George, mni tnx for bringing 160 cw alive! :) Hr in Ohio, ur sigs today came out of the noise c. 0930z and peaked around 1000z at a real 579. And at 1010z u were still true armchair cpy hr. The skies
Continuing the "age" thread, I turned 82 last Dec. and can appreciate the challenges of antenna work, or even sitting in the operating chair during contests. [1] Shorter contests, slower yard work on
Just saw your post and will be looking for you (would be a new one on 160-80-40-15-12-10-6) from 0900z. Good to hear your noise issues are much improved. Bob -- _________________ Searchable Archives:
ah so! You are right of course. Tnx for the correction. PS had fun in SM7 land a few yrs ago( when I was 5A3TG.), visiting SM7BVR, SM7DML, & a couple other hams. Arne and I operated from his attic, s
Heard George beginning at 0830z on 160 cw. Mostly rough copy in the QRN, but periodically rising above it. He was CQing and easy to work at that time. Finally heard good cndx on 10m yesterday and wor
Will continue to look for CW/ssb mode activity. Need them on 12-15-80-160 de Bob- doing CW in Ohio. Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the
Im mostly a cw op, working 160-6m. Also do some ssb and rtty but not much. Never heard them on 6-10-12m, and waited until the final 3 days to start chasing them, managing to get in their log on 160-8
Mni thanks for the good news, George. Be looking for you next week. Around 1827.5 ? Do you have 6m capabilities? Keep reading 6m is expected to open via F2 and TE any day now, and esp. during Oct-Nov
George, tnx for the effort!! I heard you pretty well Sat night on 160 and even better on 80 cw CQing in the contest without a lot of replies. Must have called you 50 times on 80m. You came back with
Too bad about not getting your FO license. Governments can be frustrating at times. Bet you could write a book about it! 160 seems to be getting seasonally better but didnt hear any Euros this past w
Bob, I will be in the ARRL 160 contest as AA7JV/MM. Should have a stronger signal by then, as we will be further east along our crossing to Panama. CU and73, George ==George: I spent an hour out in t
Got in from a long drive FRI at 6pm too bushed from driving into the sun - at sunset - to get OTA. But woke up at 6 am EST and looked around for dx and the West Coast. Worked a couple KH6s, CA-OR-CO-
When I moved to these 3 relatively treeless acres about 15 yrs ago my first antenna was 1/4 wave inv L hung from the only tree in my yard, a 15 ft tall black walnut tree. So one ground rod, then up 1
Worked my way down from 10m-15-20-40-80 and - lo and behold - at 0300z-0400z found good 160 cndx: 9A1A-LY4A-CR2X-9A1P-OK7W-MD4X (did I OOOPS md4k??? ) :< - TM2Y-OM0M-DL7AT-G4AMT-F5IN-IO0O-OM2VL-IP2A;
Nice sigs Andy. very 5nn hr in Ohio. Mni tnx for qso es ur activity on cw! Best of luck on the island! de Bob Send Topband mailing list submissions to topband@contesting.com To subscribe or unsubscri
Andy: W3HKK station is an IC7610 to a TenTec Centurion amp. running 600w output on 160m. Ant: 1/4 wave INV-L, direct fed with 100 meters of RG-213U 50 ohm coax, one ground rod-no radials, just good M