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281. Topband: Good Conditions, Little Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:53:29 -0500; Yes, conditions seemed good on Saturday night . . . I didn't realise there was a Contest. I popped on for about an hour . . . didn't put out any CQ calls, as I didn't want loads of EU stations callin; /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00135.html (7,773 bytes)
282. Topband: New Subject: 160M array feedline question (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:34:18 -0500; Guy (K2AV) - I really liked your explanation about the function of a radial field on a 160m vertical . . . and how the radials don't actually radiate. But I've often thought about the other extreme .; /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00147.html (9,702 bytes)
283. Topband: Very Little CW Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:05:33 -0500; Quite a lot of us Europeans come on the band each night calling CQ DX . . . but getting very few replies. According to RBN reports, DX Propagation across the pond seems reasonable . . . So is it just; /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00183.html (7,026 bytes)
284. Topband: Screening Effect of Trees (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 19:07:44 +0100; There always seem to be a lot of discussions on here about Antennas . . . so thought I'd start a new one. I've never seen any definitive figures for it . . . but I've always felt that any antenna wit; /archives//html/Topband/2021-04/msg00014.html (7,796 bytes)
285. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 19:16:12 +0100; I know a lot of you guys in North America are complaining that you are already getting a lot of QRN on the band, so aren't coming on . . . I guess we're pretty lucky here in Britain, as we only usual; /archives//html/Topband/2021-04/msg00015.html (6,842 bytes)
286. Topband: 160m DX Conditions (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 23:05:56 +0100; Well DX Propagation continues to be pretty good most nights . . . Shame there's so few stations on to work ! Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - To; /archives//html/Topband/2021-05/msg00002.html (6,304 bytes)
287. Topband: Signal source RF amplifier (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 23:00:47 +0100; Steve, back in the 1970s, when I was too young to drive, I made a 160m handheld transmitter! I built it into an AM Transistor Radio (modified to receive Top Band), and used the Audio amp in it to mod; /archives//html/Topband/2021-05/msg00009.html (7,570 bytes)
288. Topband: good condx agn in DL (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 16:29:22 +0100; Yes, 160m DX conditions are often still quite good Andy . . . but as you say, very few stations coming on the band. A lot of NA stations say it's now too noisy over there . . . or that their Antennas; /archives//html/Topband/2021-05/msg00033.html (6,711 bytes)
289. Topband: Interesting observation and comment (Skewed Path Vs. Horizontal/Vertical Polarization) (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 17:29:15 +0100; Surely you would only notice this effect on Ground Wave signals (which is what you were observing), or on VHF. But as soon as signals start bouncing off the Ionosphere, let alone multi-hops of variou; /archives//html/Topband/2021-06/msg00002.html (7,321 bytes)
290. Topband: EU Condx (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 16:02:21 +0100; My first time looking for DX on 160 for many weeks, so good to work several NA stations last night, including Steve VE6WZ. I was also spotted by W7RH in Arizona, although if you called me Bob I didn'; /archives//html/Topband/2021-09/msg00026.html (6,928 bytes)
291. Topband: North American Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:05:08 +0100; DX propagation continues to be pretty good on 160m . . . as indicated by RBN reports, and the odd QSO. But despite quite a lot of us Europeans coming on the band most nights, there seems to be very l; /archives//html/Topband/2021-09/msg00068.html (6,445 bytes)
292. Topband: Corner insulator of Inverted L (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:34:10 +0100; I'm presuming that your setup is like mine . . . i.e. the exact point where the wire goes through the insulator is not tied, it varies, has to slip back and forth through the hole, depending on wind; /archives//html/Topband/2021-09/msg00082.html (8,246 bytes)
293. Topband: Stew Perry Contest (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:06:55 +0100; Well conditions were rather poor on Saturday night . . . Also didn't hear many of the usual big signals on the band. Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topb; /archives//html/Topband/2021-10/msg00058.html (6,239 bytes)
294. Topband: EU condx report, Pre-Stew and 7P8 at VE6WZ (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:35:00 +0100; As you say Steve, there are all kinds of 160m operators. I guess I just find it strange that some people go to a an awful lot of effort to be able to work DX on Top Band . . . big antennas, often wit; /archives//html/Topband/2021-10/msg00064.html (7,411 bytes)
295. Topband: Horrendous Local Noise (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:27:14 -0500; Well I haven't been able to come on 160m for over a week, as I suddenly had the most horrendous noise all over the band, S9 + 30 dB, all day and night, every day ! I have tracked down rogue equipment; /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00067.html (9,388 bytes)
296. Topband: CQ WW CW (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:55:16 -0500; Well 160m DX conditions were pretty good all week, so I was looking forward to working lots of NA stations in the contest. However, we had a HUGE storm here in the north of England - 100mph winds (wo; /archives//html/Topband/2021-12/msg00000.html (6,619 bytes)
297. Topband: ARRL 160m Contest (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:06:50 -0500; Well I came on for a couple of hours on Friday night, and managed to work 55 NA stations . . . I think I worked everyone I heard, bar one station that seemed deaf to copying ANY of the many EU statio; /archives//html/Topband/2021-12/msg00013.html (6,744 bytes)
298. Topband: 160M DX Conditions (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:30:24 -0500; Conditions have been pretty good this week . . . and there has also been quite a few NA stations coming on the band. (I usually come on for about an hour at 00.30Z, as that seems to be when propagati; /archives//html/Topband/2021-12/msg00034.html (6,810 bytes)
299. Topband: 160M DX Conditions (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:54:23 -0500; Well the problem is that I just live in a normal house in the city, with a normal-sized garden ! So no room for Beverage Antennas - and even my TX Antenna (a half-wave Dipole) doesn't fit within my o; /archives//html/Topband/2021-12/msg00042.html (8,170 bytes)
300. Topband: 160M DX Conditions (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:19:39 -0500; The only other thing I would say about this is that Propagation on 160m is often quite one-way . . . So just because you can hear a station, doesn't mean that they will copy you! I often work the sam; /archives//html/Topband/2021-12/msg00045.html (7,816 bytes)

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