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Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night

To: ALEXEY OGORODOV <ua4wae@mail.ru>
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
From: Eugene Popov /RA0FF/ via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Eugene Popov /RA0FF/ <ra0ff@mail.ru>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 23:51:54 +0300
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Welcome comeback, Alex!


73! de Eugene RA0FF
http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/

>Пятница, 23 марта 2018, 3:21 +11:00 от ALEXEY OGORODOV via Topband 
><topband@contesting.com>:
>
>Hello brethren,
>
>Dave, yes, I changed QTH moving from the ocean to Guayaquil city and now I'm 
>residing in downtown area which implies certain challenges working low bands. 
>However, to my joy, I'm not utterly deafened by the city's QRMand tropical 
>QRN, the way I thought I would be. My noise situation is tolerable at least 
>I'm hearing NA and some EUs on a, say, inadequate antenna.
>
>Just for a try I erected a 14m high aluminum mast on the balcony at 2nd floor 
>at about 4 meters above the street and ran a wire along it and an extentended 
>"tail" to form an inverted L. 
>
>My next is step is to make an Inverted L alongside an existing 22 meter high 
>tower that supports 20 and 15 m Yagis. There is enough space to accomodate 3 
>quarter-wave radials. That will be done as I get a safety belt to climb the 
>tower - a day or a week time frame - everything is slow here.
>
>On QRO. There is Henry amp with fresh st of tubes that requires adding an 
>extra network for 1660 which wil be done soon to have reasonable power.
>
>I'll be active on TB soon again.
>
>73 to all,
>
>Alex
>HC2AO at HC2GRC
>
>
>>Четверг, 22 марта 2018, 14:26 UTC от daraymond@iowatelecom.net:
>>
>>Alex, HC2AO, was QRV Wednesday night which must have been from a 
>>new/different location.  He was running 20w to a 14m inverted L with 2 
>>elevated radials from a balcony.  He was weak but workable.  He said our QSO 
>>was his first for 2018.  From his comments on KST, it sounded like he has 
>>plans for a bigger, more permanent antenna.   Here in Iowa QRN levels are 
>>beginning to come up with the arrival of spring weather although winter 
>>hasn't quite given up yet.
>>73. . .Dave, W0FLS
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: Roger Kennedy
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 5:50 PM
>>To:  topband@contesting.com
>>Subject: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
>>
>>
>>Well hopefully we'll get some stations on the band tonight !
>>
>>I'll be on around 1828kHz from about 0000Z . . .
>>
>>Hope you'll be on too
>>
>>73 Roger G3YRO
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