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Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night

To: "'David Olean'" <k1whs@metrocast.net>, "'Roger Kennedy'" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
From: "Lee. KX4TT via Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: "Lee. KX4TT" <kx4tt@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:49:45 -0400
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
I thought I saw one spot on 1823 for them..............................you were 
in that area. I was doing maintenance and listening only, so I didn't note your 
frequency but heard your call loud and clear..............-)

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: David Olean [mailto:k1whs@metrocast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 12:42 
To: Lee. KX4TT <kx4tt@yahoo.com>; 'Roger Kennedy' 
<roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night

I thought of that, Lee.  I think I was at least 1 kHz below wherever TJ2TT 
showed up, and I asked if the freq was in use twice, before I called CQ.  (I 
think they were spotted on 26 or 26.5 after I was on making calls. I never 
heard them )  The obvious solution is to ask me to QSY.   You don't start 
jamming me. (?) I really got confused and upset.

The static is getting quite pronounced some nights, although other nites are 
quiet. I'll be around on 160 for awhile yet.  At least until I get all the new 
coax chokes installed out in the woods near the beverages. I have about a foot 
of ice and snow yet so finding the coax cables underneath is a problem. My goal 
is to get common mode noise off all of my rx antennas.  Then I go play on VHF 
and fly fish all summer.

73

Dave K1WHS


On 3/29/2018 3:52 PM, Lee. KX4TT wrote:
> I suspect it's because someone thought you were QRMing TJ2TT; He was pretty 
> much QSA0 for me. Local QRN/QRM has made 160 very tough for me; I could 
> barely hear Roger and he is usually fairly easy copy.
>
> 73 de Lee KX4TT
> Tampa, FL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> David Olean
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:31
> To: Roger Kennedy <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>; 
> topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night
>
> Roger,
>
> I was QRV for awhile, but seem to have attracted someone who hated my guts. I 
> was QRMed while trying to work stations. they put a carrier on top of the 
> stations I tried to work. They QRMed the dx station and were sending false 
> signal reports in hopes of confusing me.   Then they came on and sent me 
> disparaging remarks and called me a "bone head".  I went QRT. I know I am not 
> a great operator, and make mistakes, but who needs that when you are trying 
> to relax and have some innocent fun?   I am starting to sour on the 
> Gentlemen's band moniker. It was quite upsetting.
>
> We had a fair amount of lightning static here, but conditions seemed pretty 
> fair otherwise.  You peaked up pretty loud at times.  I could barely detect 
> 4K6FO last night. He was good copy the night before.  I did not hear any SA 
> stations and I think they were QRV. Each nite is different!
>
> K1WHS
>
>
> On 3/29/2018 9:55 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
>> Well conditions seemed pretty good last night . . . my RBN reports 
>> were certainly encouraging from several NA stations - one was even 49 
>> dB over the noise !
>>
>> However, there was a distinct lack of activity - I stayed on from 
>> 0100Z for nearly 2 hours, but only worked 9 NA stations.
>>
>> Nothing like the dozens of stations that came on a few weeks ago when 
>> we started these Wednesdays . . .
>>
>> Come on guys !
>>
>> 73 Roger G3YRO
>>
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