Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Thanks, Roger. Great results for a short amount of time! What was your set-up? dit dit 73 de Ed, K1RID Newburyport Electronics & Radio Society www.k1yrd.org > On Dec 20, 2021, at 21:39, Roger Kennedy > wrote: > > > Conditions were OK but not good to Europe over the weekend. The big signals > that are normally over S9 were only around S7. > > Unfortunately I had to work until 3am on Saturday night/Sunday morning . . . > and as I had to be up at 8am I could only afford to come on 160 for about an > hour. > > However, I did manage to work 38 NA contest stations in that time, so was > fairly happy with that. > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Agreed. I have a modest (read sub-par) station but was thrilled to work 2 UK stations and a score of NA. Most nights I need to go to 80 for Qs. A 160 Activity Night (DX or not) could more occasionally light up the band! 73 de Ed, K1RID Newburyport Electronics & Radio Society www.k1yrd.org > On Nov 27, 2018, at 18:13, Roger Kennedy > wrote: > > > It's so frustrating that you always hear hundreds of stations on Top Band > whenever there's a contest on, or when there's some DX-pedition active on > the band . . . yet most of the time the band is dead ! > > I find it even more frustrating that there's often people posting lots > stations that are on the band using FT8 (which doesn't interest me in the > slightest) . . . yet NOBODY is on CW. > > That's why last Winter I suggested a regular Wednesday Activity Night . . . > one evening when hopefully lots of stations would make the effort to come on > the band at the same time, so we could all work each other. > > It was pretty successful . . . so hopefully we can make it work again this > Winter too ! > > I'll certainly be on the band from around 2300Z tomorrow night. > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
