I have a problem with saying TB season is over. It is just this.. if we as
DXers say it is over then others will stay away and it will become a self
fulfilling prophecy. In past years I have worked 160 all year long with the
only thing limiting me was the noise floor and qrn during summer season. With
the addition of low noise antennas such as the Beverage and a rotatable K9AY or
equivelent there is no reason to stop TB operations. I have personally seen
some on this reflector working DX from south FL during summer months. No small
feat with summertime noise. EXAMPLE: it is summer in the southern hemisphere
yet I worked many SA stations this year suring their summer. If they vacated
the band during their summer I would not have worked them.
Also with reference to PJ7PT, I managed to get into 7 of his 5 or so slots,
including TB. This took a bit of time but I am very happy to have worked them
so many time.
Approaching my Jubilee year in Ham Radio I have started reflecting on what it
has taught me. Of course there is always the normal things like electronics
etc but above all the most thing I have learned is patience, IMHO this is
something that many of our youth lack. A good reason to get them into Ham
Radio classes
Jim WA3MEJ
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:01:25 -0400
From: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: TB season
To: K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net>
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Message-ID: <4F6282D5.5090502@verizon.net>
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Bill,
I've worked JA's in April and August. Europe and the Mideast can be
worked all summer long, as well as VK/ZL and much of the southern
hemisphere -- where it's their winter. So the "season" can be what you
make of it.
Keep working on the Inverted L -- it should be a better antenna for DX
most of the time.
73/Jon AA1K
Message: 10
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:06:25 -0400
From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: TB season
To: topband@contesting.com
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Hi,
I sent a private email to one of the first hams to post about this.
Apparently there is a lot of interest on the list about this. I am new
to 160 meters and struggling to get my radios and antennas up to par. I
was dismayed to see that there is a "season". I surely expect
propagation to change but I expected to be more or less able to find
some QSOs most of the time. I was pleased to see hams respond favorably
about staying on the air. I do participate in some of the contests but I
am more interested in rag chewing. As I make improvements in my station
equipment I hope I'll be working more and more Top Band hams.
73,
Bill KU8H
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