It's such a shame that 160m Conditions for DX have been pretty good over the past week or two . . . Yet there are so few CW stations coming on the band ! I hear lots of us Europeans putting out endle
SORRY Roger FT 8 has killed Ham radio ,when you need your own skill and not trust a computer to make your connection. I will NEVER use that mode.Unfortunately MNI MNI Sweden Hams have almost gone QRT
Yes Hasns, I was on cw around 0100Z and worked some old friends like N7DD but very low activity. Pity! 73 to all CW guys Len SM7BIC --Ursprungligt meddelande-- Från: Topband <topband-bounces+lennart.
Hans, FT8 did not kill Ham radio; it has changed it. Computer are doing that to many aspects of our lives, some them we like, and some we don't. There are things that you can't do with FT8: you can't
Is this threads subject material really just whining? Well, FT8 does some really good things that typical CW operation doesnt usually want to bother with. 1) use of a calling frequency (SSB carrier f
The irony is that if more of the people that complain about activity only being on FT8 these days actually came on the band on CW, there would be more activity ! What amazes me most is that so many o
Fun on TopBand last night from Halifax, NS. I was able to put John SM5EDX, Al LY7M, and Stasys LY1G Into the log before retiring for the evening. Many thanks to Guy, K2AV, for his Inverted L FCP desi
Hans Im sorry but I agree with Bob K3UL, perhaps we should stop the whining about lack of CW and get on the band ! If I look at my log for the 2 months since August, I have SM4DHF X13 QSOs, SM5EDX X5
Author: "Chortek, Robert L." <Robert.Chortek@berliner.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:14:31 +0000
Also Gentlemen, These modes are NOT mutually exclusive. During the Fall/Winter/Spring I spend a lot of time on 160 and 80. My station is located in the City of San Jose on a 1/4 acre lot. Much local
I don't consider it whining . . . I'm just trying to encourage more people to come on the band. If that happens, then there WILL be more CW activity ! I just figure that there may be people who read
Hi However, everything is much more complicated .. The activity of North Americans is highly dependent on the activity of Europe. Americans undoubtedly want many different correspondents. But there i
1) use of a calling frequency (SSB carrier frequency) 2) constant monitoring 3) highly efficient use of VERY close frequencies. Never needs retuning. 4) computer driven to allow attention to band ove
DELETE, DELETE DELETE AT LEAST CHANGE TO SUBJECT LINE ON THE THREAD IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TURN THIS INTO A FT8 BASHING SESSION , WHICH AS I RECALL THE MODERATOR/LIST OWNER BANNED LAST YEAR TALK AB
We had some really good discussion on this reflector in the past week or two. "Common mode choking","RX Power over Coax","Receive ant binocular cores","Super Kaz delta,"Waller Flag". And now we are b
At no point in these posts have I criticised people who want to use FT8 . . . each to their own as far as I'm concerned. But this topic was aimed at people (like me) who have no desire to use such co
Hi Roger, I can't speak for others, but I fail to see posts getting "aimed" at anyone. I'm an OT, licensed since 1955, and have formed my share of opinions and learned things as I grow older. I also
Roger, That was not my intention. Sorry about that. I only included you're text so I could answer you about USA and our stations. I know you have not said anything about FT-8. 73 Fred KB4QZH -- Orig
The new FST4 mode has almost completely superseded JT9 on 630 and 2200m, the only remaining JT9 signals being from those that missed the announcement / release or are waiting on a general availabilit
Very nice, Eric! I missed that while being evac'd for the fires. Just moved back in after 8 weeks. Would the results be comparable on 160M? 73, Jim K9YC On 10/9/2020 4:45 PM, Eric NO3M wrote: The new
Well first of all, it has never been my intention to upset or annoy anyone with my posts on here . . . all I have ever tried to do is encourage more people to come on Top Band on CW . . . to tell peo