Topband: 1940Hz Intruder

I was wondering whether it might be a Traveller's Info Station on 1610 Hz? There is one listed in Westchester, NY and several in NJ on 1610. I have no knowledge of them, but they sound like the sort of stations that are only established at certain times and under particular conditions, which

Re: Topband: 160M DX Conditions

Hi, Mike I have witnessed this several times and it seems to be on the increase. I often listen on 160m and hear quite a few DX stations answering a CQ from an EU station, but apparently not being heard. It must be frustrating for the DX station. I am, though, fortunate to have dedicated rx

Re: Topband: amp tripping on 160

I'm afraid that I as soon as I saw the email header I guessed there would be mention of an Expert amp. If you have the opportunity to borrow a more reliable amp and try that, I would be interested in your results, please. 73, Ian G4iiY -Original Message- From: Topband

Re: Topband: CQ Zones

Hi, Dave Zone 23 - JT5DX will be your man. He is active in contests and puts out a good signal. Zone 24 - will be more of a challenge. I have worked XX9D and a couple of BY stations. But you may need to use FT8 for the BY stations, since they seem strongly to prefer that mode. 73 and GL!

Re: Topband: DXE Thunderbolt

David I used to do exactly what you asked. I joined a 6m aluminium scaffold pole to an 18m Spiderpole using one of the couplers sold by Barenco https://www.barenco.co.uk/products/brackets-clamps/pole-mounting?v=3610 I raised it exactly as you suggest, with a falling derrick. It took less than

Re: Topband: Conditions for Stew Perry Contest

I forgot the contest was on. I came on around 0630 UTC, called CQ and was called shortly after by KL7SB, who was 599 here. It was good to work a few more NA around our SR, including VE6WZ who was peaking a staggering 15db over nine. Good to see that weekend contests still generate lots of

Re: Topband: Good Conditions, little NA Activity

Roger I think that Mike makes a very good case. A good number of us who enjoy topband do not tend to use it for working the same stations over and over again and definitely not for ragchewing. I enjoy a good CW ragchew, but would not consider 160m for such a QSO. I know that I could come on

Re: Topband: VE6WZ at sunset in Ukraine

Hi, Doug Many thanks for the boost in confidence. I am totally deaf in one ear and also have extreme tinnitus. I can clearly hear VE6WZ in the recording and feel massively boosted that my hearing is clearly more than adequate compared with such an experienced DXer. Ian -Original

Re: Topband: BOG near noisy power line on 160

If the 'noisy' line is an HV one, I would terminate my beverage well short of 20 feet. My north beverage picks ups pwr line noise when the wx is rain, drizzle, snow, foggy, misty... It ends about 80 feet short of 11KV lines. I would not dare go any closer than that, not because of the noise

Re: Topband: VE1ZZ has passed on - Very Very Sad news! (Long)

That is very sad news, but thank you for a such a personal insight into Jack's station and his life, Jeff. I'm sure the tributes to Jack will be almost endless, such was his status. His signal was awesome and he was nearly always the first station in north America to call me on topband in

Re: Topband: Conditions on 160m for ARRL Contest

Roger I think the beacons towards the bottom of the band are fishing nets (drift nets) in eastern Europe/Asia. They are VERY loud on my east beverage. I use 1812.60 to call CQ because that falls nicely in between the fishing net signals. I only had a quick listen this weekend on 160m and agree

Re: Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations

Trevor I worked 123 US stations on topband over the weekend, including Gary KA1J (thanks!) and a couple in Zone 3. However, I think conditions were not great and it seemed on several occasions that the US stations were hearing EU better than we could hear them. Some of the RBN reports from

Topband: FW: 160m Vertical Ideas?

Is it possible to run a 128 foot wire to the top of the 89 foot tower, then across to the top of the 102 foot tower? If the towers are 35 feet apart, that gives you pretty much a 160m quarterwave. As many radials at the base as you can manage, would be a rather good (mainly vertical) aerial.

Re: Topband: WD-1A wire

Roger I run my four 900 foot beverages in parallel (E/W and N/S) with WD-1A. They are generally about 1m apart, but the N/S beverages are much closer than that at various points. They also pass through electric fence insulators and I use cable ties to attach them. The wire is very strong; more

Re: Topband: 160m L and 80m Vertical

Trevor What you describe is very similar to the set up that I have here. I have a 65' mast with a 10' horizontal fibreglass pole just below the top. My 66' 80m quarterwave runs up to one end of the fibreglass pole and the 160m inverted L to the other side. So the two aerials are 10' apart in