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181. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:44:37 -0600
Shutting down? I just don't think continual bashing of people enjoying the hobby is good for the hobby.  Cheaters will be dealt with. What could this "discussion" on this list possible solve? Sorry y
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00069.html (10,420 bytes)

182. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 12:52:24 -0600
Ah so all FT8 users are cheaters.  Does that mean that all Russian hams use way more power than they should and their scores should not count either? The real issue here is change.  Ham radio has bee
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00071.html (9,209 bytes)

183. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 17:10:03 -0600
So does this mean that everyone uses this cheat?  No. By the way the ARRL has banned automatic unattended contacts from their programs at the last board meeting.   This means that the operator must b
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00086.html (29,636 bytes)

184. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:17:07 -0600
Gutting the hobby?  We are entitled to our own opinions.  There are a bunch of people having a blast on FT8 that seem to think differently. What is your goal to get FT8 banned?  Why would the ARRL do
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00092.html (31,450 bytes)

185. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:25:15 -0600
Have any of you taken the time to write your Division Directors to ask for changes and add FT-x as a separate award?   That does not solve the real issue here which is people have abandoned CW for FT
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00093.html (14,557 bytes)

186. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 08:36:43 -0600
When was the 6m band fully utilized?  The bottom end of the band is full of beacons or was. Then DX Cw then CW then some SSB.   What was being utilized above 51mhz? 10m-unless we have great sun spots
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00113.html (13,040 bytes)

187. Re: Topband: WAR ! (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 09:22:40 -0600
It depends on that specific countries rules. ARRL is not allowing automated contacts for their awards programs anymore. If the station is running on itself UN-attended. Is that just not even legal. N
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00115.html (9,841 bytes)

188. Topband: Review of the last 1000 spots on 160m (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 09:34:04 -0600
Of the last 1000 spots downloaded from DX Summit  just over 200 of them at on FT8.  Which means that nearly 800 spots were NOT FT8 meaning those were CW or SSB spots.  Not all of the spots are actual
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00117.html (6,770 bytes)

189. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 12:29:28 -0600
To read the article you have to logged into your ARRL account, at least I did. The "how to" article is right here: http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/63144 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00132.html (17,453 bytes)

190. Re: Topband: 160 (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 12:40:29 -0600
It seems odd to me that 60 plus percent of all contacts submitted to club log are using a mode that nobody likes.  Maybe just maybe a lot of people really like the mode and most are actually sitting
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00133.html (18,599 bytes)

191. Re: Topband: FT8 on 160 - how you can make a difference (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 15:23:52 -0600
Have you attempted to open a conversation with the creators of the mode and discuss what you are seeing?  They seem like they are quite knowledgeable.  How can you disprove their claims of weak signa
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00141.html (13,159 bytes)

192. Re: Topband: FT thread (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 12:22:26 -0600
But Ham Radio is nearly dead they say.........  Sigh. I would like to see this thread wrap up soon. Thanks. The Management _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband -
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00177.html (6,952 bytes)

193. Re: Topband: 160: Digital only DXCC needed - AKA, things that will kill the hobby.................. (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 13:26:23 -0600
Working by the numbers and  Lists! Things that will kill the hobby.....................in no particular order Spark CW AM SSB FM RTTY Packet Amtor Pactor Winlink PSK31 PSK63 MSFK8 MSFK16 M-RTTY EME C
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00180.html (9,688 bytes)

194. Re: Topband: 160 portable vertical (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 15:02:44 -0600
and then you need to be able to hear the people calling so you will want some kind of receiving antenna. Your #1 friend will be 127' of vertical(ish) wire (ie: inverted L) and a few ground radial wir
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00194.html (8,132 bytes)

195. Re: Topband: FYI Robot contacts "outlawed" by ARRL (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:45:05 -0600
The same way the enforce all the other enforceable rules in the program.  The best they can.  It is a shame that in a hobby people feel the need to break the rules and play games to get awards, win c
/archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00224.html (9,152 bytes)

196. Re: Topband: Skip Distance (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:59:57 -0600
Are you doing this in the daytime? On 9/12/2019 3:06 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote: I've been running some tests on my 8 circle array with K1JB. Joe is 17 miles away and I sometimes notice deep fading on
/archives//html/Topband/2019-09/msg00054.html (7,517 bytes)

197. Re: Topband: Blatant cheating using Remote Operation to work ZK3A (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 13:31:32 -0600
Contact the DXCC Desk and submit your observations. On 10/5/2019 1:13 PM, Robert Parkes via Topband wrote: I thought it worth highlighting a post by a well known 160m operator on the CDXC reflector a
/archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00012.html (8,724 bytes)

198. Re: Topband: ZK3A ......... (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 08:51:37 -0600
I have been told over and over that people don't cheat that much.  They do.  It is a shame that people have to cheat for a an award they pay for.  What is the limit to cheating?  None.......... Hi Ho
/archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00036.html (7,391 bytes)

199. Re: Topband: ZK3A ......... (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 17:44:41 -0600
Contacts made using remote stations located someplace much closer than the Ukraine.  There are many many many other abusers doing this. On 10/9/2019 4:47 PM, JAYB1943@OPTONLINE.NET wrote: what are we
/archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00046.html (8,616 bytes)

200. Re: Topband: Circle arrays (score: 1)
Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:51:29 -0600
If your joy is 160 then go with the array that will maximize the results.  Multiband arrays are going to be compromise and degrade your 160 performance.  You need to determine what is more important.
/archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00120.html (8,619 bytes)

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