Re: Topband: KH8/AA7JV
Hey Statistics are hidden. Who would doubt that https://clublog.org/logsearch/KH8/AA7JV UR5WA - 2 "QSO", US5WE - "QSO" , UT5UGR - "QSO" The conclusion is simple and clear to everyone - the meaning of DX in Europe has been destroyed. -- p.s - very sorry for HA9RE. He called for hours. Colossal work. For this they used to give the Order "Hero of Labor":-(( --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua uy0zg via Topband писал(а) 2023-11-11 10:16: Hey There is also a video HL2WA: https://www.facebook.com/11860886304/videos/881073476985707 As for Europe, my forecast was undoubtedly confirmed. Log is not published. The reasons for this are clear. But don’t be upset, George - justice will come someday anyway. Maybe in 100 years :-(( --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua uy0zg via Topband писал(а) 2023-11-05 07:34: Hi Japanese radio amateurs are brave people - they are not afraid to post videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKh3x3BEY4s_channel=JR9OPJ In Europe there are very shy people... --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: 4W8X - top band
I was copying you Q4-Q5 and calling yesterday near my sunrise (~13:50Z) Unfortunately, all of Japan seemed to be calling too. I could see their pileup on my bandscope. But I had to do a family errand and had to QRT at that good time. This morning (my time) I had no copy. Your excellent operators have been very good about halting the JA runs and listening for NA on the HF bands. Please consider it on160. I will continue to look for you near my SR and will call up 1 - 2. 73, Wes N7WS On Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 08:33:49 AM MST, Emir Memic wrote: Hi topbanders 4W8X is running full on 160m TX antenna is titanex with 50 radials very close to see which sems to performing very well All bev are up, unfortunately they have some noise on them ... searching for the source in moment. DL3DXX who is doing mostly 160m CW is aware that he had good signal and some RX issues, NA Bev (S6-7 noise level) In moment they have as well many callers from JA´s and now twith JA bev he think they can be worked much faster. There will be later easier to work other week signals Also condx every they are different, he saidstill trying to figure some patterns. They will be there every night trying to focus on NA and EU also SA as much as possible! Also of he calls 3UP or Dwn feel free to call a bit of freq he is permanently tunning around. Calling zero beat doesn´t help much 73s De E77DX Braco -- Emir Memic EMS Solutions Koehlergasse 12/3 1180 Vienna Austria +4369919227041 ATU53588808 _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: 4W8X - top band
You’ve had a great signal - I’ve been listening to you on wet string. Sadly I have no TX antenna yet. Cheers Jack GW8DX ex. G8DX > On 11 Nov 2023, at 16:00, uy0zg via Topband wrote: > > > In the south of Ukraine (Ivan, Zaporozhye region) you can even be heard on GP. > > > https://youtu.be/UVLisp-dSxw > > > --- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > Emir Memic писал(а) 2023-11-11 17:27: >> Hi topbanders >> 4W8X is running full on 160m >> TX antenna is titanex with 50 radials very close to see which sems to >> performing very well >> All bev are up, unfortunately they have some noise on them ... searching for >> the source in moment. >> DL3DXX who is doing mostly 160m CW is aware that he had good signal and some >> RX issues, NA Bev (S6-7 noise level) >> In moment they have as well many callers from JA´s and now twith JA bev he >> think they can be worked much faster. >> There will be later easier to work other week signals >> Also condx every they are different, he saidstill trying to figure some >> patterns. >> They will be there every night trying to focus on NA and EU also SA as much >> as possible! >> Also of he calls 3UP or Dwn feel free to call a bit of freq he is >> permanently tunning around. >> Calling zero beat doesn´t help much >> 73s >> De E77DX >> Braco >> -- >> Emir Memic >> EMS Solutions >> Koehlergasse 12/3 >> 1180 Vienna >> Austria >> +4369919227041 >> ATU53588808 >> _ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: KH8/AA7JV RIB CW Operation -- Low Band Experience Summary
Hello George Thanks for the excellent summary. I was only able to listen in on two sun rises here in Maine. Nov 8th and 10th. I had limited time on the 8th and heard KH8/AA7JV weakly with times that the signal dropped below Q5 or disappeared entirely. I called a few times and figured I would not make it seeing there were many many callers. I had to leave early for some tower work. I used my SW and West beverages for listening. (225 and 260 degrees) That direction worked on the 8th. I tried again on the 10th and found the pile of callers, but could not detect KH8/AA7JV at 1100 UT. After a few minutes I could tell that something was there, but I was still wondering how my beverage antenna was not working, while other NE stations were calling you. I had just spent two weeks working in the woods to fix all the chewed RG6 coax and broken bev wires! Then I happened to switch to my 330 degree beverage aimed at JA, and you were coming in great on that wire! I was a bit rusty on the 160 game as it has been many months since I even listened on the band. I needed to be re trained on working the HF rig too. This past summer has been spent on amplifier projects and 222 and 432 MHz DXing entirely. Once I found you, it was easy, but I really need a new call that does not have all those dits in it. Everybody can copy the K1W but it ends there. If you are not familiar with my call, the rest of those dits get hard to decipher when sigs are weak. I am too old to change it now. The change in arrival azimuth was very interesting. Normal heading for me is about 270 degrees to American Samoa. The Friday path was heavily skewed to the North as I only heard you on a 330 degree beverage. A 290 degree beverage azimuth was quiet with no signal detected. Strength was very similar to Nov 8th and on the weak side. Enough jabbering for now. I have more beverage repair issues to attend to. Thanks for taking the time and effort to operate from KH8. Good luck down the line. Dave K1WHS On 11/11/2023 5:56 AM, GEORGE WALLNER wrote: Hello TopBanders, Many thanks for all those who called. We were on the air 8 nights. We had a good 160/80 m vertical with top loading and salt-water ground. Time was split between 80 and 160 meters. Conditions on 160 were often so poor that time was better spent giving out KH8 on 80 meters. Nevertheless, the main effort went into 160, with 600 QSO-s (plus dupes), vs 350 on 80. Conditions were the best the first night. Although we had generator noise, the Flex radio's noise blanker dealt with it. Anyway, conditions were so good that it mattered little. The following is from memory: I started calling for EU around 0530 (Nov 03) with no signs of EU callers. NA started to come in with some strong (S8) signals around 0600 Z. A short while later JA-s appeared with even better signals (S9+), while NA-s were getting weaker. Starting around 1400 Z, eastern European stations "R and U" started coming in. Most signals were very week but a few were were strong around S5. I have worked a total of 34 stations. But nothing further west than the Ukraine. The weekend nights were very poor. Zero EU either at my SS or SR. Both NA and JA-s were weak but plentiful. Propagation started to improve by Monday night, but there was now a lot of TS noise. (It is almost summer here.) Tuesday night (Wed AM in EU) around 1650, just before their SR, I listened for and managed to work two CT stations. Barely. Their signals popped out of the noise at their SR. No EU was worked around my SR (1500 to 1700 Z). The next night, soon after my SS, I heard one caller form EU for about 10 minutes with QSB, but it was too weak to work. Then suddenly, between 1612 and 1626, I worked four S. EU stations in a row. They had suspiciously clear (but not too strong) signals, they all sounded the same with the same operator style, and they all showed a strange delay, noticeable because it was the same for all four of them. They sounded similar to good NA signals. Hmm... On Thursday night (our last night) conditions were much better. I worked one EU at my SS, then the usual NA and JA (plus other far east). Starting about three hours before my SR central Siberian stations were calling with some very good signals (S6). Later there were a few good signals (S4) form the UA3 region, but then almost suddenly, any signal coming from further west was much weaker, some at ESP level. This was may be all due to the attenuation of signals travelling through (or around) the auroral oval. The difference was very distinct. (I have spent 6 to 8 hours each of the past 8 nights listening to 160 m signals and noise. After a while you get a feel for them.) Summary: EU contacts from KH8 at SS and SR were possible but mostly difficult. Some contacts were suspicious but most sounded legit. Nothing west of the Ukraine, except S. EU. The entire swath from Poland to the UK was missing (polar path). During the
Re: Topband: 4W8X - top band
In the south of Ukraine (Ivan, Zaporozhye region) you can even be heard on GP. https://youtu.be/UVLisp-dSxw --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Emir Memic писал(а) 2023-11-11 17:27: Hi topbanders 4W8X is running full on 160m TX antenna is titanex with 50 radials very close to see which sems to performing very well All bev are up, unfortunately they have some noise on them ... searching for the source in moment. DL3DXX who is doing mostly 160m CW is aware that he had good signal and some RX issues, NA Bev (S6-7 noise level) In moment they have as well many callers from JA´s and now twith JA bev he think they can be worked much faster. There will be later easier to work other week signals Also condx every they are different, he saidstill trying to figure some patterns. They will be there every night trying to focus on NA and EU also SA as much as possible! Also of he calls 3UP or Dwn feel free to call a bit of freq he is permanently tunning around. Calling zero beat doesn´t help much 73s De E77DX Braco -- Emir Memic EMS Solutions Koehlergasse 12/3 1180 Vienna Austria +4369919227041 ATU53588808 _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: 4W8X - top band
Hi topbanders 4W8X is running full on 160m TX antenna is titanex with 50 radials very close to see which sems to performing very well All bev are up, unfortunately they have some noise on them ... searching for the source in moment. DL3DXX who is doing mostly 160m CW is aware that he had good signal and some RX issues, NA Bev (S6-7 noise level) In moment they have as well many callers from JA´s and now twith JA bev he think they can be worked much faster. There will be later easier to work other week signals Also condx every they are different, he saidstill trying to figure some patterns. They will be there every night trying to focus on NA and EU also SA as much as possible! Also of he calls 3UP or Dwn feel free to call a bit of freq he is permanently tunning around. Calling zero beat doesn´t help much 73s De E77DX Braco -- Emir Memic EMS Solutions Koehlergasse 12/3 1180 Vienna Austria +4369919227041 ATU53588808 _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: KH8/AA7JV RIB CW Operation -- Low Band Experience Summary
Hello TopBanders, Many thanks for all those who called. We were on the air 8 nights. We had a good 160/80 m vertical with top loading and salt-water ground. Time was split between 80 and 160 meters. Conditions on 160 were often so poor that time was better spent giving out KH8 on 80 meters. Nevertheless, the main effort went into 160, with 600 QSO-s (plus dupes), vs 350 on 80. Conditions were the best the first night. Although we had generator noise, the Flex radio's noise blanker dealt with it. Anyway, conditions were so good that it mattered little. The following is from memory: I started calling for EU around 0530 (Nov 03) with no signs of EU callers. NA started to come in with some strong (S8) signals around 0600 Z. A short while later JA-s appeared with even better signals (S9+), while NA-s were getting weaker. Starting around 1400 Z, eastern European stations "R and U" started coming in. Most signals were very week but a few were were strong around S5. I have worked a total of 34 stations. But nothing further west than the Ukraine. The weekend nights were very poor. Zero EU either at my SS or SR. Both NA and JA-s were weak but plentiful. Propagation started to improve by Monday night, but there was now a lot of TS noise. (It is almost summer here.) Tuesday night (Wed AM in EU) around 1650, just before their SR, I listened for and managed to work two CT stations. Barely. Their signals popped out of the noise at their SR. No EU was worked around my SR (1500 to 1700 Z). The next night, soon after my SS, I heard one caller form EU for about 10 minutes with QSB, but it was too weak to work. Then suddenly, between 1612 and 1626, I worked four S. EU stations in a row. They had suspiciously clear (but not too strong) signals, they all sounded the same with the same operator style, and they all showed a strange delay, noticeable because it was the same for all four of them. They sounded similar to good NA signals. Hmm... On Thursday night (our last night) conditions were much better. I worked one EU at my SS, then the usual NA and JA (plus other far east). Starting about three hours before my SR central Siberian stations were calling with some very good signals (S6). Later there were a few good signals (S4) form the UA3 region, but then almost suddenly, any signal coming from further west was much weaker, some at ESP level. This was may be all due to the attenuation of signals travelling through (or around) the auroral oval. The difference was very distinct. (I have spent 6 to 8 hours each of the past 8 nights listening to 160 m signals and noise. After a while you get a feel for them.) Summary: EU contacts from KH8 at SS and SR were possible but mostly difficult. Some contacts were suspicious but most sounded legit. Nothing west of the Ukraine, except S. EU. The entire swath from Poland to the UK was missing (polar path). During the entire time, 80 was more like 160. Top-Band Strikes Again, TKS and 73, George, AA7JV PS: Signal strength comparison over many days on a TB DXpedition are influenced by the tendency of strongest stations being worked on the first few nights, with progressively weaker stations as time goes on. Nevertheless, this distribution is not absolute and a reasonable estimate of changing conditions is possible. We will post the log on Clublog soon and then LoTW in a couple of weeks' time. _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: KH8/AA7JV
Hey There is also a video HL2WA: https://www.facebook.com/11860886304/videos/881073476985707 As for Europe, my forecast was undoubtedly confirmed. Log is not published. The reasons for this are clear. But don’t be upset, George - justice will come someday anyway. Maybe in 100 years :-(( --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua uy0zg via Topband писал(а) 2023-11-05 07:34: Hi Japanese radio amateurs are brave people - they are not afraid to post videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKh3x3BEY4s_channel=JR9OPJ In Europe there are very shy people... --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
