- 221. Topband: JA windows in contests (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:31:49 +0000
- Hello JA Topbanders! If any of you will be QRV in the ARRL 160, you may want to use your 1907.5 to 1912.5 window in addition to 1810-1825. During the CQ 160 CW, the 1810-1825 window was filled with v
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00018.html (6,769 bytes)
- 222. Topband: Radials and Snow (score: 1)
- Author: Billg@warwick.net (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 07:40:09 -0500
- Woke up this morning and had a new blanket of snow on the ground. About 2 inches. A thought came to me. My radials are on the ground (Poor Ground, rocks, mountain top), and are now covered with the s
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00028.html (6,632 bytes)
- 223. Topband: 5W0VF LOGS (score: 1)
- Author: bill.w7tvf@air-internet.com (bill.w7tvf)
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:22:06 -0800
- The 5W0VF logs are on my website at http://www.air-internet.com/~w7tvf I hope that you find your call there. 73, Bill Dawson "5W0VF"
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00045.html (6,281 bytes)
- 224. Topband: 5B4-USA LP 16/12/01 (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:22:49 +0000
- Of course you can!...in fact it is probably easier from Scandinavia than anywhere in Europe based on much 80 meter LP experience. I know for a fact that OH and SM have been worked on 160 LP but am no
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00057.html (9,305 bytes)
- 225. Topband: 5B4-USA LP 16/12/01 (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:07:21 +0000
- More LP reports from the OH2AQ Cluster yesterday: RA3DOX 1831.6 N7UA NEVER.NEVER QSL. K1541 16 Dec 5B4ADA 1831.5 N7UA CQ, EU STILL CLG BOB 1539 16 Dec OE6DK 1831.5 N7UA strong 1538 16 Dec SM5EDX 1831
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00060.html (7,815 bytes)
- 226. Topband: LP EU-West Coast (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:40:35 +0000
- audible on my north-west rx antenna. Opening lasted for about 2 minutes. I've listened regularly during the 1500-1530z period in midwinter but I've never heard anything strong enough to resolve. A co
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00065.html (7,779 bytes)
- 227. Topband: XU7ACB (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:35:02 +0000
- conditions. Rod, I believe the congratulations go to Dick! Thanks to the spots by 9V1PC and others, we know that Dick was there faithfully day after day at both his sunrise and sunset times. Unfortun
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00066.html (8,075 bytes)
- 228. Topband: Topband Archives Going Private (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:33:30 +0000
- After continual bombardment with multiple types of disgusting spam, viruses, etc. I am making the archives private. If you are a member of this list, you can view the archives by entering your E-mail
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00077.html (6,869 bytes)
- 229. Topband: Private Archives, Spam, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:15:13 +0000
- Well I've just been informed that contesting.com has just installed some new anti-spam filtering software so I am going to reopen the archives and keep track of how well it is doing. If it substantia
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00078.html (6,669 bytes)
- 230. Topband: Contesting.com Server (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@CONTESTING.COM (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 03:39:04 -0500 (EST)
- Hi all, We have been using the same server for the contesting.com mailing lists for the past 6 years or more. N5KO and I paid for the original server, and I've paid for a new motherboard and a hard d
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00080.html (7,604 bytes)
- 231. Topband: Contesting.com Server Fund (score: 1)
- Author: w4an@CONTESTING.COM (Bill Fisher, W4AN)
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:20:15 -0500 (EST)
- Thanks to everyone who has donated money to the new server. We have more than enough now. I suspect I'll have to refund some you money, as we probably have too much. I'll let everyone know what we ge
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00086.html (6,533 bytes)
- 232. Topband: Merry Christmas! (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 21:56:34 +0000
- Hello Topbanders! Here are some Christmas gifts for your stockings: 1. Anti-spam filter. Thanks to David K3KY for alerting me to MailWasher...a freeware program that can be used to filter incoming me
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00098.html (8,142 bytes)
- 233. Topband: MailWasher (score: 1)
- Author: vze27322@verizon.net (Bill Hellman)
- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 15:45:33 -0000
- I've been using MailWasher for about 3 weeks and it has been working perfectly. Happy to QSO VK6HD this morning. He was 579 here in NY. Merry Christmas to all. Bill <>
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00107.html (6,176 bytes)
- 234. Topband: remarkable night on 160 EU to Wyo (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:51:23 +0000
- Trying not to be a reflector junkie, but: Last night was remarkable on 160M listening to the signals coming out of EU. The first big signal was RA6AX at 04:39z.....first EU UA I ever heard from here
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00116.html (9,909 bytes)
- 235. Topband: Vertical Antenna & Radial System. (score: 1)
- Author: wpgerhold@longo-ind.com (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:26:58 -0500
- I would like to get some opinions on this. My vertical is sitting on 10 degree or greater sloping ground. My radial system therefore goes up hill on one side and down hill on the other side. 60 radia
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00121.html (7,305 bytes)
- 236. Topband: CQ 160 DX Exchange Survey (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:11:32 +0000
- The CQ 160 Contests currently use a DX exchange which consists of RST + country abbreviation. The latter is redundant with the callsign and is sometimes confusing since some operators use abbreviatio
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00126.html (7,726 bytes)
- 237. Topband: Re: Aurora information (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:19:51 +0000
- While you're there, vote in their December photo contest at: http://www.northern-lights.no/zope/Contest/Gallery/index_html?redir=ok&now=2 001_12 Shameless plug for my entry in the bottom left corner
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00133.html (6,711 bytes)
- 238. Topband: W7IUV & N5IA (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:01:28 +0000
- W7IUV: N5IA: stations. LY2ZZ, IT9ZGY, GM3YTS, EA3VY, OM2XW, TG9NX, and ON4WW. For my own curiosity, I calculated the distance between W7IUV and N5IA using their buck.com coordinates: N5IA is 163 mile
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00138.html (6,703 bytes)
- 239. Topband: condx - more (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:22:57 +0000
- W8JI: My guess is that you are seeing the very dynamic effects of Auroral absorption. If you've seen an Aurora or a dynamic photo of one, they can change VERY rapidly. Here is a NOAA page with plots
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00145.html (9,052 bytes)
- 240. Topband: LY7Z in The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge (score: 1)
- Author: W6IZT@aol.com (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:15:47 +0000
- I think LY7Z and others have made an inocent mistake, and after all there is really nothing at stake. Perhaps a statement from the contest organizers is in order and this should be addressed in the r
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-12/msg00154.html (7,051 bytes)
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