Hello Top Band Contesters.
Conditions here on East Coast of VK were terrible.
Mega lightning throughout the east coast. Very unseasonable weather for
this time of year.
Many of the possible Topband contesters (of which there are not many in
VK) were probably recovering from storm damage and
Conditions here in the western NC mountains appeared to be less than
good, but my overall contact numbers were better than last year. Didn't
have my receive antenna erected yet, but was able to hear three
Europeans calling and worked a few Caribbean stations. Nothing heard
from the Pacific
Conditions poor here.
I managed VK3IO and 9 NA contacts plus ZF2VE.
The outstanding signal was K0DI who was still 579 45 mins after sunrise here.
Richard G3OQT
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Hi Roger,
We were happy to get you in the NA7TB log! K9DR had just taken over from me
at 0800Z and he had a nice little SR run of UK stations starting with you:
G3YRO, G4DJX, MM1R, G3T, GM4ZUK, G4FAL, GM4JYB, GI4EBS. There is a picture
of the 8-Circle on our NA7TB QRZ page. This is the antenna
Hi Hank - just checked the Log - yes it was NA7TB !
I'm amazed how I manage to do with my modest setup, compared to what a lot
of you guys in the US have for Top Band.
And I don't think anyone here in Britain has a 4-Square for 160m.
73 Roger G3YRO
PS - I keep replying direct to emails from
I wonder if the AZ was NA7TB with an 8 circle TX - beverages and legal limit -
Hank K7HP
- On Dec 22, 2021, at 2:31 PM, Roger Kennedy
wrote:
| Hi Ed. Yes I since looked up where the various stations I worked were
| located . . . and managed to work into Florida, Colorado, Texas and
Hi Ed. Yes I since looked up where the various stations I worked were
located . . . and managed to work into Florida, Colorado, Texas and Arizona,
so was pretty pleased with that.
Unlike most 160m DXers I use a horizontal half-wave dipole, 50ft high.
I'll be on tonight for the Wednesday CW DX
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
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
Well conditions were rather poor on Saturday night . . .
Also didn't hear many of the usual big signals on the band.
Roger G3YRO
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On 3/15/2021 5:17 PM, List Mail wrote:
Conditions were terrible here on the weekend. Storm static on Saturday night
and poor propagation, and continuing poor propagation on Sunday night but with
less storm static. I heard a few NA stations, but none responded to my calls.
I was on for two
responded to my calls.
I worked one JA station in the Contest.
73, Luke VK3HJ
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From: Roger Kennedy
Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2021 4:07 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Well I came on for a couple of hours during the contest
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From: Roger Kennedy
Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2021 4:07 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Well I came on for a couple of hours during the contest . . .
Conditions seemed OK, not particularly good, but not bad either.
Managed to work
Well I came on for a couple of hours during the contest . . .
Conditions seemed OK, not particularly good, but not bad either.
Managed to work everyone I heard, which was a total of 37 NA stations, so
was pretty happy with that. Worked down to Florida and the Caribbean, but
nothing further
Yes, I'm quite sure Stan was joking!
On a serious note though, I was very pleased to work Stan last night. I was
just about to turn off the radio, as the widespread thunderstorms continued
to smash my receiver, when I saw Stan's CQ. Tuning to that frequency, I
quickly determined the callsign,
Of Richard (Rick) Karlquist
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 11:50 AM
To: wa5...@gmail.com; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
> I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the
> CQ
> 160 Conte
Stan - yes dangerous..take a whiz on it instead :-)))
ZN
On 2020-12-28 09:49, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
>
>> I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ
>> 160 Contest trying to spray water on power
On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ
160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators!
73...Stan, ZF9CW
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This is extremely dangerous! Don't do it. The power company
has special
The Stew Perry Contest should be the standard for log processing. Also,
unlike every other contest I have never seen anyone complain about the
scoring not being fair.
I have not worked the contest every year and I had forgotten how the logs
are processed. I just submitted my log and then looked
Hi
I heard you Roger.
But did not distract you from your beloved CQ dx TEST :-))
Almost all of my NA correspondents are old acquaintances.
There are only two new ones - N4BAA, AA2EQ.
There was one QSO with the third zone - K7RL ( It has wonderful TX +
RX).
Also, many from the USA heard me
Yes, great to see conditions being good this weekend for the Contest. The
big NA signals were peaking S9 +10 to 15dB over here (which what they always
used to be, but I haven't seen for a while)
I came on for a couple of hours on Saturday night, and managed to work 45 NA
stations, including
it
Really mean? Perhaps not what the words really say? KH6LC has more hard work in
his station than many.
Lee K7TJR OR
-Original Message-
From: Topband On Behalf Of F Z_Bruce
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 6:32 PM
To: g...@ka1j.com; Topband
Subject: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
, 2018 6:32 PM
To: g...@ka1j.com; Topband
Subject: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Sometimes someone will get lucky and get excellent 160 meter transmitting and
receiving the first try. But most have to work at it with isolated
directional receiving antenna (s), and transmitting antenna(s) de
Bruce,
A modelling program would surely be
wonderful to work with. I can say though,
I called him twice, he heard me on my
first call and sent back 1J ?, I sent my
call again and he had it. I was stunned.
73,
Gary
KA1J
> Sometimes someone will get lucky and get excellent 160 meter
>
Sometimes someone will get lucky and get excellent 160 meter transmitting and
receiving the first try.
But most have to work at it with isolated directional receiving antenna (s),
and transmitting antenna(s)
de-tuned while receiving. A antenna modeling program also helps.
73
Bruce-k1fz
Yes indeed, whatever he's using is
working. He copied me with my 5W signal
from Connecticut, 10 miles from Rhode
Island. Just got the LOTW today.
That is some more than excellent copy on
their part for 160M.
73,
Gary
KA1J
> Nope, KH6LC doesn't have good ears, they have GREAT ears. Worked
Nope, KH6LC doesn't have good ears, they have GREAT ears. Worked them from MI
with 5 watts and it wasn't the first time.
HNYRuss, N3CO
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On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Sam Josuweit wrote:
Worked Hawaii from NE Pennsylvania with 100 watts. Still smiling
Worked Hawaii from NE Pennsylvania with 100 watts. Still smiling from that
one. Thanks KH6LC good ears and great patience. Too many people give up
after one or two calls.
Hope everyone has a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Sam(N3XZ)
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Good conditions from Scandinavia to WC for the past four nights at OH0Z. Last
night was the best so far. BIG BIG signals from K7RL, N7DD and many others. I
managed to work about 40 NA stations although missed quite many who did not
hear me. Conditions are looking really promising for this
Topbanders
Band was really good this morning and I managed to work about 30 NA
stations, East, West and down to US Virgin. Band indicators also were OK:
A2, K0, Solar Wind speed abt. 300km/s and proton density abt. 10 p/cm3
(quite high to my opinion).
Seems that we are going to have a very
Hi All
Many stations of the near states were very weak.
But I am glad first QSOs from WC in a season (before a morning) - K7RL,
NA7TB !
After SR wkd VE3PN, N0FW, KC1XX, K5ZD.
Also wkd - N5DX, W1UE, NP2J, K3ZM, NO3M, WF2W, K1LT, VA2WA, K3WW, K5NA,
K1AR, KV4FZ, N2NC, N3QE, KT3Y, N1LN.
Did
Well I was unfortunately doing a gig last night, so didn't get home 'til
03.30Z . . . and then came on the band.
Signals from NA were pretty poor generally . . . so not sure if there was
just quite low activity, or that only the really big signals were coming
through. (I didn't hear many of the
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