- 121. Topband: noise (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:12:34 EST
- Noise is a frequent topband topic and consideration. Here is a germ on an idea - I dont know if new or already well known. When I was in Thailand in 1964 (as HS1L) we had a research lab for Stanford
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00265.html (7,621 bytes)
- 122. Topband: Yellowstone report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:49:16 EDT
- Not a Boring report. We live in Bozeman, sw MT, not far from Yellowstone Park and Yogi Bear. The band is not dead yet. Our sunset is about 0130z. I got to the rig about 02z. My rx antenna is a short
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-03/msg00074.html (7,177 bytes)
- 123. Topband: sunrise (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:49:36 EDT
- I wonder how the weather man defines or determines sunrise time? If we lived in Hawaii it might be when the sun appears over the water horizon. Here in my MT qth we live at 1 mile elevation with near
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00093.html (6,737 bytes)
- 124. Topband: SR (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:14:37 EDT
- Nice replies about sunrise from K9LA K2MYR W8UVZ KC7EWZ. The definitions are too complex to repeat here. There are two web sites which give good information. The first one also allows you to print ou
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00097.html (6,594 bytes)
- 125. Topband: K6SE (score: 1)
- Author: w7lr@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:27:48 -0400
- We will miss Earl as a friend and a helper on many topband topics. I always enjoyed visiting with him at the Visalia DX Convention. One of his contributions to the topband group was to organize the t
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00156.html (7,394 bytes)
- 126. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:15:19 EDT
- Bob VK3ZL and I have our usual morning qso on 1824.5 before my sunrise, about 1230z. This morning 9M2/G4VGO was qrv on 1824.5 about 1230z. I couldn't hear him, but heard JA1HQT and JA9PPC calling him
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-08/msg00133.html (6,576 bytes)
- 127. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:53:46 EDT
- This may sound familiar to many of you. One good evening on 1 Sept with HK3O and ZS1REC. Most evenings nothing but W1AW and I don't need more code practice. Once in a while may hear faint signals fro
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-09/msg00086.html (6,996 bytes)
- 128. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:39 EDT
- The spotlight moved to MT last evening. Sunset is about 0310z. I was here by 0245z and heard a local, G3JMJ. There was a w7 cqing on the same frequency about the same strength so hard to separate bot
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00099.html (7,302 bytes)
- 129. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:52:44 EDT
- Now two nights in a row. Last evening: G3PQA SM7BIC OZ7YY OK2PAY IV3PRK OK1XJ DJ7?. SM OZ G have been strong. Beyond that area, S5 I DJ have been not as strong. Lots of deep qsb, and so miss some cal
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-08/msg00103.html (7,660 bytes)
- 130. Topband: MT season (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:02:36 EDT
- A good season so far, 6 openings with 31 qsos with EU. Several new stations but no new countries, but many old friends too. Sunset about 02z. Most qsos +/- 03z. 73, Bob W7LR in MT **It's only a deal
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-09/msg00005.html (6,506 bytes)
- 131. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:21:15 EDT
- We hardly ever know how to predict what will happen on 160. This will be an example of that. You just need to be there and listen. Last evening the spotlight went to South America. Normally contacts
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-09/msg00007.html (6,999 bytes)
- 132. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:27:31 EDT
- Another nice opening to Europe, #9 for this season, now 41 qsos. Spotlight on SM OZ LA ES area. Opening 0223z to 0318z. Two beyond the spotlight, DF2PY, not an easy qso. UW2ZM, we didn't qso but did
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-09/msg00036.html (7,257 bytes)
- 133. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:00:38 EDT
- A good season on 160. Last evening a new one, A25/DL7DF. N6TR/7 also worked him. In their on line log, only 32 160m qsos out of 14,661. Tree and I don't believe that there were many other W qsos last
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00008.html (7,276 bytes)
- 134. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:40:08 EDT
- I can't match the numbers from Tree (only 11 qsos here), but it was a good night, between 0130z and 0300z. UA3TCJ was like a local. Things faded out after that. This was opening #24 for this season,
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00078.html (7,319 bytes)
- 135. Topband: MT report (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:50:41 EST
- A good topband season from MT, 58 openings and 281 qsos with Europe. Some new ones, EY8MM and state #48 for Neil G0JHC. I have tried for IS0 and XV but no joy. Some of the good results are from propa
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00037.html (7,120 bytes)
- 136. Topband: locals (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:14:50 EST
- I have done well in a low noise happy environment even using an old TS850, and could hear anything propagation would allow. I do have good rx arrays. For the contest a local high power multi station
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00295.html (7,925 bytes)
- 137. Topband: 1.99? (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:54:56 EDT
- This morning, Ross 9M2AX and I and others, did some experimenting on 80 and 160, with differences between the two bands like night and day, as we would expect. He was a real 599 on 80 on the 90' tx v
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00084.html (7,697 bytes)
- 138. Topband: 1.99 and beacons (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 19:22:22 EDT
- I let the cat out of the bag regarding 1.99, but dont know how to get him back in. I didn't know how to pursue this, but am glad that Tree picked up the ball with his two beacons. It is not easy to o
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-05/msg00021.html (8,196 bytes)
- 139. Topband: qsls (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 22:36:10 EDT
- When I send out a qsl for 17m or 160m, I write both 17m and 18 MHz on that card, and 160m and 1.8 MHz on that card. I have also heard chat room 160m qsos when it was obvious the two stations didn't q
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-05/msg00123.html (6,871 bytes)
- 140. Topband: Bob NM7M (score: 1)
- Author: W7lr@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:19:34 EDT
- I'm sorry to hear of Bob becoming a SK. My wife and I had nice visits with Bob at his home qth on the island near Anacortes WA. We had also visited him after he lived in the rest home in Anacortes. H
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-05/msg00047.html (6,797 bytes)
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