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21. Re: Topband: Small lot antenna idea (score: 1): Author: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:11:11 +0000; I operate from a small lot with outside antenna restrictions. A 1/4 wave balloon supported vertical allows me to radiate a decent signal. The balloon won't fly if it is too windy and don't try it if; /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00074.html (7,511 bytes)
22. Topband: YW0DX Feb 13 (score: 1): Author: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:37:37 +0000; A pleasant surprise to find YW0DX on 1.831 last evening in the waning hours of their DXped. Heard them work many W/VE and Europe. Great dedication by their Topband ops to put more in the log before g; /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00110.html (6,957 bytes)
23. Topband: N8S (score: 1): Author: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:11:54 +0000; N8S had a very loud signal this mornng to south central Kansas around 1115 UTC. A calm morning finally after blizzards and thunderstorms earlier in the week. I was able to deploy the balloon vertical; /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00077.html (6,864 bytes)
24. Re: Topband: JA Recording (NX4D) (score: 1): Author: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:59:52 +0000; Thanks for posting the link to the recording. Amazing. In addition to being heard in Japan on 160M this summer, N4IS is noted for completing a mutli-hop 50 MHz Es QSO with JH0RNN June 5, 2006. The d; /archives//html/Topband/2007-07/msg00033.html (6,774 bytes)
25. Re: Topband: Daylight QSO's during the SP (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:19:01 +0000; Brian: During the winter months I routinely copy XERF Mexico (1570) and CBW Winnipeg, MB (990) at mid-day via sky wave into Kansas. The extra ERP helps, as well as the low sun angle, as noted by Car; /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00260.html (7,236 bytes)
26. Topband: K5D (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:12:38 +0000; K5D had a nice signal this morning from 0700 - 0930 UTC with no pileup. They hear well. For the smaller NA/SA stations, there is a good window between European sunrise and JA sunset for K5D. - N0JK _; /archives//html/Topband/2009-02/msg00087.html (6,760 bytes)
27. Topband: E77DX December 13 (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:08:16 +0000; Worked E77DX this evening from Kansas. Probably not a big deal to the seasoned DXers on this list - but it impressed me. I was using a 100 foot piece of wire tossed up over the garage and strung alon; /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00152.html (7,535 bytes)
28. Topband: TX4T Feb. 24 (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:39:20 +0000; I worked TX4T at 0532 UTC last evening, very strong signal to Kansas. Perhaps not a big deal - per their web site TX4T has logged over 2,075 QSOs on the Top Band. But I live in a no outside antenna "; /archives//html/Topband/2010-02/msg00200.html (7,399 bytes)
29. Topband: raingutter antenna for ARRL 160 (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:52:43 +0000; Bill's post prompted me to relate this "antenna" I used last evening in the ARRL 160. I attached a wire to the bottom of the raingutter on our single level duplex and fed it againstground with two ra; /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00020.html (7,550 bytes)
30. Topband: Rain gutter redeux (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:36:56 +0000; I got on early Sunday morning around 1000 utc after getting home from work. Added another 28 QSOs using the gutter antenna. Conditions better to the east coast with K8PO ME and VE2OJ PQ worked. Numer; /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00065.html (6,789 bytes)
31. Topband: 160M from 5X (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:38:11 +0000; Nick: Another option if feasible would be an Inverted L with the vertical portion 50 feet. These typically have a 50 ohmimpedance with 3 or 4 radials, and work reasonably well. The horizontal portion; /archives//html/Topband/2012-08/msg00341.html (8,562 bytes)
32. Re: Topband: ZL9HR (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:55:38 +0000; ZL9CI 1999 A bad storm kept the ZL9CI team on the Island one night. Trey ran NA for hours on the Top Band that morning. He peaked well over S-9 on my transmit vertical in KS. A storm is always possib; /archives//html/Topband/2012-11/msg00392.html (8,046 bytes)
33. Topband: QRP/Poor antenna stations ARRL160 (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:19:42 +0000; While not running QRP, my antenna in the ARRL 160 was loading up the rain gutter on ourone story rental duplex in Lawrence, KS. Maximum height is about 10 feet above ground, a marginalTop Band antena; /archives//html/Topband/2012-12/msg00068.html (7,808 bytes)
34. Topband: Re TX5K op (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:31:15 -0600; They seemed to hear well on 160 and were very loud right before sunrise yesterday. Unfortunately the op copied me as"NOOK" and kept sending "b4" as I tried to correct my call. Guess N0OK was already; /archives//html/Topband/2013-03/msg00069.html (6,369 bytes)
35. Re: Topband: KP1 (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:40:15 +0000; Thanks Herb for the note and memories. I found my KC4DX card. Worked on 20M back in 1972 when I just had received general class privileges. At the time I had no idea I had worked a "rare one." I used; /archives//html/Topband/2014-10/msg00153.html (9,392 bytes)
36. Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:57:38 +0000; I consider VP6DX to be one of the top all time 160 meter DX operations. Despite being thousands of miles from North America, they worked many small stations including me (at the time had just moved s; /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00507.html (7,814 bytes)
37. Re: Topband: K1N 5,399 q's on 160 M (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:45:07 +0000; George: Thanks for the note. All the K1N ops did an outstanding job ! That is an excellent tip re. getting on after European sunrise and before JA sunset for DXpeditions on the low bands. I got up a; /archives//html/Topband/2015-02/msg00512.html (8,010 bytes)
38. Re: Topband: K5P good job ! (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:07:02 +0000; K5P was surprisingly solid on 1.821.5 with just a wire attached to one of the rain gutter downspouts this morning in eastern KS around local sunrise. Motivated me to put up a wire inverted L today, w; /archives//html/Topband/2016-01/msg00529.html (8,528 bytes)
39. Re: Topband: VK0EK on LoTW (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:57:16 +0000; Ed is right, and I received a note from KK6EK thanking for the donation he sent from Heard. I am looking forward to an old school "hard copy" QSL card as well. Moreover, if you contributed DURING the; /archives//html/Topband/2016-04/msg00083.html (7,215 bytes)
40. Re: Topband: low band propagation at solar min (score: 1): Author: jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:26:57 +0000; The topic of fewer sporadic-E openings since 2011 and their geographical distribution (Europe has far more Es than North America) will be reviewed in the August, 2016 QST WA50 column. - Jon N0JK "Spe; /archives//html/Topband/2016-06/msg00053.html (8,657 bytes)

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