While operating in CQ WW Phone on 160 m this year, I could not help noticing absolutely incredible signal form IG9/IV3TAN. I have not experienced anything like it in my 38 years of contesting. He wou
IG9/IV3TAN We received some comments and description of IG9 operation from the "horses" mouth - operators at IG9 - IV3TAN and I4UFH. If, as Albert says, he ran Yaesu FL2100Z amplifier (into the anten
Hill vs. Ocean QTH Those are the notes I have received after posting the Hill vs. Ocean QTH, which is better? We know that on VHF the hill is the answer. For low bands, this is not that clear and has
More on Lampedusa: How did his signals coompare to I8UDB? He has a similar fantastic QTH, on a mountain top with the medetarenian all around him. He runs "normal" power. He would be a good standard o
It's not only 1850 that is private. Few times during the CQ WW Phone, while operating CG1ZZ (I made sure I do not step on 1850iers tows, who needs the carrier on freq. during the contest, from the op
exchange RST/RS (which is 99% insignificant, superflous, and also false, i.e. automated 599/59) were changed to a serial number or significant number which would require synchronization to validate a
Howdy TopBanders! Finally I got all the Top Band contest records updated. You can check them out at http://members.aol.com/k3bu/160Records.htm I am slowly reorganizing my web pages and clearing some
the sunrise end; that happens when a disturbance reaches the level of the duct, upsetting the orderly condition of ionospheric surfaces established in the dark of night. Such disturbances may be of a
Setup was same as I have here in VA...which does well....came home with same materail on Tuesday....reinstalled them on Wednesday... Everything fine!....<< You should have brought some VA soil :-) Lo
Howdy TopBanders, Top band records updated, icluding "missing" Italian WPX SSB world record. http://members.aol.com/k3bu/160Records.htm Thanks for the QSOs and points during recent CQ WW 160 and ARRL
Reading all this commotion about "RX beacon" makes me wonder. Why don't we go for proven, tested and working well NCDXA/IARU beacon system used on high bands? It takes very little space, multiple bea
ON4UN<< Solution 1. Use countries that allow or will issue special license for the beacons. Solution 2. Use 1810 kHz, narrow CW signal should not be impediment, much less than ARRL bulletins. (or the