And you get an excellent view of the tower on final approach into Boston's Logan airport when arriving from UK. I made the pilgrimage to the tower a couple of years ago, happy memories of my first t
Stew, apart from being a great 160m DX'er, was also the father of the Transatlantic tests. In the late 60's and early 70's he would set dates and times for W to EU contacts and once a month (if my me
He certainly was that Roger. I recall back in the early 70s trying unsuccessfully to work him from my suburban QTH. The guys at the club knew and on a National Field Day event in June they came exci
Terrible news. Like Ian, I could always rely on Jack being the first NA station to call me in a contest. The record being 3 minutes in on one CQWW160. RIP OM. 73 Chris, G3SVL (currently @ VK9XG- and
Such sad news. Herb was always there in contests. Often struggling with static at his end he always stayed with it to try to pull stations through. I remember working him from the T32C DXpedition in
Such sad news. Herb was always there in contests. Often struggling with static at his end he always stayed with it to try to pull stations through. I remember working him from the T32C DXpedition in
Such sad, sad news. RIP John, your legacy lives on. Condolences to his family. 73 Chris, G3SVL _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Hi Eric, Long time no speak - hope you are well. Have you looked at SimSmith? It appears to do some of the things you are looking for. Plenty of videos on YouTube or start here perhaps: https://www.w
Hi Dave, How about an SDR (e.g. RSP1A, Funcube dongle or even RTL dongle) and a small laptop or tablet? That way youd get spectrum and waterfall as well as audio. And you can record everything for a
I was there that 2019 Visalia evening at WB6RSE's Topband dinner and George's presentation on concurrent CW / FT8 on 160m blew me away too. 73 Chris, G3SVL On 05/04/2021 19:55, Jim Brown wrote: At th
On 25/10/2023 09:35, Jim Brown wrote: I learned a lot from George Wallner, AA7JV, a brilliant engineer and veteran of a dozen or so expeditions to rare entities, and for which he mounted a very effec
Hi Steve, If the problem is the second harmonic then a BCB filter at your end will not help because the second harmonic isn't in the Broadcast Band. However, I suspect the problem may be blocking of
Well done Steve. My heart was in my mouth listening to that recording, so I can't imagine what it was like being there (actually, I can - all serious topband ops have been there!). 73 Chris, G3SVL sk