Sorry to use the Reflector, but my first direct message as a reply to W7LR has
been sent back by the .aol mail server!
73 and HNY 2004 to all the Topbanders
Luis IV3PRK
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Hi Bob,
I would like to know if I was one of the european stations that you called
and did'nt hear you, or one of those spotted that you did not hear.
I have been calling CQ DX since 05.00z ..., at 05.40 I got only some
letters...at 06.08z I got N7DD growing up from 449 to a solid 569....than a
W6..?R, down again in the noise, followed by K8LJQ at 579 ...and than cqing
and cqing until 06.48 when I got good signals from VE3ZI and K8CX (my sunrise).
This season, for the first time, I did'nt pull any Beverage and the 4-square
vertical mini-array is suffering a lot from power-line noise, so still
unusable.
I tried to solve the problem with a Pennant system (two groups of 3 pennnats
wide spaced for a broadside feeding), but towards North America I get better
results only from a single one of them.
I got a new linear amplifier, finally the U.S. made Alpha 99, but I keep it
always below 1 KW until I am not sure that I can also receive all the
stations hearing me.
My next program (with the retirement) is also to substitute the 4 elevated
radials with at least 90 buried ones.
But I don't want to be "unbalanced" between TX and RX capabilities and to
read on the cluster "no ears" as usually happens to somebody here around running
to much power !
So Bob I hope you recovered from the bad cold ( I'm getting also a very
tedious one !) and I wish you and yours all the best for the NEW YEAR and to
work you again on the Band!
BTW, I remember quite well our last QSO on May 21st 2002 : that's really a
record as I never worked a Western US station outside the winter season!
Best 73 and HNY
Luis IV3PRK
----- Original Message -----
From: <W7lr@aol.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Topband: dx
> In spite of a bad cold I stayed up on 31 December to see if 160m would be
> anything like what was reported for the previous evening which I had
missed.
> Apparently it was not quite a good as on the 30th. I started hearing
European
> stations about 0500z - the first time this season. Worked HB9ATA at
0503z. In
> all I heard 7 European stations, one qso, 3 spotted that I did not hear.
> Werner takes the cake for the best ears - on the others I got either a
qrz? or
> nothing. A temporary 500' Beverage in our front horse pastures (full of
snow now)
> helped the rx, and low noise. On the tx side I cant improve over 1.5 kw,
a
> 90' top loaded vertical and lots of radials - unless I moved to AZ or UT
to join
> N7DD and N7JW who get out very well. The auroral path this far north is a
> problem but no cure for that except to do lots of listening and not as
much
> sleep. 73 Bob W7LR in MT.
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