Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
Hi, I continue to find evidence that 160 meters is NOT closed for the season. Most of the evidence is to be found way up in the phone band. I wondered if those guys were running California kilowatts or something but in some of the QSOs they mentioned their power output in the 100 watt area. I have occasionally heard some CW calls for DX but those are scarce. Apparently the CW hams are just plain absent..doing soemthing else for the 'closed' season. This morning I set up a receiver to slowly scan (troll) from 1800 to 1830 kc...continuously. While I am working around here in and out of the shack I will hopefully hear anybody in range if there is activity. 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
YW5X (IOTA activation in Venezuela) has been active on 160M CW past couple of nights with a fair number of callers. Tim N3QE From: Topband [topband-boun...@contesting.com] on behalf of Bill Cromwell [wrcromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:02 AM To: 'topband' Subject: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating.. Hi, I continue to find evidence that 160 meters is NOT closed for the season. Most of the evidence is to be found way up in the phone band. I wondered if those guys were running California kilowatts or something but in some of the QSOs they mentioned their power output in the 100 watt area. I have occasionally heard some CW calls for DX but those are scarce. Apparently the CW hams are just plain absent..doing soemthing else for the 'closed' season. This morning I set up a receiver to slowly scan (troll) from 1800 to 1830 kc...continuously. While I am working around here in and out of the shack I will hopefully hear anybody in range if there is activity. 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
On 08/25/2013 09:15 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote: YW5X (IOTA activation in Venezuela) has been active on 160M CW past couple of nights with a fair number of callers. Tim N3QE Hi Tim, Maybe I should be listening more at night instead of mornings... 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
Bill - I was on this morning, listening for the YW5X station and calling CQ periodically - worked two west coast stns...W7IZ and K7CF (received a 599+ 10 from K7CF and 599 from W7IZ) but didn't hear a peep east of me. I could JUST make out VK3ZL on 1824 or so but Bob was just above ESP levels here in s/w Utah. I heard the YW5X station two nights ago (I believe that was their first full day of ops) on 80 but nada last night or this morning on 160 or 80! I agree there is far more activity up in the SSB portion -mostly, in my words, bunches of friends/good-'ol-boys gettin' together. I'll be on this evening and early tomorrow morning - see if your scanner hears me as I'd enjoy adding you to my log, given we've chatted here at the top band reflector! 72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV From: tsho...@wmata.com To: wrcromw...@gmail.com; topband@contesting.com Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:15:27 + Subject: Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating.. YW5X (IOTA activation in Venezuela) has been active on 160M CW past couple of nights with a fair number of callers. Tim N3QE From: Topband [topband-boun...@contesting.com] on behalf of Bill Cromwell [wrcromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:02 AM To: 'topband' Subject: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating.. Hi, I continue to find evidence that 160 meters is NOT closed for the season. Most of the evidence is to be found way up in the phone band. I wondered if those guys were running California kilowatts or something but in some of the QSOs they mentioned their power output in the 100 watt area. I have occasionally heard some CW calls for DX but those are scarce. Apparently the CW hams are just plain absent..doing soemthing else for the 'closed' season. This morning I set up a receiver to slowly scan (troll) from 1800 to 1830 kc...continuously. While I am working around here in and out of the shack I will hopefully hear anybody in range if there is activity. 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector _ Topband Reflector
Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
This morning I set up a receiver to slowly scan (troll) from 1800 to 1830 kc...continuously. While I am working around here in and out of the shack I will hopefully hear anybody in range if there is activity. Bill KU8H Working some Europeans in August 2013 about my bedtime. All on CW G3JMJ very active many mornings 0346-0352 UTC 1.825 MHZ IV3PRK often active worked 0358 UTC 1.831 MHZ SV3RF 0353 1.818 MHZ G4EIM 0414 active many mornings 1.830 MHZ I2ZFD 0400 1.830 MHZ Hope these times frequencies result in more CW contacts. 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/ _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
A couple weeks ago I declared my intention to be back on making some feeble noises in a few days. Unfortunately that hasn't happened. At this point I have no idea when I will be QRV, as I just don't have enough time or energy to get the station set up and repair finished. 73, Paul N1BUG _ Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Closed for the season or maybe just redecorating..
On 08/25/2013 12:35 PM, Bruce wrote: Working some Europeans in August 2013 about my bedtime. All on CW G3JMJ very active many mornings 0346-0352 UTC 1.825 MHZ IV3PRK often active worked 0358 UTC 1.831 MHZ SV3RF 0353 1.818 MHZ G4EIM 0414 active many mornings 1.830 MHZ I2ZFD 0400 1.830 MHZ Hope these times frequencies result in more CW contacts. 73 Bruce-K1FZ www.qsl.net/k1fz/ Thanks Bruce, It's four hours earlier here and I'm often in the sack before local midnight. From what others are saying I am very suspicious of having a problem here. With my 30 watt transmitter I can't always work whatever I can hear but I have been able to hear quite a bit in the past. 73, Bill KU8H _ Topband Reflector
