Re V51AS
> Hi Uli
>
> Happy New Year wishes.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ulrich Weiss" <dj2ya@t-online.de>
> To: "Top-Band Reflektor" <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:57 AM
> Subject: Topband: V51AS
>
>
> > hello to everybody,
> >
> > I have persuaded Frank, V51AS, to try topband...
>
> That is good. I hope Frank is successful.
>
> > now that he has resonated his (low) dipole he is a little disappointed
> that
> > his CQs (mostly on 1818 khz) have remained unanswered yet...
>
> Perhaps the choice of freq is part of the dilemma. W1AW broadcasts code
> practice in NA on 1817.5 and is quite dominant during our evenings and
could
> mask any weak signal near that freq.
>
> > what times and frequencies would you recommend to keep him motivated by
> > occasional success???
>
> Others to avoid in NA include 1810, 1820 & 1830 where BCI mixing is a
> problem. Other than that, most freq are clear in NA in the "DX" part of
top
> band.
>
> 5R8FU has chosen 1811 for his weekend vigils and that is a good freq on
> this side. It is below the usual EU/NA action as well.
>
> We had good success in 1997 from V5 in Luderitz near the South Atlantic
with
> over 1200 Qs in our top band logs. So there is a good path to NA and EU
for
> him.
>
> We mostly used 1824 and listened 2 or 3 up from that QRG.
>
> 73 George W8UVZ
>
> > I'll try to make him subscribe to this reflector as well...
> > regards
> >
> > Uli, DJ2YA
> >
> >
> >
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