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Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: [email protected] Sent: 24 February 2018 17:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Topband Digest, Vol 182, Issue 20 Send Topband mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." Today's Topics: 1. brief opening on topband today (John Randall) 2. Re: CQ WW SSB Contest (Roger Kennedy) 3. No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (terry burge) 4. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Guy Olinger K2AV) 5. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Hal Dale) 6. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Lee. KX4TT) 7. Re: Speaking of Noises... (Jeff Kincaid) 8. Re: 160m DX Activity Night (VK3HJ) 9. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Guy Olinger K2AV) 10. Re: brief opening on topband today (John Randall) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:56 +0000 (UTC) From: John Randall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: brief opening on topband today Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 This afternoon, I had my flex 3k on 1.850 when I saw a trong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to ne S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one. 73John ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:33:55 -0000 From: "Roger Kennedy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "'George Taft'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: CQ WW SSB Contest Message-ID: <FF445BF53C4E400FBB1B5C619D02A4CC@Packard> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Yes I forgot about the contest George ! Well I will be on, trying to pick out the DX stations on SSB, between all the strong Europeans ! (at least my new 160m receive loop makes the EU stations weaker, whereas the DX is as strong or stronger than on my main Antenna) Hope to work some of you on SSB this weekend 73 Roger G3YRO _____ From: George Taft [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 February 2018 16:55 To: rayn6vr; Kenneth Grimm; Roger Kennedy Cc: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night Hi All Roger, I wouldn't get too excited abt this weekend QRV. Remember we have the CQWW160 SSB test! Doesn't do much for DX, hi. And Ken, I was listening when you worked UK9AA. Unfortunately, noisy with early Spring QRN and a new Indian Casino in my nearby NE path. Fortunately, I worked Fedor on a quiet nite some time ago. He apparently hears very well. Now if we could get some prop into W8 from the VU and EX actives. 73 George W8UVZ On Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:33 AM, rayn6vr <[email protected]> wrote: Ken,Good catch! Heard i u calling uk9aa but never heard him. He's been spotted a lot but it would take some very special /weird condx for us to hear him. Otherwise, checked the band several times but never heard EU last nigjt, 0500 - 0800z, EU SR. Ray,Near Prescott, AZ Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: Kenneth Grimm <[email protected]> Date: 2/22/18 6:03 AM (GMT-07:00) To: Roger Kennedy <[email protected]> Cc: topband <[email protected]> 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 fairly rare one from this side of the pond. 73, Ken - K4XL On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Roger Kennedy < [email protected]> wrote: > Well conditions were strange last night . . . > > Generally poor propagation . . . and high background noise here (even on my > Rx aerial) - apologies if you were one of the stations I heard calling, but > couldn't pull out of the noise. > > However, I did manage to work 16 NA stations in the 2 hours I stayed on, > including across to Texas. > > What was more weird was some of my RBN reports from NA stations (which I > often view when the band's quiet, to check propagation) - several gave me > over 40dB above the noise, one even +48dB ! > > Thanks to everyone who came on (inc several EU stations) . . . > > I shall be on at the weekend, and certainly next Wednesday again. > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- Ken - K4XL BoatAnchor Manual Archive BAMA - http://bama.edebris.com <http://bama.edebris.com/> _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 10:39:58 -0800 (PST) From: terry burge <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. Terry KI7M ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:02:36 -0500 From: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> To: terry burge <[email protected]> Cc: TopBand List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Message-ID: <CANckpc0XE6a-K+dzOxsFRFkWuKA+G9iD4yHkzNBC1wC6uw=5...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" The RBN reports and filters are gone as well. Usually a break like this indicates a difficult upgrade, or some problem they haven't figured out yet, or both. Perhaps Pete has some inside dope? 73, Guy K2AV. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:39 PM, terry burge <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able > to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I > hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always > enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. > > > Terry > > KI7M > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:21:25 -0500 From: Hal Dale <[email protected]> To: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <[email protected]> Cc: "terry burge" <[email protected]>, "TopBand List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Don't know but experiencing same here...Thought it may have been my problem....Hal/WB4AEG ---- On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:02:36 -0500 Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> wrote ---- The RBN reports and filters are gone as well. Usually a break like this indicates a difficult upgrade, or some problem they haven't figured out yet, or both. Perhaps Pete has some inside dope? 73, Guy K2AV. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:39 PM, terry burge <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able > to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I > hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always > enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. > > > Terry > > KI7M > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:50:52 -0500 From: "Lee. KX4TT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Looks like DXWatch just came back.................... Lee KX4TT -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of terry burge Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 13:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. Terry KI7M _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:04:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Kincaid <[email protected]> To: Jim Jim <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Speaking of Noises... Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Interesting thought, Jim, but you have lost the context.? What I was listening to was Tim's recording. 'JK On Friday, February 23, 2018 4:01 PM, Jim Jim <[email protected]> wrote: Jeff,? try turning off all of the Cell phones located near your receiver (and maybe in the house)? This sounds like the sound of a Cell phone polling the local tower that I had several years ago? it often drives me nuts because my wife' phone sometimes gets into the receiver as well. Jim K3YBN Message: 4 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:03:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Kincaid <[email protected]> To: Tim Shoppa <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: topBand List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Speaking of Noises... Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I think I'm hearing two groups of four bursts, with the first burst from the second transmitter coinciding with the last burst from the first transmitter.? Anyone agree? Jeff W6JK ??? On Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:51 AM, Tim Shoppa <[email protected]> wrote: Here is a recording (made on 80M a few years ago but sounds substantially the same on 160M) of what I'm told is the Wallops Island Ionosonde: http://n3qe.org/wumwum_80M.wav Here is the waveform showing 4 louder cycles followed by three softer cycles: http://n3qe.org/wumwum.png If you look at the second panel of the waveform, you see a 20Hz substructure in the pulses. Even though I'm sitting in once place with a 2.4kHz filter making this recording, I understand that the actual spectrum occupied is wider and it cycles through the bands repeating on a several minute cycle. Tim N3QE ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:51:45 +1100 From: "VK3HJ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night Message-ID: <F17B0BE7EFDC422BAFE7272216CF52AD@LukeNetbook> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original This morning around 2000z I worked several European stations. The band seemed quite lively today. Stations were worked from Russia to England and Italy, with others heard from the north. Conditions seemed reasonable again, although it seems that many operators are occupied doing other things. The digital sub-band appeared busy. I will be back on calling CQ again Monday around 2000z, as there is the SSB Contest on this weekend. As George mentioned elsewhere, a contest doesn't do much for DX! 73, Luke VK3HJ ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:26:13 -0500 From: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> To: "Lee. KX4TT" <[email protected]> Cc: TopBand List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? Message-ID: <canckpc1oa9gpjqjkvlh4dv7+wareqvk7t+lzxmtwnaqhz6u...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'd say that the screen fills from the RBN server have gotten a lot faster. Maybe some hardware upgrades? 73, g. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Lee. KX4TT via Topband < [email protected]> wrote: > Looks like DXWatch just came back.................... > > > Lee KX4TT > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of terry > burge > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 13:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? > > Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able > to > pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope > it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy > that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. > > > Terry > > KI7M > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:28:01 +0000 (UTC) From: John Randall <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: brief opening on topband today Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 My last email had some Gremlins , so here it is again...... This afternoon, I had my flex 3k idling on 1.850 (QRO section ) when I saw a strong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to be S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one, but just goes to show that sometimes these "flash in the pans" do occur. I later learned that there was a 160m contest stating later in the evening and that he was probably tuning up his station and that I was on the right spot at the right time. ps, this morning 24.02.2018 at 08h17, I worked S51V running 30w ( max pwr limit ) Cannot stop smiling....XYL worried...hi hi 73John -M0ELS (30M east of London ) Digitally signed mail - John? M0ELS ?The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.? George Orwell On Saturday, 24 February 2018, 04:06:18 GMT, rayn6vr <[email protected]> wrote: John, Sound great! I'd love to work S5 on 160m. More details please. Where are located, what is you callsign? Ray,N6VR? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: John Randall via Topband <[email protected]> Date: 2/23/18 10:46 AM (GMT-07:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: brief opening on topband today This afternoon, I had my flex 3k on 1.850 when I saw a trong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to ne S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one. 73John _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list [email protected] http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband ------------------------------ End of Topband Digest, Vol 182, Issue 20 **************************************** _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
