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Subject: TopBand: K7K 160 meter log
From: RandyMartn@aol.com (RandyMartn@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 01:05:38 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello fellow topbanders!

Attached you will find an alphabetical listing of callsigns that made it into
the K7K topband log.  Conditions were incredible, with 160 sounding more like
80 meters, especially on the first night of operation (I averaged just over
100 QSO's per hour for five hours).  The last night of operation, Wednesday
local time, was by far the noisiest.  Unfortunately, that was probably when
the guys loading up long wires with 100 watts were calling.  It was my
impression that QSO's were limited by my ability to hear and not by the
ability of stations to hear our signal.

Special thanks go to Kimo, KH7U, who handled the monumental task of arranging
all the logistics for the expedition, as well as handling all of the cooking,
generator filling, etc., while we were on the island.  Without Kimo, this
trip would not have been possible.  Also, Mike N9NS was Kimo's right hand
man.  Both these guys contributed greatly behind the scenes, and also did
yeomans duty operating.

You guys be sure to thank Frank, AH0W, for using his own personal funds to
buy the Titanex antenna just before the DXpedition (and, of course, for
arranging the DXpedition in the first place).  I'm sure Frank would be happy
to accept any donations you might want to send, either directly, or via QSL
manager KE7LZ.  I insisted we get a Titanex, since a battle creek special
wasn't available.  Rig was a TS-690S (450S with 6 meters) and Alpha 76-PA
running about 1200W output.  Here is a brief summary by night local time:

Day        Time On     Time Off    QSO's
Sunday    0911Z          1417Z    512
Monday    0902Z          1456Z    313
Tuesday   0947Z          1326Z    118
Weds.      0808Z          1300Z    146

Total          1089
Dupes           58
Countries       12 (K,ZL,VE,VK,KL7,UA9,JA,XE,BV,KH6,UN,TI)
Zones            15

First in the log was NI6T at 0911Z.  I swear, he must have had his hand on
the keyer waiting.  I called "CQ CQ CQ de K7K K7K UP 6 UP 6 K one time, and
Garry replied!

First JA in the log was JA1HQT at 1150Z.  Contrary to some erroneous reports,
I DID NOT work JA's during prime time USA.  I didn't even listen in the JA
window until 1150Z the first night, and even then, only worked JA for 5
minutes before returning to USA.  For subsequent nights, I listened for JA in
5 or 10 minute chunks of time, but only when it appeared I had worked the USA
pile down to nil.

I must apologize that, due to a lack of enough operators, we had to skip the
time slot that would favor anyone out to the west (basically after 1500Z) for
the most part.  I listened a few times at sunrise and called some CQ's but
never heard any signals.

Andy UA3AB filled in for 2-3 hours of operation, but I handled the rest of
the 160 meter duty.  If you have comments, please send them directly to me.
 Don't clutter up the reflector.

I will follow up with an article on the Titanex Vertical when I catch up with
everything else here at home.  It is a great antenna, although a bit on the
expensive side.  I guess the proof is in the signal?  By the way, Eric SM0AGD
used the Titanex on 40 meters for most of his contacts on that band with
Europe.  It is also a great performer on 80 meters.  

Finally, I should thank Bob, K4UEE, who showed me how a first class top band
operation should be done at AH1A and CE0Z.  

Hope you all made it into the log.

73,

Randy Martin K0EU



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Callsigns worked on top band by K7K.  Note: K7K entry was put in to
erase a call I copied wrong, then got it corrected several QSO's later.
Please do not contact me if you think I missed your call by 1 letter,
or whatever.  The QSL manager will handle those situations.  Let him
know.
=0D
73, Randy K0EU
=0D
7K2QOX  7K4NDC  7L2FEY  7L3EBP  7L4IOU  7M3HLQ  7N2PYF  AA0MF   AA0RS
AA1K    AA2EQ   AA4MM   AA4NU   AA4S    AA5AT   AA7MH   AB0X    AB4HF
AB5I    AC0M    AC5HF   AD4Z    AD6C    AI6L    AI8W    AJ6T    AK4Z
AL7R    BV4ME   JA0AOQ  JA0BNX  JA0CRG  JA0CRI  JA0DAI  JA0DIN  JA0GJJ
JA0GRF  JA0KJD  JA0MGR  JA0MVW  JA0QNJ  JA0RUG  JA0YUD  JA1AUD  JA1BWA
JA1CGM  JA1CHN  JA1CLW  JA1CUW  JA1CZI  JA1DM   JA1DOF  JA1EOD  JA1GU/QRP
JA1GV   JA1HQG  JA1HQT  JA1IDY  JA1IFP  JA1IRH  JA1ITX  JA1JRK  JA1JTR
JA1KJK  JA1KYM  JA1NQI  JA1SHE  JA1SJN  JA1SJV  JA1SNF  JA1SVP  JA1SYY
JA1TRL  JA1UPT  JA1UQP  JA1VIT  JA1WSK  JA1XQC  JA2ACI  JA2AKW  JA2AOK
JA2BVK  JA2BY   JA2CG   JA2CGH  JA2DHG  JA2DPC  JA2EPK  JA2FBY  JA2FJP
JA2FVA  JA2GAD  JA2GTZ  JA2IVY  JA2JOJ  JA2JPA  JA2JW   JA2KSP  JA2KVD
JA2MOG  JA2MYA  JA2OLJ  JA2PJC  JA2PQV  JA2QCX  JA2VPO  JA2WNA  JA2XW
JA2ZS   JA3AAW  JA3BLN  JA3BVD  JA3BVJ  JA3CRO  JA3CSZ  JA3DY   JA3EA
JA3FYC  JA3MHV  JA3NTE  JA3ONB  JA3REK  JA3RMW  JA3SHL  JA3TJA  JA4AHV
JA4BTD  JA4CQS  JA4CZM  JA4DEN  JA4DND  JA4EFV  JA4EPE  JA4IYL  JA4JBZ
JA4KFA  JA4LKB  JA4LXY  JA4MMO  JA4OK   JA4RTX  JA4XGC  JA4XH   JA4YHB
JA5AQC  JA5BEN  JA5CBO  JA5CEX  JA5CPI  JA5DQH  JA5EXW  JA5HQH  JA5IGX
JA5IU   JA5JUG  JA5NLN  JA5QJD  JA5ROH  JA5VQ   JA5WIO  JA5YMK  JA6FD
JA6GT   JA6GVS  JA6HK   JA6LNS  JA6RCH  JA6VA   JA7AO   JA7BWT  JA7BXS
JA7DRM  JA7EID  JA7FUJ  JA7IC   JA7JHT  JA7JI   JA7JWF  JA7LMZ  JA7MA
JA7NI   JA7SN   JA7WKG  JA7XRO  JA7YCQ  JA7ZP   JA8BCF  JA8BZL  JA8CDT
JA8CEA  JA8DDF/2        JA8DIM  JA8DNV  JA8DYE  JA8EAT  JA8EJO  JA8EVL  JA8FKO
JA8ISU  JA8OP   JA8RDW  JA8RJE  JA8RRF  JA8SHI  JA8TMP  JA9AIG  JA9AIP
JA9AVA  JA9BBK  JA9BE   JA9CHJ  JA9FSO  JA9HCG  JA9IKR  JA9IPF  JA9IRM
JA9LPY  JA9NLE  JA9PEE  JA9RRH  JA9XBW  JE0NWC  JE0UXR  JE1KVD  JE1LFX
JE1PNX  JE1QYI  JE1SYN  JE2DGJ  JE2EHP  JE2HGA  JE2LPC  JE2OVG  JE2OZO
JE2TRG  JE3HDD  JE4IBA  JE4TRE  JE4WKR  JE6CAJ  JE6EFG  JE6IBJ  JE7RJS
JE9VOI  JF1HOH  JF1KKV  JF1KZD  JF1KZH  JF1NZW  JF1WPB  JF2BNG  JF2EZA
JF2GWS  JF2MBF  JF2MNO  JF2OWA  JF2PZH  JF2UED  JF2WXS  JF2XGF  JF3NDW
JF4AIS  JF4VZT  JF7DZA  JF7GJK  JG1LKO  JG1SFF  JG1WNO  JG3QZN  JG4WYX
JH0BBE  JH0BQX  JH0HJL  JH0INP  JH0TYE  JH1EIG  JH1GNU  JH1HDT  JH1OGC
JH1ORA  JH2ABL  JH2AHZ  JH2AYB  JH2BFY  JH2CYU  JH2DMO  JH2FXK  JH2KAG
JH2QMT  JH2RMU  JH2ZVP  JH3CNM  JH3CUL  JH3CYZ  JH3IMR  JH3VNC  JH4CPC
JH4EZI  JH4FEB  JH4HMG  JH4IFF  JH4JNG  JH4PMV  JH4RLY  JH4UYB  JH5KDY
JH6ALF  JH6VNW  JH7AKT  JH7CFX  JH7EZB  JH7IMX  JH7JVJ  JH7MGJ  JH7QXL
JH8ASO  JH8CFZ  JH8SRI  JH9AUB  JI1BEX  JI1FDZ  JI1GYC  JI1NJC  JI1PGO
JI1QIO  JI1WRM  JI2KXK  JI2TKX  JI4POR  JI5SKS  JI7VNJ  JI8LFQ  JJ2BLV
JJ2KDZ  JJ2LPV  JJ2MST  JJ2QXI  JJ3LLT  JJ6DGP  JJ8OZM  JK1BSM  JK1IQK
JK2VOC  JK3AGC  JK3BLD  JK3UAW  JK4HRA  JK4TBP  JK4UOQ  JL1AGY  JL1ARF
JL1OYU/2        JL1WPQ  JL2WNA  JL2WNR  JL3JTD  JL4DJM  JM1SMY  JM3APP  JM3GXU
JM3TTG  JM4MAQ  JN1HOW  JN1MKU  JO1NZT  JP1IOF  JP1SRG  JP2MYJ  JQ1BNA
JQ2DNZ  JQ3DUE  JR0FEK  JR1CCT  JR1CVU  JR1DUP  JR1GMK  JR1IOH  JR1NWV
JR1TNE  JR2BUM  JR2DPL  JR2KJJ  JR2SEN  JR2UKF  JR3GWZ  JR3IIR  JR3IYG
JR3QHQ  JR4LNG  JR5LVU  JR5XPG  JR6ORC  JR6OSY  JR6PGB  JR7BDQ  JR7SWL
JR7TEQ  JR7YXZ  JR8FEK  JR9LKE  JR9LKF  JR9MAR  JS1PBI  JS1UMQ  JS2LHI
K0CS    K0DEQ   K0FG    K0FX    K0HA    K0IL    K0JUH   K0KM    K0KO
K0KX    K0MP    K0NF    K0RW    K0SD    K0VZR   K0YO    K0ZM    K1BW
K1GE    K1HTV   K1VW    K1YT    K1ZG    K1ZZ    K2AT    K2BF    K2BU
K2CL    K2FL    K2FU    K2IGW   K2NJ    K2NV    K2SY    K2TQC   K2UFT
K2UO    K2VO    K2WK    K2XA    K2ZZ    K3ANS   K3II    K3IV    K3JGJ
K3JJG   K3JT    K3KO    K3KY    K3LAU   K3LR    K3ND    K3NW    K3NZ
K3RR    K3SW    K3SX    K3TZV   K3UA    K3UL    K4CM    K4CN    K4ESE
K4IBP   K4IQJ   K4LQ    K4PB    K4PI    K4QL    K4SO    K4TEA   K4UEE
K4VT    K4VW    K4XG    K4XI    K4XR    K4YA    K5AQ    K5DU    K5GKC
K5JUC   K5JZ    K5KA    K5KLA   K5KR    K5KT/6  K5LP    K5NA    K5NZ
K5OT    K5QY    K5RT    K5TH    K5TN    K5TT    K5UO    K5YA    K5ZM
K6AAW   K6AC    K6AM    K6ANP   K6CT    K6CU    K6EID   K6FG    K6IPV
K6JAJ   K6NA    K6NR    K6OQ    K6RK    K6RO    K6SE    K6SSS   K6TQ
K6UT    K6VX    K6XX    K6YUI   K6ZZ    K7BG    K7CA    K7DZ    K7FR
K7IDX   K7K             K7KJ    K7LFY   K7LJ    K7NN    K7NPN   K7OX    K7QQ
K7SP    K7UU    K7VV    K7WP    K7XB    K7ZBV   K7ZV    K8AJR   K8BK
K8BN    K8CX    K8EJ    K8FC    K8FX    K8GG    K8IP    K8JP    K8MFO
K8NA    K8ND    K8SM    K8TL    K8YSE   K9AB    K9AJ    K9BG    K9BWI
K9FD    K9GM    K9IT    K9JF    K9KU    K9LA    K9NU    K9NX    K9RA
K9RJ    K9TR    K9UE    K9YY    KA2BZS  KA2CDJ  KA5RNH  KA6W    KB0WY
KB3BHN  KB3X    KB5RZY  KB6R    KB7V    KB9WY   KC4AUF  KC5FJR  KC7V
KC7VN   KC8PG   KD6UO   KD6WW   KE2BA   KE4RNA  KE6XJ   KE7AJ   KE7X
KE9I    KF6HI   KF7E    KG6I    KG7D    KG8CW   KG9N    KH7M    KI0C
KI0G    KI0Z    KJ4AY   KJ7AN   KJ9C    KJ9I    KK0U    KK2I    KK3Q
KK4CA   KL7CC   KL7FH   KL7J    KL7XX   KL7Y    KM3V    KN2R    KN2T
KN6DV   KN6XU   KS4Q    KS9W    KT2E    KU0J    KV0Q    KX4R    KY7M
KZ0X    N0AT    N0AV    N0AX    N0HF    N0IJ    N0JK    N0KE    N0KV
N0NI    N0TB    N0XA    N0XB    N1RJ    N2NL    N2ORM   N2QT    N2TX
N2WK    N3DL    N3EA    N3KK    N3MKZ   N3MLV   N3OC    N3RA    N3SL
N4CC    N4CFL   N4CH    N4DF    N4EA    N4JF    N4KG    N4MM    N4NO
N4RJ    N4SU    N4UH    N4VV    N4XM    N4XX    N5AN    N5CA    N5FA
N5FG    N5IA    N5JR    N5KO    N5LZ    N5TJ    N5UL    N5UR    N5WA
N6AW    N6DX    N6ED    N6EGR   N6EV    N6FF    N6GM    N6HR    N6MM
N6MYV   N6NT    N6RV    N6TG    N6TR    N6VLP   N6WU    N6YJY   N6ZS
N6ZV    N6ZZ    N7EIJ   N7FU    N7GL    N7JKF   N7JW    N7KA    N7KO
N7ML    N7NG    N7RT    N7TP    N7UA    N7US    N7WO    N7WX    N8BLD
N8GZ    N8II    N8TR    N9AF    N9AU    N9BR    N9QX    N9RD    NA0Y
NA4M    NC9T    ND1T    ND5S    NE9Z    NI0F    NI6T    NL7Z    NN4T
NN7S    NN7X    NQ1K    NR0X    NS5M    NU4D    NX0I    NY7T    NZ9Z
RA0FA   RA0FN   RU0LAX  RW0MM   TI4CF   UA0FDX  UA0FZ   UN5J    UN7JX
VA3DX   VE1YX   VE1ZZ   VE3CSK  VE3DO   VE3EJ   VE3IY/7 VE3MFP  VE3WT
VE3XN   VE3XSP  VE6FR   VE6KC   VE6LB   VE6WQ   VE7BS   VE7CQK  VE7FPT
VE7SZ   VE7WO   VK2OI   VK3AJJ  VK3EW   VK3IO   VK3QI   VK6HD   VK6VZ
VX6LB   W0AH    W0AW    W0BMQ   W0BV    W0CM    W0CP    W0EK    W0ETC
W0FS    W0GJ    W0JM    W0JQQ   W0MS    W0NB    W0NF    W0NFL   W0RI
W0RXL   W0UN    W0UY    W0VV    W0XV    W0ZR    W1CKA   W1DEO   W1FV
W1IP    W1JA    W1JR    W1JZ    W1MI    W1OO    W1TO    W1TQ    W1WA
W1XT    W1ZC    W2JB    W2MF    W2OKM   W2OX    W2SF    W2TA    W2TO
W2UD    W2UE    W2UP    W2VJN   W2VO    W2WG    W2XI    W2YC    W3BGN
W3BW    W3GG    W3GH    W3JEZ   W3KHZ   W3TMZ   W3UM    W3UR    W4BM
W4BUW   W4BXI   W4DR    W4EA    W4FOA   W4HHN   W4JVN   W4LK    W4MPY
W4NL    W4NT    W4OW    W4PK    W4PV    W4QB    W4QCU   W4QD    W4TO
W4WH    W4YO    W4YTF   W4YV    W4ZV    W5CWQ   W5DM    W5EU    W5FI
W5IWE   W5JAY   W5LT    W5MN    W5NA    W5OZI   W5PLN   W5PS    W5UN
W5XAS   W6AJJ   W6CN    W6EA    W6JRY   W6KUT   W6NKU   W6OA    W6OSP
W6PBI   W6PCW   W6QUV   W6RF    W6RJ    W6SR    W6TC    W6UC    W6VP
W6WBY   W6WCW   W6WI    W6XA    W6YA    W6YJ    W6ZL    W7AJ    W7AM
W7AWA   W7CA    W7CAT   W7CB    W7ED    W7EJ    W7EKM   W7GG    W7HP
W7IP    W7IUV   W7JQ    W7KNT   W7KW    W7LGG   W7LR    W7MCO   W7MO
W7NN    W7OM    W7RV    W7TB    W7TI    W7TSQ   W7WM    W7YAQ   W7YB
W7ZMD   W8AH    W8AV    W8CAR   W8DCH   W8DX    W8EA    W8FJ    W8GF
W8JGU   W8JI    W8LWU   W8NL    W8NW    W8RRR   W8RT    W8TOP   W8UVZ
W8WA    W8XD    W9BF    W9BYH   W9CH    W9EVI   W9FRS   W9MAF   W9MU
W9NGA   W9OA    W9RB    W9SF    W9WT    W9XR    W9XT    W9YRZ   W9YSX
W9YYG   W9ZR    WA1HFN  WA2UUK  WA3EPG  WA4CBF  WA4DDG  WA4FFW  WA5VGI
WA6HHQ  WA6PJR  WA7BOD  WA7LNW  WA7UTM  WA9CVK  WA9IRV  WB0O    WB3AVN
WB4FNH  WB6FWS  WB7UAA  WB8YTZ  WB8ZNV  WB8ZRV  WC7N    WD4JRA  WD8E
WE9A    WF5W    WG3U    WG6P    WI7N    WI8A    WL7KY   WS7W    WT3Q
WT3W    WT8S    WU6T    WW7CC   WW7OR   WX2T    WX7M    XE1AVM  ZL1AXQ
ZL1HY   ZL2DX   ZL2JR   ZL2OR   ZL4WA                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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