Re: Topband: Where is everyone?

Work. Th, F, S, S. 4 x 12 hour shifts. 73, -Bob ah7i/w4 _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

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Mark, I know what you mean about 8 foot ground rods. I bought a hammer drill from Harbor Freight and use it to drive the ground rods now. Piece of cake. They are on sale quite often. Harbor Freight has sales quite often, actually all the time, hihi. Bob K6UJ On 10/22/16 7:12 AM, Mark

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I hope tonights Pre-Stew provides some good participation. I am experimenting with a receiving BOG and so far havent heard very much on 160. I cant tell if the BOG is not doing very well or just lack of sigs. I know the condx arent optimum yet which is most of the problem (I hope) Hopefully

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The ongoing dearth of activity seems to have hit especially hard this Fall, but I have been noticing it for several years. Even when a major contest is on, there is usually enough empty space left over for non-contesters to operate comfortably. Maybe another problem that we might be reluctant

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m Sent: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 06:03:05 - (UTC) Subject: Topband: Where is everyone? Here it is Friday night, with relatively little QRN, but only a couple of signals are audible across the entire 160m band. 80/75m has a few more signals than that, but it's sparsely occupied as well. Usually by thi

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Reading this got me to thinking. I'm one of those "contestors" that seem generally despised, especially on 80 and 160 meters. I maintain a fairly decent station and listen as often as I can, especially on 160. . My experience during contesting, and this is over 40 years on the band, has

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There's a lot of truth in what Jorge says. At 2 AM EDT (The timestamp of Don's post) I'm in the sack unless 160 has been open the evening before into EU, in which case I'll play radio until the SR line crosses into the Atlantic. When I get up at night to hit the head I typically check the

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On six meters here at FK77 it was hot to SA with over 200 PY, LU, CX, ZP, and CE contacts a few days ago. Many stations were well over S-9 On 10/22/2016 9:21 AM, Art Snapper wrote: Conditions here in Michigan on 80/160 were poor last night. The signals were weak and band noise was high. I

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Conditions here in Michigan on 80/160 were poor last night. The signals were weak and band noise was high. I managed to work Mali on 40, and Hungary on 80, but it was a battle. South America was extremely poor on 80 for some reason. Art NK8X On Oct 22, 2016 2:03 AM, "Donald Chester"

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Some of us are looking at the contest calendar for next 7 consecutive weekends (CQWWSSB; ARRLSSCW; WAERTTY; ARRLB; CQWWCW; ARRL160M; ARRL10M) and spending some quality time with our families in advance! I will be on full-bore for the Pre-Stew but that's only one night so no big deal. I

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Hi Don all people watching at the cluster :-) Nobody call, no spots hi hi 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W 2016-10-22 3:03 GMT-03:00 Donald Chester : > > Here it is Friday night, with relatively little QRN, but only a couple of > signals are audible across the entire 160m band. 80/75m

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I agree Don - hopefully tomorrow night's Pre-Stew will be much different. QRN is at winter levels here in Arizona, yet TB is silent. On 10/21/2016 11:03 PM, Donald Chester wrote: Here it is Friday night, with relatively little QRN, but only a couple of signals are audible across the entire

Topband: Where is everyone?

Here it is Friday night, with relatively little QRN, but only a couple of signals are audible across the entire 160m band. 80/75m has a few more signals than that, but it's sparsely occupied as well. Usually by this late in the season one will hear plenty of activity in the evening,

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to bed (0300-0500 op time). Anyone get an error from the robot about the log date format? I used N1MM and it seems in order. I emailed Tree. 73 Darrell AB2E From: dick.bing...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:20:12 -0700 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Where was everyone last

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-0700 To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Where was everyone last night 160 was almost as quiet as a graveyard last night. I heard and repeatedly called N7GP, NO3M and KV4FZ but received no answers. After an hour I went to bed. 73 - Dick/w7wkr CN98pi

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Hi all, I expected more from the event. Conditions were not bad altogether but very little activity. Some frustration from calling but not being heard. The best DX of the night - w1aw/kl7 ran by Kevin, kl7ky. Heard but not worked: K1LT, N5IR, WD8DSB, LU5YF. 73 Alex HC2AO _

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On Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:41:31 PM ALEXEY OGORODOV wrote: Heard but not worked: K1LT, ... I had the same frustration calling you at one point and not being heard. I guess the noise levels and propagation are not constant! Thanks for trying! Victor, K1LT _ Topband Reflector

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On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, ALEXEY OGORODOV wrote: Heard but not worked: K1LT, N5IR, WD8DSB, LU5YF. Alex I called you a few times too, but no luck. Only worked 26 stations during the contest as lightning activity was pretty high in the US which caused lots of QRN so I just kept waking up

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I was there, gents. Worked both of you 73 George W8UVZ -Original Message- From: Don Kirk Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:18 PM To: ALEXEY OGORODOV Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Where was everyone last night On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, ALEXEY OGORODOV wrote: Heard

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OGORODOV Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Where was everyone last night On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, ALEXEY OGORODOV wrote: Heard but not worked: K1LT, N5IR, WD8DSB, LU5YF. Alex I called you a few times too, but no luck. Only worked 26 stations during the contest as lightning activity

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- From: Don Kirk Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:18 PM To: ALEXEY OGORODOV Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Where was everyone last night On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, ALEXEY OGORODOV wrote: Heard but not worked: K1LT, N5IR, WD8DSB, LU5YF. Alex I called you a few times too, but no luck