Had good copy last night at ZS sunrise of Peter ZS1JX working SM5EDX - afterwards West Coast stations took turns calling including W6RJ - he answered NO ONE ! Slow QSB - maybe 2 or 3 minute cycle! Jo
Last night worked TJ3FR on 80m & asked them about Top Band - he told me "1.822 at 04Z but condx bad" I was there calling on Top Band for 10 minutes in the midst of FOC Windle party - many stations te
Last night I was chatting with BIG GUN UA3TCJ on 30 meters - Andy has 4 el QUAD for 40/ 30 m bands up high! Condx were poor on 30m - I said " see you on 160m later in the season " - Little did I real
Here is message just received from Andy UA3TCJ about the other night on 160 meters ! Josh N7XM _____________________________________________________ Hello,dear Josh! It was really unbelievable !!! Ou
Last night OCT 29 Lots of EU , I could not work the Russians (and other EU ) but the BIG BOYS: N7UA, W6RJ, N7DD, W2VJN, etc seemed to do it fine! Did work the EU BIG GUNS: SM4CAN, SM5EDX, IV3PRK OH3E
Been a LONG TIME - but this morning November 21 SUNDAY great OPENNING on 160 m to Japan !!!! A few dozen JA stations on CW many 599 both ways !! Really HUGE signals !! . . .mostly BIG GUNS !!! and DX
I suspect that this topic has been dealt with before Given a big gentle hill top would beverage performance be degraded a lot if they ran down hill from feed point near top of hill??? Josh N7XM high
This morning around 1500 utc good copy of HS72B - that is my sunrise - thought for sure I could get them NIL - Nada - nothing - zero !! They do hear very very poorly !!! and they seem to be dealing w
JUST GOT EMAIL ( below) FROM HA5JI He was SOLID 579 last night in NEVADA GREAT SIGNAL ! Nice to work UU4JMG also - his signal was slowly building to very good copy ! Josh N7XM Hello Josh ! I am very
After NAQP more EUROPE John OO4UN smoothly running North America - said " nice signal" - he was peaking 579! OM3BH very decent signal (maybe peaking 589) , and few others. But the REAL frustration wa
I find it hard to believe it's a business decision when they are designing a new radio and have a chance to "get it right" this time around since it only means another 5 or 10 cents worth of parts. A
trying to send email directly to GUS KB0YH and emails bounce from posted address and from KB0YH @ arrl.net Email me Gus please Josh N7XM _______________________________________________ Topband mailin
First night better than second from Northern Nevada - I heard EU but was not able to get thru all the TRAFFIC ! I am DXer ( not contester) so my highlights are NOT high rates - My highlights : gettin
Not meaning to be an " elitest ": Basically the calibur of operators on Top Band is HEAD AN SHOULDERS above the crowd ! What a great group of Operators and Antenna Hardware ! I also appreciate all th
The monthly publication THE LOW BAND MONITOR does an annual evalution of TOP BAND WAC - looking for the WAC with greatest total mileage. Now obviously a few LONG PATH contacts ( as in W6/W7 to Europe
Last night W1AW was very very loud in NV on 1.817 mhz! they were booming !!! Europeans were very very weak I called CQ and had W1RMR reply - he was in New Hamshire and running 5w - see email below. T
What a thrill to work FT5XO this morning at 1349 utc on Top Band!!! My sunrise was 1347, and as close as I can figure THEIR sunset was 1317 - They peaked real nicely at my sunrise ! It was very frust
I would like to ask the Top Band Group - tap into the Top Band BRAIN TRUST . Given a small one or two man DXpedition to a tree-less location , what vertical antenna would be serviceable to install ?
I know this is LOW BAND reflector BUT many subscribers also are QRV on 80m Who knows I might be good receive antenna on 160m ! this is link to 80 2 el CAP yagi build by Local NEVADA hams K7NV Kurt (M
Below from Larry VQ9LA with JPG photos -- Here is the only pic I have of me VQ9LA and George VQ9GB. Iam setting by the Desk in the VQ9 Shack. Also attached are a few pics of Shortpath to the States