I always have a tough time with Topband but this year has been pretty dry so far. I haven't been able to hear the VK9 or any "rare" DX from this location. Hoping that will change. The street light in front of the house makes a lot of QRM and so far the power company hasn't seen fit to replace it. That'll probably help some but still, I'm not hearing what I did on TB a couple years ago or even last year. Haven't worked a new one on 160 in about a year now.
Yeah, it's slow. 73, Gary KA1J > Is this a slow year or is it just me.. have been listening on and off > for a month at sunrise and its very few and far between signals, > Caught VK9, E51, C21 etc, no new ones but at least some activity. > > Have seen some interesting conditions a couple times, there are > some "beacons" down at 1800 and at least twice now I have seen > these pop out of the noise and good copy, but only for at most > 5 mins time. > This morning they popped up again about 1520Z and were from > 1797 up the band to maybe 1810, heard at least 15 of them. I > think in years gone by someone stated they were Russian beacons > but my memory does not remember the location. > In any case its interesting to see them come out of nowhere for a > few mins and fade away into nothing again, coorelates with the > band being "open" an hour before sunrise .. > > For the Stew its worth taking a good look around, may be a path > open for a few mins to some good mults. > At the same time there were a few JA signals on but they were > very weak compared to normal. > > I have been hanging out down on 475KHZ for a few weeks, just > receiving so far, working on an amplifier and tuner for the antenna, > and will be transmitting soon I hope, so far have copied east to > PA, daily into TX, KL7, of course west coast, quite amazing what > a couple watts does at that freq. > 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 WH2XCR > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
