The weather here in the UK has been dreadful with winds of up to 90 mph. My antennas are all lowered down and I imagine that is the case for lots of other ops as well. Enjoy the contest.
73 Richard G3OQT > On 7 Dec 2024, at 17:00, [email protected] wrote: > > 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. Re: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages (Rick Kunath) > 2. Re: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages (Martin Kratoska) > 3. Re: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages (Rick Kunath) > 4. ARRL 160 (Jim Brown) > 5. Night 1 of the 160 contest (Mark Lunday) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 13:04:13 -0500 > From: Rick Kunath <[email protected]> > To: Bill Conwell <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Bill, > > If you have an NEC file of your model I'd be glad to model it on AN-SOF > Professional. That does work very well on antennas near and even on the > ground. > > Rick Kunath, K9AO > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 19:20:07 +0100 > From: Martin Kratoska <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Rick K9AO, > do you have some Loop-On-Ground Antenna models and/or BOG? > > 73, > Martin, OK1RR > > Dne 06. 12. 24 v 19:04 Rick Kunath via Topband napsal(a): >> Bill, >> >> If you have an NEC file of your model I'd be glad to model it on AN-SOF >> Professional. That does work very well on antennas near and even on the >> ground. >> >> Rick Kunath, K9AO >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 17:03:43 -0500 > From: Rick Kunath <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Parallelogram echelon array of beverages > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > What sorts of things were you looking for Martin? > > Rick Kunath, K9AO > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 15:14:31 -0800 > From: Jim Brown <[email protected]> > To: 'TopBand' <[email protected]> > Subject: Topband: ARRL 160 > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I'm not hearing a thing or seeing any traces in waterfall from my QTH > near San Francisco. Usually I'd be working 500-800 miles at the top of > the contest. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 05:58:57 +0000 > From: Mark Lunday <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Topband: Night 1 of the 160 contest > Message-ID: > > <sa2pr02mb7658b069674ed71859c6406295...@sa2pr02mb7658.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Not much to get excited about. Turned on the rig at 0200 UTC and went to bed > at 0600 UTC. > > Worked G6XX, S59ZZ, OM3GI, KH6AQ, ZF9CW with 100 watts and inverted L. HiZ > 4-square for receiving, band was not noisy but signals were not strong. > > Several DX spotted that I did not hear: LY7M, OH0Z, G4IRN. I did not notice > a sunrise signal peak for EU. > > Ops were very courteous and disciplined when calling DX, very typical of > topband behavior...nice to hear. > > > > Mark Lunday, WD4ELG > Greensboro, NC FM06be > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://wd4elg.blogspot.com > SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972 QRP ARCI #16497 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Topband mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Topband Digest, Vol 264, Issue 6 > *************************************** _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
