Topband: Noise on 160

[Nick Maslon - K1NZ]

Caught this interference around the FT8 freq. It's causing trouble from
1.8407 to 1.8417. Any thoughts? It sounds like a buzz and seems to zig zag
over multiple minutes. https://imgur.com/SgXeJGx

Nick K1NZ
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Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night

[Roger Kennedy]

Well conditions have been rather poor over the past week or so . . .

And even when the band has been open, there have been very few stations on.

Hopefully there will be some activity tonight !

73 Roger G3YRO

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Re: Topband: 9M0W - 160M

[Ed Sawyer]

Jeff, great write-up.  Thank you.  I never heard 9M0W on either 80 or 160 on
any of the days and listened many of the SS and SR both long and short path.
Using beverages and the YX array since noise wasn't bad here over that time.
Worked 9M0W on 40M for a new band.  Never heard on 30 - 10 either.  Oh well.

 

I though people might want to hear a few notes about my trip to Layang -
Layang literally 10 years ago as 9M6/N1UR.  My wife Christine (KB1PQN) were
there for a week from March 14 - 23 2008.  Pretty identical conditions
actually.  We also had challenges getting the antennas to the right places
vs feed line length and location and noise.  I didn't attempt 160M because
conditions were so bad and we were only running 100W.  I did have a loaded
vertical up on 80M and worked the West coast of NA and some of the stronger
stations in Europe.

 

We were welcomed by the staff at the resort however they should have been
better prepared for our arrival given the notice they had but were not and
ended up scrambling to accommodate.  Generator issues occurred all week as a
fact of life.

 

We had no problems thankfully on the flight over.  It was the weekly flight
using an Otter.  Very weight limited and we had everything in 2 golf case
carriers and 2 large suitcases.  We paid quite a bit for extra weight each
way - around $400 as I remember.

 

We actually stayed at that fantastic Shangri-La but it was during the
Currency Crisis of Asia - Pacific and the hotel was begging for business.
Probably paid $125 a night or something like that.  It was amazing for a
night before and after the trip.

 

I found out from one of the military that the reason the Dive Resort does
not open before the week you went is for fear of a Typhoon during the Oct -
Feb period.  There is no way to evacuate everyone quickly and the height of
the island is less than 1 meter above ASL.  A storm surge could be
devastating.  So there may never be a good common darkness to East Coast USA
time from Layang Laynag.

 

Christine and I made 8,500 Qs that week - which was combined with some R & R
and snorkeling.  100W and just 3 simple vertical and arrays.

 

Thanks for all of your efforts despite "no joy" on top band from this end.

 

73

 

Ed  N1UR  ex (9M6/N1UR and XX9TEP)

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Re: Topband: ON4KST chat spotting error

[JAYB1943]

I use VE3SUN DXMonitor...excellent site..73 jay ny2ny
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Topband: decoupling Inv L for loop on Rx

[Rob Atkinson]

I found I had to put a relay in the feedline to my inverted L to
completely open the line on rx.  Your typical "coax relay" only opens
the center conductor.  Fortunately on 160 m. an open frame relay that
opens the entire line isn't much of an impedance bump.  It is
essential that the relay be between the antenna and the shack ground
system, matching network etc.  The inverted L must be isolated from
the shack and rx loop antenna system on receive.

73

Rob
K5UJ
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Re: Topband: TN5R to start tonight on TB

[uy0zg]

Hi

I am bad :-))

But I and my friends we love only real RX !

http://www.topband.in.ua/members/uw2zm/
http://www.topband.in.ua/members/ux1ua/
http://www.topband.in.ua/ur-top-160-m-list/



Yes -

US5WE, US8ICM, UY5AA, US2WU - they WEB SDR man.

Sadly...

Nick, UY0ZG

Victor Goncharsky via Topband писал 2018-03-14 11:19:

Yes Carl, you're right.
And the scandal is again initiated by a well known scandalist UY0ZG,
who was expelled from Ukrainian Contest club, Black Sea Contest club
and was a major factor that has resulted in the recent problems inside
Ukrainian Ham Radio community that resulted in creation of alternative
NGO-VRL amateur organization.

http://uarl.org.ua/index.php/novini/367-ofitsijna-zustrich-iaru-uarl-u-varshavi
 

Aside from intrigues this guy loves to blame Ukrainian Hams of "not
having receivers". For years his "victims" were US8ICM, UY5AA, US2WU,
myself and many others.
I, personally, don't pay attention to his crazy allegations.

Back to the DX discussion - 3C0W was strong in the middle of the nigh
but no sigh of TN5R.
CU all on Top Band and hopefully the moderador will do his job.



Вторник, 13 марта 2018, 14:16 UTC от Carl Jonsson 
:


Yes Victor. It´s a scandal and a threat to ham radio!
73 Carl

2018-03-13 15:03 GMT+01:00 uy0zg  < uy...@mksat.net > :


Hi Carl

My regrets.

No comment...

Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua/



Carl Jonsson писал 2018-03-13 13:31:

they are listening via SDR!
73 Carl SM6CPY

2018-03-13 7:00 GMT+01:00 uy0zg < uy...@mksat.net >:


Victor !

People without really RX must here be quiet !

Nick, UY0ZG

Victor Goncharsky via Topband писал 2018-03-12 21:54:

The problem of pile-up distribution is even more complex since
there
will be four simultaneous African DXPeditions 3C, TJ, TN and TY.
Therefore some coordination between team leaders is needed. The 
good

example of almost perfect solution was VK0/FT4J case.

Понедельник, 12 марта 2018, 18:22 UTC от John
Farrer via Topband < topband@contesting.com >:

Jose
1824 occupied every day by 9M0W pile up till their SR 2240z. Please
give us another frequency to monitor for TN5R.
73 John G3XHZ

Sent from my iPhone

On 12 Mar 2018, at 14:32, John Farrer via Topband <
topband@contesting.com > wrote:

Thanks Jose. Many of us monitoring 1824 last night. I stayed up 
till

0300z but nothing heard. Will you be on tonight? If your signal is
not picked up by rbn can you please cq at least at the beginning of
each hour so that we can all monitor?
73 John G3XHZ

Sent from my iPhone

On 11 Mar 2018, at 11:34, Jose Ramon <  jr.hie...@gmail.com > 
wrote:


We'll start tonight on top band from the beautiful Congo coast. 880
ft (270
m) Beverages set to NW, N and NE. An additional steerable diamond
shape
loop is attached to the rx aerials control box so any station can
choose
among 4 directions from 160 to 30m. Noise level is not bad on the
18m high
inverted L.

Hope to log you all, conditions permitting.

73 es GL
Jose, TN/EA7KW.
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Re: Topband: TN5R to start tonight on TB

[Victor Goncharsky via Topband]

Yes Carl, you're right. 
And the scandal is again initiated by a well known scandalist UY0ZG, who was 
expelled from Ukrainian Contest club, Black Sea Contest club and was a major 
factor that has resulted in the recent problems inside Ukrainian Ham Radio 
community that resulted in creation of alternative NGO-VRL amateur organization.

http://uarl.org.ua/index.php/novini/367-ofitsijna-zustrich-iaru-uarl-u-varshavi 
 

Aside from intrigues this guy loves to blame Ukrainian Hams of "not having 
receivers". For years his "victims" were US8ICM, UY5AA, US2WU, myself and many 
others.
I, personally, don't pay attention to his crazy allegations.

Back to the DX discussion - 3C0W was strong in the middle of the nigh but no 
sigh of TN5R.
CU all on Top Band and hopefully the moderador will do his job.



>Вторник, 13 марта 2018, 14:16 UTC от Carl Jonsson :
>
>Yes Victor. It´s a scandal and a threat to ham radio!
>73 Carl
>
>2018-03-13 15:03 GMT+01:00 uy0zg  < uy...@mksat.net > :
>>
>>Hi Carl
>>
>>My regrets.
>>
>>No comment...
>>
>>Nick, UY0ZG
>>http://www.topband.in.ua/
>>
>>
>>
>>Carl Jonsson писал 2018-03-13 13:31:
>>>they are listening via SDR!
>>>73 Carl SM6CPY
>>>
>>>2018-03-13 7:00 GMT+01:00 uy0zg < uy...@mksat.net >:
>>>
Victor !

People without really RX must here be quiet !

Nick, UY0ZG

Victor Goncharsky via Topband писал 2018-03-12 21:54:

The problem of pile-up distribution is even more complex since
there
will be four simultaneous African DXPeditions 3C, TJ, TN and TY.
Therefore some coordination between team leaders is needed. The good
example of almost perfect solution was VK0/FT4J case.

Понедельник, 12 марта 2018, 18:22 UTC от John
Farrer via Topband < topband@contesting.com >:

Jose
1824 occupied every day by 9M0W pile up till their SR 2240z. Please
give us another frequency to monitor for TN5R.
73 John G3XHZ

Sent from my iPhone

On 12 Mar 2018, at 14:32, John Farrer via Topband <
topband@contesting.com > wrote:

Thanks Jose. Many of us monitoring 1824 last night. I stayed up till
0300z but nothing heard. Will you be on tonight? If your signal is
not picked up by rbn can you please cq at least at the beginning of
each hour so that we can all monitor?
73 John G3XHZ

Sent from my iPhone

On 11 Mar 2018, at 11:34, Jose Ramon <  jr.hie...@gmail.com > wrote:

We'll start tonight on top band from the beautiful Congo coast. 880
ft (270
m) Beverages set to NW, N and NE. An additional steerable diamond
shape
loop is attached to the rx aerials control box so any station can
choose
among 4 directions from 160 to 30m. Noise level is not bad on the
18m high
inverted L.

Hope to log you all, conditions permitting.

73 es GL
Jose, TN/EA7KW.
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73, Victor Goncharsky US5WE/K1WE (UW5W in VHF contests, ex UB5WE), P.E.
UARL Technical and VHF Committies
DXCC Honor Roll #1 (Mixed, Phone), 9BDXCC, 8BWAS
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