- 361. Topband: SSB on CW segment (score: 1)
- Author: Billg@warwick.net (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:19:35 -0800
- To the complainers that SSB is on the CW portion of 160 meters during the contest, sorry but during the CW contest you can find CW ops all the way up to 1.900! I didn't see any SSB ops complaining ab
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-02/msg00086.html (7,575 bytes)
- 362. Topband: CW versus SSB (score: 1)
- Author: w0zv@yahoo.com (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:57:04 -0800 (PST)
- Gentlemen: Please end this discussion on the reflector and abide by the guidelines you received when you subscribed. Complaints, criticisms, gripes, attacks, etc. are not welcome here and anyone not
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-02/msg00094.html (7,072 bytes)
- 363. Topband: "Too Long Beverages"/SP Contest (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:29:49 -0600
- I'm still trying to better evaluate my 4,320 foot long 84/264º Beverage antennna. For the SP Contest I found it not hearing Europe at all (which it shouldn't unless its via a bent path). It prov
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00015.html (8,234 bytes)
- 364. Topband: Has Cycle 23 Peaked? (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:19:56 +0000
- More data to support this view...see "Monthly Solar Data" at the bottom of this page: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/ and comments at the top of this page: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/solcycle.html Whether
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00018.html (6,972 bytes)
- 365. Topband: Middle East Conditons (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 01:41:27 +0000
- Happy New Year All! I haven't been on Topband much this season but my XYL had a meeting tonight so I decided to listen a bit. There were some very good signals from Europe including EU6EU, OM0WR and
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00028.html (8,172 bytes)
- 366. Topband: Middle East Conditons (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 11:21:45 +0000
- I received the following response from Bob Parkes G3REP: I checked this out with my sunset (2222 UTC) and A9 sunrise (0334). The midpoint is 0058 which is close to when Gus' signal peaked here! 73, B
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00033.html (7,626 bytes)
- 367. Topband: What is this! (score: 1)
- Author: wpgerhold@longo-ind.com (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:10:28 -0500
- I am have a perplexing problem when receiving on 160 that I cannot explain. This only happens on the 160 meter band. I do not operate AM mode but, in the AM mode on my IC-735, I have an "S" meter rea
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00040.html (8,479 bytes)
- 368. Topband: 160 Meter Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 12:17:34 +0000
- It IS the auroral zone and the charts DO show it. Using a program called DXAID, the signal from Phoenix to London clearly goes smack through the middle of the auroral zone calculated for an assumed K
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00068.html (10,699 bytes)
- 369. Topband: A92ZE (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 12:22:16 +0000
- I got the following note from Gus A92ZE. 73, Bill W4ZV -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/topband Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00069.html (8,079 bytes)
- 370. Topband: 160 Meter Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 21:59:52 +0000
- W4ZV: W7IUV: The auroral zone is an oval shaped doughnut which I believe is centered on Magnetic North (approximately 75.7 N and 100.25 W) not the geographic North Pole. An interesting thing about it
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00081.html (11,256 bytes)
- 371. Topband: 160 Meter Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:25:19 +0000
- "The approximate auroral rings may be displayed. Since these rings vary continuously due to position of the sun and level of solar wind, the rings are approximated as being 2000 miles from the geomag
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00096.html (8,721 bytes)
- 372. Topband: EXCEPTIONAL EUROPEAN PATH (score: 1)
- Author: magoo@isp.on.ca (BILL MCHUGH)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:20:03 -0500
- made some NA signals (mainly to the south) appear as if THEY were the DX! Several were worked with 599 both ways and it appears that the path extended as far west as Utah but perhaps not too far sou
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00112.html (6,960 bytes)
- 373. Topband: Re: Arizona (almost west coast) conditions (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:12:01 +0000
- N7DD: The Boulder K-index dropped to 0 at 0600 so absorption may have been very low around that time. Unfortunately K indices of zero are fairly rare at this stage of the sunspot cycle! Data from OH2
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00118.html (7,151 bytes)
- 374. Topband: EU to VE6 (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:01:29 +0000
- Steve, low K is indeed not the only factor. Seasonality is an extremely important factor from your area and January is without a doubt the best month of the year based on my experience from Colorado.
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00121.html (7,783 bytes)
- 375. Topband: 120 meter band broadcast stations (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:51:57 +0000
- Saw the following and thought these might be useful as beacons for 160 propagation: http://www.yle.fi/sataradio/tropical.html 2310.0 Northern Territory Shortwave Service, Alice Springs, Australia 232
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00126.html (7,737 bytes)
- 376. R: Topband: BOG antenna notes (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:16:40 +0000
- For those interested in the Beverage on ground, you might enjoy reading two interviews with Harold Beverage at the following URL. The onground "wave antenna" was a predecessor to what we now call a B
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00196.html (7,303 bytes)
- 377. Topband: "T" or Inverted L? (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:43:19 +0000
- You can vary the length of the T to work for any height. Always go for maximum vertical component whichever one you decide on. The L has a slight directivity advantage over the T for a given height,
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00199.html (8,963 bytes)
- 378. Topband: Reflector during CQ 160 (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:34:12 +0000
- The reflector response may be very slow during the CQ 160 Contest since I will not be checking it until well into my daylight tomorrow (probably ~1600 UTC). If you post something, please be patient a
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00242.html (6,872 bytes)
- 379. Topband: Vertical Tuning (score: 1)
- Author: wpgerhold@longo-ind.com (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:57:06 -0500
- I am in the process of installing an inverted "L" antenna. The vertical portion of the antenna will be about 70' and the rest will be the horizontal portion sized for a total overall length of 1/4 wa
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00254.html (7,147 bytes)
- 380. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1)
- Author: Billg@warwick.net (Bill Gerhold)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:32:22 -0800
- As per my previous msg, I will soon be installing an inverted "L" and of course I must install ground radials. Question: Do the ground radials need to be un-insulated or insulated. The way I look at
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00264.html (7,223 bytes)
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