Here, here! I agree with Fred - don't give up on TopBand, Greg. My
station and shunt-fed tower are on a relatively small suburban lot (1/3
Acre) surrounded by all sorts of hash-generating devices. My original
160M antenna was an inverted L with one radial with which I participated
in the 1999 ARRL 160M CW contest. I had a blast!
I consider TopBand a challenge because of my real estate limitations.
But most of us mere mortals have to live with similar antenna limits.
There are few of us with large Yagis up at 1/4 WL AGL on this band.
Enjoy uwaves, but please don't abandon 160M.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
Rockville, MD
USA
On 9/17/2021 8:48 PM, fmoeves wrote:
Greg, Although I have not had the pleasure to work you I really don't like to hear stories like
this. Hopefully you can find a way to get on the band. Like they say when there's a will there's a
way. A few run QRP on Topband I'm starting to play around with now. When life gives you lemons make
lemonade. Anyway 73 and good luck. Fred KB4QZH.
-------- Original message --------From: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz> Date:
9/17/21 5:57 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Topband Reflector <topband@contesting.com> Subject:
Topband: Unsubscribing Hi all,It is with some sadness that I have to tell you that this
will be my last post on Topband, after a presence of 24 years, including my activity as
ZS5K.My wife and I are relocating back to ZS1 so that she can be with her young family, and
we are unlikely to be moving into a property from which Topband operations will be a
pleasure. I have had 17 great years enjoying a good station with dedicated Rx antennas, and
know that I would be frustrated with 'city lot' type operations.Instead I am in the process
of constructing microwave equipment, and have already had my first QSOs on 23 cm and 3 cm.
I'm hoping that enjoyment of the weak signal propagation modes on those bands will replace
the pleasure I've been fortunate enough to have operating on 160 m.Thank you all for the
great QSOs and good luck with your activities on the Gentlemen's Band.73, Greg, ZL3IX,
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