Thanks to all for the correction of VE7BS's callsign.
ZL2BT was also my first ZL on the band - worked when I was still in W6 I
believe. I am not sure who Alex would have been on the W6 side. The first
person I was aware of working DX from California was W6NJU - who later
became KI6T. Gary lived just a couple of miles away from my QTH and had
enough space to put up a full sized antenna on 160. He came to our small
local contest club (West Valley ARC) and talked about all the DX he was
working and I was intrigued. This would have been around 1970 I think.
I do know that W7RM (SK) was active on 160 in 1970 based upon this entry
into HS5ABD's log - https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/160/HS5ABD-160.jpg. HS5ABD is
better known now as K3ZO now.
Too bad the K1ZM web page about W1BB is no longer up. That had a lot of
good reading. There are scans thanks to WA5POK of a CQ Magazine article
about Stew on the Stew Perry Topband DIstance Challenge web page that makes
interesting reading - www.kkn.net/stew just down a few paragraphs.
As for my "early" 160 story - you can read about it here -
https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/tbdisease.html
Am clearing off some trees on top of the hill of the new QTH to get my
"big" Steppir back up (three full length elements on 40) and load the tower
for 160. Hoping to have it and the Hi-Z 4 square back up before the
October contests come around. Have lots of room for beverages - so hoping
to phase some in the important directions as things evolve here. Will be
interested in any signal reports if you hear me on the band this season.
How many guys worked JA3ONB or JA7NI as their first JA on 160?
73 Tree N6TR/7
Manning (not so Boring), Oregon
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:59 AM, m.r.c. <mrc02@kinderteacher.com> wrote:
> Hi Ron
>
> do not remember the ZL callsign, or even the W6 call for sure, but it was
> 1960-1961 ZL3BT does not ring
> a bell, but that was a LONG time ago I am almost sure it was Alex and a
> call W6KIP or close to it. Of
> course, that call has been reissued at least twice, maybe more. I
> remember listening often to his calls,
> and sometimes he did work the ZL. He was on schedule religiously. Every
> night I think. Very much CW-
> the band was far too tough for SSB at 100 watts, or in that era, even 1 KW
> input
>
> Guess I should look in a 1960 callbook, but all that will tell me is this
> side of the contact.
>
> thanks for responding
>
> 73
>
> Robin, WA6CDR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "vk3io" <vk3io@iinet.net.au>
> To: "m.r.c." <mrc02@kinderteacher.com>; <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2018 03:00
> Subject: Topband: ZL and W6KIP?? back in the 60's?
>
>
>
> Robin,that may have been ZL2BT (also SK) and also whose name was also BOB
>> (what is it about these guy's called BOB and DX on Top Band, i.e. N7UA and
>> many others), he was very big on 160 ssb in the early 1980's when I got
>> interested in DX'ing.
>>
>> Cheers, from Ron.
>>
>>
>> On 03-Aug-18 11:16 AM, m.r.c. wrote:
>>
>>> does anyone remember the sked between ZL and W6KIP(??) back in the 60s?
>>> I can not recall any details, but I do remember hearing Alex (W6KIP???)
>>> every night during my very early years on top band. That's when the band
>>> was severely limited in frequencies and power & we got to listen to LORAN.
>>> We were limited to a night time power of 200 watts Plate Input.
>>>
>>> Robin, WA6CDR
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <ve7sl@shaw.ca>
>>> To: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 11:52
>>> Subject: Re: Topband: WD8DSB & LU5OM 160 meter year long test complete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> This reminds me of the QSOs VE7SB (I think I remember that call right)
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>> VK3ZL did.
>>>>
>>>> Tree..it was Bob, VE7BS in Pemberton. I would often listen during their
>>>> summer dawn chats using my ICF-2010 Sony and built-in ferrite loop. Often
>>>> the VKs were good copy here on the kitchen table! I think condx must have
>>>> been much different back then.
>>>>
>>>> Steve VE7SL
>>>>
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