Re: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition condx

2018-06-15 Thread n4is 
There is a fine line between "know" and "believe". Like detuning your tower,
directivity increase signal to  noise ratio. You need  RX antenna on 160m in
a quiet place.  Antenna over salt water is one of those things people know
but don't believe. I am 100% sure and I believe that the signal from KH1 on
160m will be solid copy several hours every day in the US East coast.

I remember George signal from the same region with a simple antenna over
salt water and the signal on 160m was 10 t0 20 db better then others
expedition on the same region. The DHDL is not necessary, it is
indispensable!  same way the vertical over salt water.

Propagation has being very good on 160m . Just this morning I worked  Dave
ZL2OK on SSB with 57 report plus QRN on 1845, lots of QRN. LU5OM and LU6YF
signal was booming in here, Manuel and Juan signal was s9 on the s-meter. I
has heard on VK3 and VK6 as well.

Yes, QRN is a problem on the summer time, it is not so bad in the mornings
but nobody say 160m is an easy band. 

This is the case on 160m that we never know!  but I am a believer,
dedication is the most important aspect on low bands, turn on your radio and
call CQ!

73's
N4IS

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Re: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition condx

2018-06-15 Thread Wes Stewart 
According to the latest Clublog DX Report, 20-meters is still the money band; 
34% of all reported contacts made during the last 7 days were on 20.  Of those, 
41% were DX contacts.  Second was 40-meters.  Thirty meters was actually fourth, 
behind 6-meters.


Wes  N7WS


On 6/15/2018 11:02 AM, Bryon Paul Veal NØAH wrote:

I have no doubt they will be successful on the lowbands with what should 
hopefully be an ambient free RF zone- Despite the short windows, and my guess 
30M will be their best band, if you want to call that a lowband. I do- The 
greyline characteristics in crap conditions are well proven.   I only say this 
because I am comparing my experience on Lord Howe in April of 1998 VK9LZ one 
man DX’pedition. Condx sucked- With K=8, A up to 70+, and SF never broke 70.  I 
worked 30M across every greyline I had during my darkness- 40 was ok, 80 was 
poor, and I didn’t have a topband antenna. I only had daytime propagation on 17 
and 20 meters North to JA, and a number of PAC islands, except one day 17M 
opened briefly to stateside.  30M was over 50% of my 2,432 QSO’s made in a week 
operating around 18-20 hours a day/night in a hut. Used a Cushcraft AP8A and no 
amp.  I am always surprised what 30m can do and I hope we see some fast rates 
on CW excluding the FT8 mess. Won’t be an ATNO for me, but will be interesting 
to see the topband results- It will certainly contribute to the better 
understanding TopBand propagation. I get FT-8, I really do- but just another 
means of taking away time from the pure essence of CW from 160M.



73  Paul  N0AH





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Re: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition condx

2018-06-15 Thread Bryon Paul Veal NØAH 
I have no doubt they will be successful on the lowbands with what should 
hopefully be an ambient free RF zone- Despite the short windows, and my guess 
30M will be their best band, if you want to call that a lowband. I do- The 
greyline characteristics in crap conditions are well proven.   I only say this 
because I am comparing my experience on Lord Howe in April of 1998 VK9LZ one 
man DX’pedition. Condx sucked- With K=8, A up to 70+, and SF never broke 70.  I 
worked 30M across every greyline I had during my darkness- 40 was ok, 80 was 
poor, and I didn’t have a topband antenna. I only had daytime propagation on 17 
and 20 meters North to JA, and a number of PAC islands, except one day 17M 
opened briefly to stateside.  30M was over 50% of my 2,432 QSO’s made in a week 
operating around 18-20 hours a day/night in a hut. Used a Cushcraft AP8A and no 
amp.  I am always surprised what 30m can do and I hope we see some fast rates 
on CW excluding the FT8 mess. Won’t be an ATNO for me, but will be interesting 
to see the topband results- It will certainly contribute to the better 
understanding TopBand propagation. I get FT-8, I really do- but just another 
means of taking away time from the pure essence of CW from 160M.



73  Paul  N0AH



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From: Topband  on behalf of C Allen Baker via 
Topband 
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 11:47:02 AM
To: topband@contesting.com; Jim Thomson; C Allen Baker
Subject: Re: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160

DX

On Fri, 6/15/18, C Allen Baker via Topband  wrote:

 Subject: Re: Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160
 To: topband@contesting.com, "Jim Thomson" 
 Date: Friday, June 15, 2018, 12:45 PM

 Maybe CW till band worked dry.  Hope
 so.

 73, definitely working all the DC I can
 hear.

 Al,  W5IZ

 
 On Fri, 6/15/18, Jim Thomson 
 wrote:

  Subject: Topband: Baker Island
 DXpedition on 160
  To: topband@contesting.com
  Date: Friday, June 15, 2018, 11:47 AM

  Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:17:43 -0400
  From: GEORGE WALLNER 
  To: David Cutter ,
  David Cutter via Topband
  ,
  "'Roger Kennedy'"
  
  Subject: Topband: Baker Island
  DXpedition on 160

  >Hello TopBanders,
  >KH1/KH7Z will be active on 160
 from
  Baker Island from June 27 to July 6
  >(note that dates are tentative
 and
  may change -- please visit
  >http://baker2018.net/ for updates).GL
 and
  CU,
  >George,
  >AA7JV


  ##  How come no  FT8
  mode on 160 M ?   U list FT8 on
 all other bands,
  from  80-6m.

  Jim   VE7RF

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