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81. Topband: 160m Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:38:01 +0100; Yes, great to work lots of NA stations over the past couple of nights ! I don't actually think conditions were particularly good . . . it was just that lots of people came on the band on CW (which is; /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00122.html (7,078 bytes)
82. Topband: Stew Perry Contest (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:04:00 +0100; Well I was unfortunately doing a gig last night, so didn't get home 'til 03.30Z . . . and then came on the band. Signals from NA were pretty poor generally . . . so not sure if there was just quite l; /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00164.html (6,516 bytes)
83. Topband: Conditions and Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:11:02 -0500; Good to hear the band open most nights this week, and a reasonable number of NA stations coming on CW! Worked my old friend Dave, AA0RS for the first time in ages. And I had a great chat on SSB with; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00006.html (6,553 bytes)
84. Topband: Conditions and Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:23:19 -0500; Hi Dave Funnily enough, I am still finding that our Sunrise is very poor . . . rather than signals peaking, they seem to drop off compared to the general night-time signals (that never used to be the; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00008.html (9,436 bytes)
85. Topband: Accuracy of modeling of 160m verticals (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:19:31 -0500; Actually, I'm rather sceptical about the accuracy of theoretical antenna modelling software generally on 160m. (as per my recent discussion on a well-known Forum) I'm not convinced that the various p; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00037.html (7,411 bytes)
86. Topband: Accuracy of modeling of 160m verticals (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 04:51:43 -0500; Exactly! How can you know what your ground is REALLY like, especially when you go underground? (and even if you knew, how could you model it?) I'm really not interested in trying to get an accurate m; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00039.html (10,472 bytes)
87. Topband: Bad Frequencies and Loop Pre-amps (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:24:54 -0500; I have never received ANY harmonics or intermod products from any of our British Medium Wave (AM) broadcast stations. That's at several different QTHs, some of which were quite near the transmitters.; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00069.html (7,391 bytes)
88. Topband: Wednesday 160m Activity Night (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:34:14 -0500; Well DX propagation has certainly been up and down the past few weeks . . . one day it can be rubbish . . . the next day really good. But here's the thing . . . sometimes the band is wide open (as sh; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00075.html (6,979 bytes)
89. Topband: Wednesday 160m Activity Night (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:42:25 -0500; Well good to hear lots of activity last night! I managed to work 16 NA stations, including across to Arizona, Colorado and Washington state. Hope there will be lots of stations on again nest Wednesda; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00102.html (7,176 bytes)
90. Topband: Vertical and horizontal polarized antennas (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:43:00 -0500; I think most people know I use a horizontal 160m Dipole as my main antenna . . . But my 6ft Receiving Loop is vertically polarised . . . so it's quite interesting to see the difference in signals bet; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00131.html (7,940 bytes)
91. Topband: Vertical antennas aren't always best for DX (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:02:59 -0500; Well I've often written about this subject . . . I've been DX-ing on 160m for almost 50 years . . . and ALWAYS used a horizontal half-wave dipole! (typically just 50 ft high) At my present QTH, it is; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00230.html (7,644 bytes)
92. Topband: Vertical antennas aren't always best for DX (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 05:25:50 -0500; Very interesting reading about the fact that people have consistently found that Verticals aren't so good for 160m DX from Australia . . . But I wonder why I have always had good results with Dipoles; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00256.html (8,253 bytes)
93. Topband: Vertical antennas aren't always best for DX (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:39:08 -0500; Very interesting reading all the comments . . . Bear in mind that MY Dipoles have always been pretty low, around 50ft. Also that the British stations I have done proper comparisons with all have dece; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00272.html (8,987 bytes)
94. Topband: Vertical antennas aren't always best for DX (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:36:50 -0500; Yes, but according to EZNEC, a 160m dipole at 50ft produces very little radiation at low angles, compared to one at 150ft. But I'm sceptical about the accuracy of EZNEC with such a low antenna, as it; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00276.html (8,949 bytes)
95. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:13:32 -0500; It's so frustrating that you always hear hundreds of stations on Top Band whenever there's a contest on, or when there's some DX-pedition active on the band . . . yet most of the time the band is dea; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00288.html (6,958 bytes)
96. Topband: Lack of Activity (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:25:37 -0500; I've been off the air for a few weeks, due to personal issues . . . but started coming back on 160m . . . But it's SO frustrating . . . I'm often seeing my RBN reports from North American stations pe; /archives//html/Topband/2019-02/msg00119.html (7,397 bytes)
97. Topband: ARRL DX Contest (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:09:19 -0500; Well I came on 160m for a couple of hours on both Friday night and Saturday night . . . Managed to work 97 North American stations in total, so very pleased with that ! Great to hear the band open. (; /archives//html/Topband/2019-02/msg00176.html (7,852 bytes)
98. Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:02:04 +0100; Apologies that I haven't been very active on Top Band the past couple of months . . . But I have a new YL, and so have been too busy with other things ! However . . . I did come on for a couple of ho; /archives//html/Topband/2019-04/msg00112.html (7,834 bytes)
99. Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:28:07 +0100; Well as far as I'm concerned Mike, FT8 would just be my computer having a contact, not me personally . . . so it's not something I would ever be interested in. But if that's the case, it's even more; /archives//html/Topband/2019-04/msg00114.html (7,702 bytes)
100. Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW (score: 1): Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:16:30 +0100; I get that many stations only use FT8 these days (out of laziness?) . . . But there are plenty of Top Band DXers (like me) who would never ever use FT8 . . . but many of these people hardly ever come; /archives//html/Topband/2019-04/msg00128.html (9,107 bytes)

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