great
example. I'm on all bands this weekend from MD4K, we were getting out well in
the SSB event with a dipole at 60ft. Worked PZ5K On SSB !Ho
, G3NKC/ MD4K Sent
from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Original message From: Roger Kennedy
Date: 21/11/2019 12:09 (GMT+00:00) To:
topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night
Well conditions were quite up and down last night . . . but good
Well conditions were quite up and down last night . . . but good to hear
quite a lot of stations making the effort to get on Top Band on CW.
The whole idea is to at least have a FOCUS of at least one night when we can
get a lot of stations on the band working each other, and Wednesday seems a
Hi Michael
It's the night from Wednesday to Thursday !
Funny conditions last night . . . I worked a couple of JAs, S.Korea and St
Helena . . . but propagation to North America was poor !
Hopefully it will be better tonight.
73 Roger G3YRO
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Dear Roger,
please excuse me for my weak English. What means Wednesday night?
a) the night from Tuesday to Wednesday or
b) the night from Wednesday to Thursday
73 de Michael, DL6MHW (160 m newcomer)
Am 19.11.2019 um 15:42 schrieb Roger Kennedy:
Well I posted a reminder last week . . . but it
Well I posted a reminder last week . . . but it didn't appear til Thursday !
So hopefully we can stir up activity this Wednesday.
Lots of people complain about all the FT8 activity, and the lack of CW
activity on Top Band these days . . . well this is an attempt to get more
stations on the
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