Sorry, sent my message to wrong post. Don wd8dsb
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM Don Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Interesting read and thanks for sending it my way. This is a great > example on why you need to keep an open mind as there are almost infinite > sources of RFI. > > We are starting our drive back to Indy today and will get home tomorrow > evening. > > Don wd8dsb > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 5:01 AM Michael Tope <[email protected]> wrote: > >> C21MM has been in solid for well over 1.5 hours on FT8 tonight and it's >> still early. They were loud enough at times (at least on my end) for a >> CW QSO, but they didn't decode my signal on FT8 until their signal >> peaked up to R=0, whereas on this end I was decoding solidly down to >> R=-20. Clearly they have some receive challenges. The DHDL antenna that >> C21MM plans to use for receive has been employed by AA7JV on some of his >> expeditions, so it's got a proven track record. Perhaps there is a storm >> that is very close to them causing unusually high QRN. >> >> I need to go to bed, today is a work day 🙁 >> >> 73, Mike W4EF................. >> >> On 10/20/2024 6:13 PM, Wes Stewart via Topband wrote: >> > The realities about some of these DXpedtions is that they are >> organized by Europeans and favor working EU. Take the just concluded (if >> they kept to schedule) PX0FF expedition. The ops were all Europeans and >> >60% of their Qs were with EU and only 21% were with NA. They didn't even >> operate 160 CW. They made 1046 FT8 QSOs on 160 out of >150,000 total. >> > >> > 8R7X was another one with EU 54% and NA 31%. Of course propagation >> favored EU, but they were active long enough that I worked them on both 160 >> CW and FT8 as well as 22 other band/modes. >> > Ditto A8OK that I worked on 33 band/modes, none on topband. EU 64%, NA >> 19%. >> > I'm not trying to disparage our EU friends, I'm just pointing out the >> numbers. >> > >> > C21MM will be QRV for at least another week. So far they haven't made >> any topband CW contacts and only 6 with NA presumably on FT8. They claim >> to have installed an RX antenna, but have high noise. So we shall see, but >> I'm not holding my breath. To their credit they have worked about the same >> number of CW and FT8 Qs and a few on RTTY, three of them mine. >> > >> > AA7JV is a dedicated 160 man, who will put in the hours needed. These >> other guys are not so motivated and want to run up their Q count by working >> the most productive bands, or by turning on the FT8 robots. >> > Wes N7WS >> > >> > >> > On Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 12:11:54 PM MST, Jim Brown < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On 10/20/2024 11:14 AM, Steve Harrison wrote: >> >> If possible, please spend some time attempting to work some North >> >> American stations on *160 and/or 80m **CW*. A few minutes here and >> there >> >> is NOT enough; HOURS on the low bands are needed in order to catch the >> >> propagation peaks all across the NA and SA continents. >> > YES! Veteran expeditioner AA7JV recognized that topband openings tended >> > to happen on one or two nights of a multi-week activation, and developed >> > networks to allow simultaneous operation on CW and FT8 during every hour >> > there's a possibility of propagation. One of the most glaring failures >> > is abandoning the band at the first hint of daylight, when propagation >> > PEAKS over the next 45 minutes to an hour! >> > >> > 73, Jim K9YC >> > >> > >> > >> > _________________ >> > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >> Reflector >> > >> > _________________ >> > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >> Reflector >> >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >> Reflector >> > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
