Re: Topband: VK0EK on LoTW

2016-04-11 Thread Ed Muns
Moreover, if you contributed DURING the operation, they got their LotW list updated and your QSOs were QSL'd on LotW within a day of your online donation. They clearly had the IT portion of the project nailed. Ed W0YK __

Re: Topband: VK0EK on LoTW

2016-04-11 Thread wb6rse1
If you contributed prior to the operation, your Qs were almost immediately uploaded to LOTW. My 160m Q was confirmed on LOTW about 10 minutes later once I recovered from the joy of seeing “You just made a QSO with VKØEK,” pop up and thought to upload an ADIF file. Impressive indeed and likely

Topband: VK0EK on LoTW

2016-04-11 Thread David Raymond
I completed an OQRS QSL request for VK0EK and made a modest donation to help with expenses. To my surprise my VK0EK QSOs are already confirmed on LoTW. While this operation had plenty of challenges with propagation I felt the operation was very well run, well organized, and the operators

Re: Topband: VK0EK on LoTW

2016-04-11 Thread Tree
Absolutely agree Dave. I am sure those who didn't make it in the log probably feel differently. When I made my QSO on 160 - it was my first QSO with them. I had no idea about how their web page was setup to show QSOs that occurred in the past minute or two. I brought up the web page - and my

Re: Topband: VOA

2016-04-11 Thread Jim
Some years ago I worked for a government EMC laboratory (ECAC) in Annapolis, MD. One of the problems we had to mitigate was over at the old Navy Transmitter site on Greenburry Point. They ran 1.5MW ERP and the antenna was installed on bedrock. Ground wave was Greenwich England. In any event the

Topband: #300 Small Lot DXCC

2016-04-11 Thread JC
Hi Top band lovers Doug NX4D just reach a milestone on topband DX. #300 worked countries on 160m from 1/5 acre lot. Doug wants to motivate people about what is possible with dedication and good practices. >> 2003 I set myself a goal to someday work 300 countries and 40 zones on 160m from