a decent opening a few evenings
ago to NA, plus one JA.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: Kenneth Grimm
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 4:21 AM
To: Herbert Schoenbohm
Cc: n0os...@gmail.com ; TopBand List ; n...@n4is.com ; Richard (Rick)
Karlquist ; Grant Saviers
Subject: Re
ausing me grief with corrosion and intermittent conductivity. Up
will go a wind up telescopic mast supporting continuous wires from feed to
top hat.
I am enjoying the exchange of information on this thread. Keep it up!
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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and taps can be made where
required.
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What wire have you used for the radiator? Could it have stretched?
Luke VK3HJ
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Luke VK3HJ
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In the Southern Hemisphere, we work MOST of our DX during the Summertime!
However, this DXpedition is on during our Winter, so for a change we have an
advantage of reduced QRN and long openings.
73 es GL,
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Friday, June 15
wire that I may use for this purpose and solder the radial wires to this.
This will be a job for later in the winter, when I have time and resources
to do this.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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?
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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rm off our east
coast.
See you on Top Band, on CW.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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at least I don't have neighbours who will make a
fuss.
I'm guessing it's easier to put in an oil well in Yorba Linda than a decent
tower. I visited there in 1997.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: rick darwicki via Topband
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:04 AM
To: topband
The past few evenings all I've been noticed by are RBN, apart from a few
die-hard Top Banders like AA1K, K4IQJ and DU7ET.
These are some of the blokes who don't let a few summer atmospherics deter
them.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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f my Vibroplex Bug!
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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-Original Message-
From: donov...@starpower.net
"160 meter long distance propagation is much more efficient to the south "
Do you mean "between higher latitudes and lower latitudes"?
To my south there are only penguins, and Tasmanians.
Luke VK3HJ
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teve VK7CW, enjoying his very nice bug sending.
Our storm static generally subsides as we come away from Summer. I am active
year-round on Top Band. Most of my interesting DX is worked over Summer.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: Adrian Van Der Byl
Sent: Friday, Mar
above the
grass.
Let’s see if this evening is any good!
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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Wednesday night was positively awful from VK3. I called CQ for nearly an
hour and gave up with no calls, and only local RBN reporting.
By contrast, Tuesday night was quite good to NA, with a number of USA and a
handful of Canadian stations, and one Japanese station calling!
73,
Luke VK3HJ
in the Philippines, a few JAs, and I heard XX9B calling
CQ but not working anyone.
I will attempt to rise early and see if the band is open to Europe! My
sunrise is 2014z and I find Europe starts to come in best in the twenty
minutes after sunrise.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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things. The digital sub-band appeared busy.
I will be back on calling CQ again Monday around 2000z, as there is the SSB
Contest on this weekend. As George mentioned elsewhere, a contest doesn't do
much for DX!
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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I am happy to work anyone again, as many times as they choose to answer my
CQ.
Just about every signal on Top Band is DX from this part of the world.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: Mark K3MSB
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 12:20 PM
To: Roger Kennedy
Cc: topBand List
You will have to excuse me, as 2330z is 1030l and the sun will have been up
for 3.5 hours.
I will be trying around my sunrise from now until the end of summer, around
2000z for Europe, except on contest weekends.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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ut 5000 km. There is very little TB
activity inside this radius, apart from a few "locals".
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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E31A was quite good copy here this morning when I was on around my sunrise
1915z and still audible 20 minutes later.
I'm sure a QSO will be quite impossible with their proximity to Europe. Some
quite good signals in the pileup too.
73 es GL,
Luke VK3HJ
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the wires using a fencing strainer.
Wires are mostly at about 3 metres so the horses and I can walk under them,
and are raised to 4-5 metres over laneways in case a fire truck needs to
pass under.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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ok, even to the feed point, but I've only used a low
duty cycle mode like CW.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: Tim Shoppa
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2017 2:19 AM
To: Bob Lawson N6RW
Cc: topBand List
Subject: Re: Topband: Big 160m openings just before K index spikes
I don't think it's just topband. I've observed exceptionally good
conditions right before a solar
Many people on Top Band want to work DX. Some use digital modes.
Remember there are countries outside the USA (that have different band
plans). Not everyone has the full 1800 - 2000 kHz to use. For example, inn
VK we have 1800 - 1875 kHz only.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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weather event forecast for the east coast over the next three
days. I have asked my local sawmill about Gopher Wood.
73,
Luke VK3HJ
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East Coast of Australia was smashed by thunderstorms all weekend, and I
disconnected my antennas.
My usual experience of Top Band on contest weekends, is that it just becomes
very difficult to work any DX.
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I also concur with JC's recommendation.
Antenna analysers are useful, but you change the circuit when you remove the
feed line and connect the analyser. What your analyser sees is different to
what your transmitter sees.
Luke VK3HJ
-Original Message-
From: MR TREVOR DUNNE
Sent
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