On Sun,1/31/2016 11:12 AM, Eric NO3M wrote:
This past morning, loudest I've ever heard Jim's QRP on 160 that I can
recall. Easy ragchew level.
Thanks for the report, Eric. Other than our QSO, the propagation gods
were not smiling -- I was shut out last night east of AR, where WD5R
heard me.
This past morning, loudest I've ever heard Jim's QRP on 160 that I can
recall. Easy ragchew level.
73 Eric NO3M
On 01/30/2016 01:29 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sat,1/30/2016 9:40 AM, David Raymond wrote:
Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good
Yes, it was a good night.
Interesting conditions here last night. I
heard a whole lot of DX that simply could
not hear me. I'm running QRP and don't
expect to work everything I hear but one
thing for sure, the overall conditions
were really nice. It was fun to take a
break and listen to EU working other EU &
SA and
I felt conditions were "OK" to various parts of Europe throughout the
night. Yes, things would seem good to one location or another for a few
minutes, then just evaporate.
That station from Haiti 4V1TL had huge huge signal probably louder than any
Florida guy I heard.
A "new band greenie for me"
I felt like the SE US was under a propagation blanket. A look at RBN, NA
spotted by EU nodes made us notable by our absence, K3ZM the notable
exception of course. EU would pop in for a few minutes and then go away. No
clue as to the prop mechanics doing that. The on again off again
propagation
Totally different experience here. Condx were fabulous. At the half way
point, I have 71 DX stns wkd (non US & non VE), 42 DX countries. EU stns were
everywhere and stayed in for several hours. But, so far, nothing wkd further
west than KH6.
Looking forward to tonight, now starting right
One small request would be to NOT mention callsigns - at least during the 5
day "waiting period" for log submissions to be completed.
Some folks may not be running assisted, may bust the odd call or two, or
whatever. No point in giving out corrected callsigns at this point.
Thanks
Tom - VE3CX
Hi Jim,
Even I heard you once, from the deepest darkest Los Angeles. About 0825 you
were calling someone I couldn't hear while you were Q5. It gave me a bit of a
thrill knowing you were QRP, and was a good indication that I'm hearing better
(though still poorly) this year.
Jeff W6JK
On
Hi Gary,
As preface, you are in my CQ160CW log. And lest someone have the idea that
the following is some kind of whining about QRP...
Particularly in a contest, I ENJOY trying to pull QRP stations out of the
noise, especially the ones I can manage to copy and the next guy can't.
Successfully
band@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: CW160
Hi Gary,
I previously was amazed at some loud stations (like 20 or 30 dB over S9)
that could not hear my 100 watt station, and I thought it was due to the
fact that they were using directional RX antennas,
On Sat,1/30/2016 11:19 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
But let's be clear headed about what QRP lays on the other end and what the
dB realities are.
Like Dave, you have articulated the issues pretty well. BTW -- I called
you several times last night, but prop wasn't very good (I heard a half
t be heard. That said,
it is all still great fun. Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were
quite good73. . . Dave, W0FLS
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From: "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com>
To: <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 11:2
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> To: <Topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: CW160
>
>
> > Interesting conditions here last night. I
> > heard a whole lot of DX that simply could
> > not hear me. I'm running QRP a
On Sat,1/30/2016 9:40 AM, David Raymond wrote:
Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good
Yes, it was a good night. Dave, W0FLS and Toni, N0NI, are two guys who
pulled my QRP signal out. Thanks also to W5MX and someone signing a club
call in Gulfport, MS who heard me and gave
This is only part of it.
Just one example from a few years ago in a 160 contest; There was a very
loud station in the Caribean, and he was running EU, and doing quite well.
Many NA stations calling him - he was 20 over S9, and deaf as a post.
Later on, he was like S3, and running NA like mad!
01/30/2016 12:29 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: CW160
On Sat,1/30/2016 9:40 AM, David Raymond wrote:
> Condx to JA from here in Iowa this morning were quite good
Yes, it was a good night. Dave, W0FLS and Toni, N0NI, are two guys who
pulled my QRP s
That's it! Many thanks.
73, Jim
On Sat,1/30/2016 5:45 PM, chacuff wrote:
Probably our club station in Gulfport... K5GDX. We operate field day style...
Generator power and all. RX 4 Sq, 550 beverage to Europe added this year.
1/4 wave vertical under a balloon over our radial field.
Good luck to all!
73,
Gary
KA1J
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