OK I guess the problem is QRM levels in EU. The CQ WW weekend is a big difference from a typical Wednesday or Thursday evening. I was just getting paranoid when many stations in a row could not copy
I heard G4EIM/QRP calling AA1K and the signal was very Q5 and pretty impressive at about 22:00 UT. I tried calling a bunch of CQs up 2 khz, but had no takers. I'll be on tonight a bit more. 73 Dave
I think I did. I could hear voices and a broad peak of crud around 1820 that was several kHz wide. I did not try to identify it. I just grumbled and went away and did something else. I heard it afte
Hello Paul, I am dealing with the same overheating problem. I need a 475 pf capacitor to shunt feed my 160 tower. I just happened to have a 500 pf 15 KV doorknob almost the size of my fist. It did wo
Hello Roger, You had a great signal last night. At one point you called CQ and I answered with 5 watts, but you did not hear me. I did work I think two stations while running 5 watts here. One was HA
I was always intrigued by the success of our "Down Under" friends in VK6. They tried vertical polarization and it was horrible. They had much better luck with horizontal wires. I think this had much
I seem to have missed you last night, Roger. I was QRV, but took time out to work on an old boat anchor receiver. It has a very obtuse problem and it took awhile to figure out. I was on early, around
I think a lot depends on where you were located. I am in southern Maine about 30 miles from salt water. I did a fair amount of listening for DX stations. I did not call CQ except for two brief perio
This is one reason that I am crying over the recent closing of ESS Surplus in Manchester, NH. They had surplus wire at $3 per pound, and they would take into account the weight of the spool, so the r
Hello Topband propagation experts, I have been messing around with listening to low frequency navigation beacons and wondering how reception on 200 kHz relates to 160 meters. Not sure there is a cor
Hello Carl All very interesting! I still see a huge increase in distances as nightfall moves in, but all of the extremely distant stations are picked up at the upper end of the NDB allocation clo
Fred I was not able to be on much Friday evening because of other pressing priorities, but I did note that signals seemed great from my location in southern Maine. Signals from Europe were way up and
I think they might mean 1000, as in resistor or cap values now... 1R5. 4R7. Just a guess. Wes N7WS Sam(N3XZ) _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Refle
Hello Roger & topbanders, I took a nap in the early evening, then was out on 160 a bit after 0300 UT. Activity was steady and the QRN level was pretty low. The QSB was in evidence, as usual, but I th
Hello Bob, I have no experience from the last solar minimum, but I heard plenty of stories! I was really looking forward to this minimum to see the improvements in 160 propagation. I was hoping to kn
Years ago, I think the correction was more like 17 degrees in New England. I did some work on the geomagnetic field some years ago, and remembered getting magnetic variations for London, England ove
Hi Gary, I was out of the house early in the evening on Sunday, but started listening a little before 10 PM local time. VP8 was very weak and mostly in the noise. They would peak up and be readable
Roger, Sorry I missed you. I think I was QRV when you were not. After some quality time with the XYL, I got on about 0200 UT and went until sunrise in Europe. Signals were certainly good, and I work
Hi Clive, i have used chunks of LDF cable for phasing lines and my impression is that on VHF, you could trim them by the book and be well close enough. My impression is that they are very consistent
I was on around 0300 UT. I found condx to be pretty good. There was significant lightning QRN which made copy difficult on weak stations. I lost a DL2 or DK2 station for that reason. I never did get