Agreed.
I have a modest (read sub-par) station but was thrilled to work 2 UK stations
and a score of NA. Most nights I need to go to 80 for Qs.
A 160 Activity Night (DX or not) could more occasionally light up the band!
73 de Ed, K1RID
Newburyport Electronics & Radio Society
www.k1yrd.org
>
Hmm, this last week was still hitting RBN over there, and worked G3OLB
two different days a little before his sunrise. One of those was a
long lovely old time 599 QSO with Tom, like I was working someone in
Ohio on 80 meters.
It might be "season" over, but 160 sure isn't over, at least not yet.
I
Roger. My guess is that it is considered "season over" by most of the boys.
I rarely get on 160M after early April unless there is a specific DXpedition
on. I don't think I am alone.
In some cases, people even lose antenna options for the summer due to
coexisting with farmers and other activi
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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David,
I very much enjoyed our simple QSO last night. Ignore the idiots who are
reduced to being pests. They happen to turn up everywhere.
By the way, the QSO was very useful: I was testing the new 160 m antenna
that we will be taking to KH1. As you may know, the USFWS is limiting us to
verti
30, 2018 10:00 AM
To: 'VK3HJ' ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Hi Steve
This evening (29 March) was much better, a number of RBN responses from
AA4VV, VE7CC-7 and W4KKN.
It opened up around 10:45z. Thanks for the QSOs with VE3MGY, N0
Roger, I heard you well on 1827 tonight but called for about 30 minutes and
just gave up. Your signal in the QRN was 369 most of the time, High
tropical QRN here.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Roger Kennedy <
ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm not sure if it has been poor con
PM
To: vk2wf; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Adrian,
You are about 600 km north of me. That is certainly a sufficient distance to
make a difference. Steve VK7CW is about 550 km south of me.
I forgot to mention, Wednesday morning around
VHF is fun, yes. But keep in mind that in the southern hemisphere it's
winter when we have our summer. And there are times in our summer when it's
quiet and we can work them on 160. :-)
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 11:41 AM David Olean wrote:
> ...My goal is to get common mode
to:k1...@metrocast.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:42
To: Lee. KX4TT ; 'Roger Kennedy'
; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
I thought of that, Lee. I think I was at least 1 kHz below wherever TJ2TT
showed up, and I asked if the freq was in use
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:31
To: Roger Kennedy ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Roger,
I was QRV for awhile, but seem to have attracted someone who hated my guts. I was QRMed
while trying to work stations. they put a carrier on top of the stat
-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:31
To: Roger Kennedy ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Roger,
I was QRV for awhile, but seem to have attracted someone who hated my guts. I
was QRMed while trying to
Roger,
I was QRV for awhile, but seem to have attracted someone who hated my
guts. I was QRMed while trying to work stations. they put a carrier on
top of the stations I tried to work. They QRMed the dx station and were
sending false signal reports in hopes of confusing me. Then they came
o
Rats. I was working on my Johnson Valiant last night and forgot it was 160
activity night.
I have maybe 2 to 3 more weeks before the BOG and RBOG antennas get taken
down as well as the INV-L radials get removed.
I keep one or two radials rolled up and connected during the summer so I
can tempora
line
early in the fall.
73. . .Dave, W0FLS
-Original Message-
From: WT2P - CJ Johnson
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:38 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Some of us in the W9 area now have to start contending with spring
storms which r
You were 579 in VT but you could not hear my 100W.
On 3/29/2018 5:55 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Well conditions seemed pretty good last night . . . my RBN reports were
certainly encouraging from several NA stations - one was even 49 dB over the
noise !
However, there was a distinct lack of activi
Some of us in the W9 area now have to start contending with spring
storms which raises the noise level considerably, and many folks are now
beginning to take down 160 RX stuff ahead of summer. It may be a
summertime lull, picking back up again in the fall
wt2p
--
WT2P
http://www.wt2p.com
Roger
They are all on FT8 more or less.
Then you do not need to hear the station you work, and you can even stay late
in bed.
Computer fix all QSO, for you.
Unfortunately , this is killing our hobby, IF arrl is not making it a separate
award ,, for NO hearing QSO´+ s… BUT they do not care,,
Adrian,
You are about 600 km north of me. That is certainly a sufficient distance to
make a difference. Steve VK7CW is about 550 km south of me.
I forgot to mention, Wednesday morning around 2030z I tried for Europe, and as
per Wednesday evening, absolutely nothing in the log, nor any signals a
We've been expecting 7Q7EI to show up but in vain. Looks like it's time to quit
with this one.
>Среда, 28 марта 2018, 21:27 UTC от Roger Kennedy
>:
>
>
>Well, I'm not sure if it has been poor conditions, or a just a lack of
>activity . . .
>
>But I've not heard many North American stations on
ile Network
> Original message From: VK3HJ <
> vk3hj_l...@barefoothorse.com.au> Date: 29/3/18 10:08 am (GMT+10:00) To:
> topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity
> Night
> Wednesday night was positively awful from VK3. I called CQ
Date: 29/3/18 10:08 am (GMT+10:00) To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re:
Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
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 go
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
Hi Dave,
Although I made my first 160 QSO using a DX100 and a re-tuned car radio for a
receiver in 1959 (a VE7 no less) I've not really been a regular on topband.
Last year it dawned on me that if I got a 160 DXCC I would have 9 bands, so that
became a goal. I now have it worked but need abo
Welcome comeback, Alex!
73! de Eugene RA0FF
http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/
>Пятница, 23 марта 2018, 3:21 +11:00 от ALEXEY OGORODOV via Topband
>:
>
>Hello brethren,
>
>Dave, yes, I changed QTH moving from the ocean to Guayaquil city and now I'm
>residing in downtown area which implies certain chall
Hello brethren,
Dave, yes, I changed QTH moving from the ocean to Guayaquil city and now I'm
residing in downtown area which implies certain challenges working low bands.
However, to my joy, I'm not utterly deafened by the city's QRMand tropical QRN,
the way I thought I would be. My noise situa
Hi Wes,
I got home late (0100 UT) from a school band performance (grandkids!)
and found no activity to speak of. I hoped to find G3YRO but no luck.
QRN levels from lightning had dropped towards Europe but there was zilch
for activity. My fault that I did not stick around after 0230UT. I
s
Worked PJ5/SP2GCJ @0315 for a new one for me. OA4TT would have been a new one
too (I'm a newby). He was quite strong but the one time he replied to me he
didn't have my complete call, missing the "s", and he gave up and went back to
CQ very quickly (I thought).
HC2AO was ESP, at best.
It's
Alex, HC2AO, was QRV Wednesday night which must have been from a
new/different location. He was running 20w to a 14m inverted L with 2
elevated radials from a balcony. He was weak but workable. He said our QSO
was his first for 2018. From his comments on KST, it sounded like he has
plans fo
Hmmm - local QRM (lights from nearby baseball field) made early evening copy
tough on CW, so I booted up WSJT-X and saw some EU stations there (5B4AIF was
steady copy, and some other EU stations would show up from time to time), from
0100-0200. Not the best conditions, but also not the worst. Wo
Listening in AZ. nil so far. 0300Z
On 3/21/2018 3:50 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Well hopefully we'll get some stations on the band tonight !
I'll be on around 1828kHz from about Z . . .
Hope you'll be on too
73 Roger G3YRO
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I got back into the shack a little late for EU sunrise after the
0300-0400z CWT but hope we had some good participation on 160.
73,
WT2P
--
WT2P
http://www.wt2p.com
On 3/1/2018 12:52 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Activity was way down on FT8 as well.
On 2/28/2018 7:56 AM, Roger Kennedy wro
Activity was way down on FT8 as well.
On 2/28/2018 7:56 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Conditions have been rather poor since the end of last week . . . (only
managed a few American contacts on the CQ WW SSB contest.)
However, I was on last night on CW and was Spotted, and received by NA RBN
station
: Kenneth Grimm Date:
2/22/18 6:03 AM (GMT-07:00) To: Roger Kennedy
Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX
Activity Night
Thanks for the QSO Roger. If it were not for your exhortation to be on the
band on Wednesday evenings, I would have missed a QSO with UK9AA. That's a
rizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message From: Kenneth Grimm Date:
2/22/18 6:03 AM (GMT-07:00) To: Roger Kennedy
Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX
Activity Night
Thanks for the QSO Roger. If it were not for your exhortation to be on the
band on Wedn
Roger G3YRO and a French station (F6AGM?) made it into the log.I heard
several other EU stations with nice signals but did not work them as they
were in QSO and my operating time was only during TV commercials as I was
watching the Olympics.
I worked UK9AA last month and tried to work him agai
Thanks for the QSO Roger. If it were not for your exhortation to be on the
band on Wednesday evenings, I would have missed a QSO with UK9AA. That's a
fairly rare one from this side of the pond.
73,
Ken - K4XL
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Roger Kennedy <
ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote
Tuesday I worked an EA7 on FT8.
Wednesday activity FT8 wise was down quite a bit.
On 2/21/2018 8:11 AM, Charlie Young wrote:
160 is full of surprises. I have been casually looking to work Fedor UK9AA
when he has been on the band. Last night the conditions seemed awful. Only EU
I was heari
160 is full of surprises. I have been casually looking to work Fedor UK9AA
when he has been on the band. Last night the conditions seemed awful. Only EU
I was hearing was RW5C and he was much weaker than normal.
When UK9AA was spotted on CW, as always I listened but thought, with these poor
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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Predmet: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
Roger,
For me the change was on Saturday. I thought conditions were much
better on Friday night / Saturday morning, then they were Saturday night
Sunday morning. Only speaking for my station, since then signals from
EU have
Roger,
For me the change was on Saturday. I thought conditions were much
better on Friday night / Saturday morning, then they were Saturday night
Sunday morning. Only speaking for my station, since then signals from
EU have not been as strong as they were on Friday night / Saturday morning.
Contest coming soon !
Jean-Paul - F6FYA.
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De: uy...@mksat.net
Envoyé: mercredi 14 février 2018 10:06
À: Roger Kennedy
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Objet: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity night
Hi
Tod
Hi
Today at night WKD 41 station W/VE
Only my CQ.
VA- 6
NH - 4
MA - 4
OH - 3
LA- 2, FL-2, MI - 2, NJ - 2
TX, RI, AR, KY, SC, MD, ME, PA, CT, AL
VE1, VE2, VE3, VE9, VY2
W7WM - super signal ! qrz.com qth - CO . Really ?
Good night !
> Just a reminder . . .
>
> Conditions were excellent on Top
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