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1. Topband: Relocation to mountainous area (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 02:48:20 +0000
My current QTH in the Piedmont of Central NC, although not ideal for propagation, has some advantages. I have a 1.4 wave inverted L on 160 plus a HiZ four-square receiving array. These have served me
/archives//html/Topband/2017-08/msg00008.html (7,856 bytes)

2. Topband: Excellent conditions 08-09 Jan (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 04:51:02 +0000
Worked into Ukraine with 40 watts on FT8. Heard lots of EU and Russian callsigns very strong around 0430 UTC, well before sunrise for several of them. It has been awhile for me since hearing signals
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00037.html (6,613 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: lack of 160 activity (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:13:01 +0000
Slightly different reason here...waiting for cleanup from remnants of Hurricane Michael...once I get the trees cut and brush removed, I can put the radial field back down and re-install the HiZ array
/archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00094.html (7,885 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: Might be a good EU DX night (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 03:29:13 +0000
At sunset tonight I was decoding a strong FT8 signal from EK8ZT. That's not a common DX at this QTH...6000 miles is a bit longer than I normally copy with my non-competitive station. Then at 0330 I c
/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00285.html (8,424 bytes)

5. Re: Topband: Might be a good EU DX night (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 03:31:33 +0000
And unfortunately, even with additional radials I put down last weekend, my 100 watts to the 1/4 wave inverted L (90 feet vertical) was not enough to get through to VP8EME. The bizarre thing about se
/archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00286.html (8,270 bytes)

6. Topband: Good conditions this evening on Ft8 (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 22:52:39 +0000
Started receiving LZ2WO on my simple inverted L at 2208 UTC, about 10 minutes before local sunset. Then followed a bunch of other EU stations. While it is a regular occurrence on 80 to hear EU on FT8
/archives//html/Topband/2019-01/msg00005.html (6,856 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: RX antennas comparison chart (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 04:16:44 +0000
One more vote for the HiZ. I have the four element since 2012. It's NOT a perfect installation at my QTH...trees all around, not that far from the fence. I'm in central NC, clay soil, with 50 kV powe
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00001.html (8,024 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: WAR ! (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 14:20:04 +0000
Dave, that's interesting. If I remember correctly, there was a data buoy floating in the Pacific with an HF rig on it. Hams could call the buoy and work it on FT8. Because it reported grid location,
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00112.html (8,353 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: BOG questions (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 03:13:56 +0000
This is interesting. Thanks for sharing, Mikek. I put down 200 feet of insulated wire BOG pointed at EU, just set it down on the ground...sometimes over a fallen small tree but almost always within 1
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00267.html (8,446 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: BOG questions (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:48:18 +0000
OK, my wife now is convinced that I have a screw loose in the brain somewhere (she had plenty of evidence before but decided to give me the benefit of the doubt until today)....I just spent an hour i
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00273.html (8,319 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: season for USA (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 22:59:32 +0000
Nick Your CQ very FB last evening on tpband! Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com SKCC #16439 FISTS #17972 QRP ARCI #16497 Reflector _________________
/archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00015.html (6,604 bytes)

12. Re: Topband: COSMIC RAY UPDATE (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:26:55 +0000
I agree with you, Mike. It would be interesting to survey the average age of our top-band subscribers (Tree, was this done already and I missed it?) I started on top band in 2007, and really started
/archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00135.html (10,580 bytes)

13. Topband: Propagation observations (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:00:08 +0000
Not trying to agitate, just making an observation about 160 meters. If I can easily copy FT8 signals coming from EU on my simple inverted L at my North Carolina QTH a full 80 minutes before sunset on
/archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00184.html (7,564 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: No comments. (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:54:29 +0000
JT1CO coming across the north pole at his SR and SS into USA, on what was deemed an impossible path through the aurora oval...several hams confirmed it was direct heading and not skewed...go figure.
/archives//html/Topband/2020-01/msg00012.html (7,266 bytes)

15. Topband: Amazing prop (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:56:27 +0000
JT1CO coming across the north pole at his SR and SS into USA, on what was deemed an impossible path through the aurora oval...several hams confirmed it was direct heading and not skewed...go figure.
/archives//html/Topband/2020-01/msg00013.html (6,613 bytes)

16. Re: Topband: Very little NA Activity (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:26:37 +0000
Nodir, EY8MM, worked several east coast NA stations at his sunrise on 10 Feb (K2UO in NJ, W8FJ in PA). I was copying him ESP on my HiZ array, although I had him 559 on 80 meters just a few minutes ea
/archives//html/Topband/2020-02/msg00064.html (8,223 bytes)

17. Topband: Prop to EY8MM (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:56:49 +0000
Tonight was better than last night for the path from Nodir to NA. And K7ZV in Oregon worked him. Unbelievable that this path is working on 160 for a second night in a row. _________________ Searchabl
/archives//html/Topband/2020-02/msg00066.html (7,172 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: Prop to EY8MM (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:00:45 +0000
Correction, this was not a QSO that happened this morning But a bunch of other USA hams across East and Central US and Canada did work him. I copied him quite well at his sunrise, amidst some QSB. Fi
/archives//html/Topband/2020-02/msg00067.html (6,935 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 17:21:09 +0000
Due to other commitments, I only had an hour on Saturday evening to do S&P on Top Band for the contest. Signals from EU were not that strong, but the band was quiet. With just 100 watts and a less-th
/archives//html/Topband/2020-02/msg00136.html (8,766 bytes)

20. Re: Topband: Inverted V vs inverted L (score: 1)
Author: Mark Lunday <wd4elg@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:23:12 +0000
times) when horizontal polarization can work better Dave, W0FLS<<< This conclusion regarding probability is supported through numerous observations over the years in various texts and documented in
/archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00096.html (9,087 bytes)

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