This is an excellent idea..... would make it easier for the newbie to learn
and have fun as they did so......
----- Original Message -----
From: <kd6nrp@earthlink.net>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Band coming alive
> Good Morning:
>
> It might be helpful to create a separate e-mail list for beginner and
> intermediate level 160- and 80-meter operators. The topics covered could
> include antennas, propagation, which frequencies to use, operating modes,
> arranging schedules, operating from a small lot, and so on.
>
> 73
>
> Brian, KD6NRP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Aug 25, 2010 10:13 PM
>>To: TopBand <topband@contesting.com>, Jim Brown
>><jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>Subject: Re: Topband: Band coming alive
>>
>>Hello Jim,
>>
>>I'm sure I speak for everyone else in this group (with lots more 160
>>experience than I do) when I say that we would simply love to give
>>whatever encouragement that we possibly can to any newbie making his first
>>steps on 160, whether we like working DX or not.
>>
>>Right now, I can only listen on 160; my inverted-L has a problem that I'll
>>have to walk through all the weeds and ticks to find. Soon. :-)
>>
>>How can we help you? Would you like us to listen to your signal? Glad to
>>help however we can.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Mike Waters
>>
>>www.w0btu.com
>>
>>--- On Tue, 8/24/10, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>Subject: Re: Topband: Band coming alive
>>To: "TopBand" <topband@contesting.com>
>>Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 9:52 PM
>>
>>On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:41:46 -0500, David Raymond wrote:
>>
>>>Topband brought a nice surprise this morning here in Iowa with a QSO with
>>>Topband stalwart Bobby, VK3ZL, coming through the QRN with a nice signal.
>>>With the poor sunspot activity lasting this far into the new cycle, maybe
>>>we'll have another good season. Last season yielded remarkable over the
>>>pole openings here in the Midwest with Zone 17, 18, & 19 being often
>>>workable (sometimes daily) both morning and night.
>>
>>I've had a rig on 160M for a week looking for stations with whom I can
>>exchange signal reports on a new antenna. So far, except for about an hour
>>during NAQP SSB Saturday night, the only station I've heard is W7OE
>>calling
>>CQ, and a JA that he couldn't raise. I wouldn't call that alive, I'd call
>>it
>>dead. I made 15 QSOs during NAQP.
>>
>>People talk about how they love 160M, but they only want to work DX, they
>>don't want to give encouragement to a newbie making his first steps on the
>>band.
>>
>>73, Jim K9YC
>>
>>
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