- 1. Topband: Beverage Antenna on a slope (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:14:04 +0000
- Since mine are two-wire and on a slope, I get to "enjoy" both effects, although, since my "horizon" is mostly about 14-16 deg, the lowering does not help much. It's definitely better to live on TOP o
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-11/msg00197.html (6,828 bytes)
- 2. Topband: drift nets (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 22:35:46 +0000
- A few years ago, I wrote a piece in our DX Club newsletter about the cursed things. I have forgotten much of it, but I do recall that, although they are--I am told-- legally banned in the US, they ca
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00069.html (6,820 bytes)
- 3. Topband: JA (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:35:58 +0000
- I think the issue is what is best for the JA's from THEIR standpoint. Frankly, I don't see how being at 1.9 MHz is a big Wow for JA topbanders, who presently cannot just come down and join the pileup
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00138.html (7,095 bytes)
- 4. Topband: XZ0A on 160m Today (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:22:50 +0000
- I heard XZ0A this morning on topband, but a lot weaker than yesterday, and with no callers around 1430 or so. I did not call. The 80m station was also weaker than yesterday, but had a small mob of ca
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-01/msg00145.html (6,971 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Beverage Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:05:12 +0000
- And, to footnote Robert, I will again mention that two interviews with Beverage can be found in the IEEE Archives on the IEEE website: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/oral_histories/
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-09/msg00089.html (7,462 bytes)
- 6. Topband: T31T Timing (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:57:08 +0000
- On Conway Reef in '95, Mats would not allow me to get on 160 until 40m died--nominally due to having lost some of our gear and having to make some hard choices. This was always after VE1ZZ sunrise, a
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-09/msg00156.html (6,966 bytes)
- 7. Topband: FW8ZZ QRV on top? Delaware report... (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:26:36 +0000
- I thought I saw a West Coast packet posting by K6GNX relaying 80m times that said no 160. I could be wrong... Garry NI6T (The Daily DX reports they are QRT now...de W4ZV) -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.co
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-08/msg00005.html (6,920 bytes)
- 8. Topband: beverage antennas (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:56:49 +0000
- <199908231944.PAA07247@contesting.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-topband@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: http://www.contest
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-08/msg00062.html (9,469 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Beverages (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:07:27 +0000
- Milt, N5IA's comments about properly crossing wide, deep chasms with Beverages are very interesting, indeed. I have a very steep site in a redwood canyon, with limited runs available. I currently am
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-08/msg00063.html (7,356 bytes)
- 10. Topband: Not in Log (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:43:17 -0800
- Anyone who has been in the topband DXing game for any length of time has probably gotten the dread "SRI, NIL." It happened to me three times in the '97-'98 season, at least once due to working a slim
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-06/msg00040.html (9,563 bytes)
- 11. Topband: NIL--a final word (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 21:44:37 -0800
- First, thanks to all who commented privately on my NIL views. Second, Wayne, N7NG offered a very good comment on one of my "exceptions"--where the caller's acknowledgment of the DX station's comeback
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-06/msg00042.html (6,979 bytes)
- 12. Topband: 3B9 topband audio (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 20:36:38 -0800
- Leif, SM5BFJ sent me an audio cassette of the 3B9R signal as recorded at his QTH on several evenings. It was exciting to hear what he was hearing on his end, and I am grateful to Leif for providing a
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-05/msg00005.html (6,793 bytes)
- 13. Topband: 3B9R on 160 meters (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 00:29:14 -0800
- I arrived home about three hours ago after a cramped and tedious journey of about 34 hours from Mauritius, accompanied by Bruce, W6OSP. Bruce, Jari, OH2BU and I were the first to arrive at 3B8 and Br
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-04/msg00074.html (11,663 bytes)
- 14. Topband: 3B9R on 160 meters (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:39:01 -0800
- I am taking the liberty of forwarding W4ZV's message to me, below, to the Reflector, to correct my statement of last night--and dispel the pirate paranoia that inevitably results. Bill is correct. VE
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-04/msg00078.html (7,802 bytes)
- 15. Topband: Another 3B9R impostor to report (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 01:48:08 -0800
- In an exchange with Rag, OZ8RO, I have learned that a Slim apparently picked up where I left off on at least one morning. during the 3B9R DXpedition. The last QSO made during our sunrise period on 6
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-04/msg00081.html (7,298 bytes)
- 16. Topband: Re: 3B9R Info Query (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:23:54 -0800
- The team decision is NO. -- Garry Shapiro, NI6T 160 meters: not a band, but an obsession -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requ
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-04/msg00083.html (6,821 bytes)
- 17. TopBand: 160 meter operation from Rodrigues Island, 3B9 (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:27:28 -0800
- Topband colleagues, I have received emails and letters from some of the big-gun brethren soliciting assurances of special attention during our upcoming DXpedition to Rodrigues Island. As we are aware
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-03/msg00148.html (10,375 bytes)
- 18. TopBand: T33 today -- what happened? (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 20:56:32 -0800
- In contrast to your east coast experience, they were above the noise only about 10% of the time at my QTH in a California coastal canyon, and--although that kind of QSB is nothing new to me when the
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-03/msg00151.html (8,888 bytes)
- 19. TopBand: UK condx (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:38:24 -0800
- Mike: Hate to rain on your parade, but, in fact: W7TVF is west of Las Vegas, Nevada--probably close enough from a Euro perspective to be called West Coast, but 200 miles inland. N7JW is in Utah--in t
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-02/msg00123.html (8,620 bytes)
- 20. TopBand: No joy with ZL9 (score: 1)
- Author: ni6t@best.com (Garry & Yelena)
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:38:17 -0800
- I was stunned to read, in Don Greenbaum's bulletin #7 re the ZL9CI DXpedition, that "Our permit restrictions still are in place and we will not be operational from 1100 UTC to 16.30 UTC." I guess I h
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-01/msg00042.html (7,120 bytes)
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