- 1. TopBand: vertical vs horiz (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:49:07 -0600
- I agree with Tom's assessment. I have an elevated quarter wave vertical with three radials attached. While not perfect, it does really well. The past two mornings I have not been able to work C21ZM n
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-03/msg00023.html (7,540 bytes)
- 2. TopBand: T33 this morning (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:47:08 -0600
- Got up at 2:45 local time this morning to look for the T33. I believe they were there but could not tell for sure. No spots came across here in Iowa, if indeed, it was the T33. Someone (DX I believe)
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-03/msg00143.html (7,106 bytes)
- 3. TopBand: T33 on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:47:37 -0600
- Group: The T33RD operator just told me today (Tuesday) on 21.295 at 19:10z that there would be no further 160 meter operations from T33. He said they were fighting very high QRN levels (+20/9) which
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-03/msg00146.html (7,405 bytes)
- 4. TopBand: TL5A Update (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:41:01 -0600
- His improvements must have worked....was just copying him here in Iowa about an hour ago (around 23:30z Monday evening). He was running 339 - 449. The easycoast pileup was significant so I just liste
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-02/msg00047.html (6,837 bytes)
- 5. TopBand: TL5A (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:02:58 -0600
- TL5A had an impressive signal here into Iowa Tuesday afternoon. I worked him at 23:42z just prior to my local sunset. He had a fine signal, running about 579 on the 580', 2 wire European/ZL beverage
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-02/msg00060.html (6,904 bytes)
- 6. TopBand: ZL9CI Jan 20 (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:22:28 -0600
- Crew: I have been getting up every morning now for 6 days at 2 a.m. CST in an effort to get ZL9CI into the log on 160 (I missed the first couple of days when they first started the operation and were
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-01/msg00149.html (8,185 bytes)
- 7. TopBand: XZ1N this morning (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 08:26:55 -0600
- XZ1N had, by far, the best signal yet into my part of the Midwest (Iowa) this morning on 160. He peaked at sunrise with a 559 signal. No cigar here, so will have to keep trying. Is there some reason
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00023.html (6,850 bytes)
- 8. TopBand: XZ1 and T88 Wed morning (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 08:25:47 -0600
- XZ1N was fairly good copy this morning here in Iowa with his signal peaking about 449 just a few minutes before local sunrise (abt 1330z). No cigar on the XZ. T88II, however, had a very nice signal (
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00088.html (7,246 bytes)
- 9. TopBand: Conditions (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:15:25 -0600
- It was very frustrating to sit here in Iowa Tuesday evening and watch all the European spots coming in from the east coast. Obviously, conditions on the east coast were really good. I could hear almo
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00149.html (7,552 bytes)
- 10. TopBand: Condx - Thursday Night (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:33:51 -0600
- Conditions Thursday night give a glimmer of hope that the band may yet truly come alive for those of us here in the Midwest. F5IN was pounding in here at an honest S9. DJ7AA also had a nice signal an
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00177.html (7,627 bytes)
- 11. TopBand: More great condx - Friday night (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 20:34:22 -0600
- Wow. . . tonight topped last night for great topband condx here in Iowa. Worked: GI3OQR (sounded like he was in Illinois and was a new one on 160) YL2SM G3YRO GM3POI DJ7AA OY9JD DK1NO GM3BES (another
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00181.html (7,370 bytes)
- 12. TopBand: Nice surprise (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:39:23 -0600
- Last night, about 2340z, I (and a lot of others) was calling 8Q7IO on 80 mtrs with no results. I had worked the 8Q before on 80 mtrs, but for some reason, am not in their log. Condx were not very goo
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-11/msg00018.html (7,901 bytes)
- 13. TopBand: TY8A (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:13:45 -0600
- I worked them last night through a huge pile on 80. They seem to be everywhere. I heard someone ask them about 160. . . they made no comment (QRM was unbelievable). Hopefully, 160 is next. 73. . . Da
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-11/msg00028.html (7,786 bytes)
- 14. TopBand: TY8A (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:53:53 -0600
- TY8A was making a valiant effort last night on 160 to make stateside contacts. I started listening to him on 1824 about 0420z. He was pretty weak here in central Iowa. . . . not truly copyable. I'm n
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-11/msg00100.html (7,760 bytes)
- 15. TopBand: NCJ CQWWCW DXpedition Listing (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 19:39:47 -0600
- Ann, V63HO (WA1S), was on 80 this morning for at least a couple of hours around 1100z and beyond. She was doing quite well with the pile although she was running simplex which was slowing the rate si
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-11/msg00167.html (9,024 bytes)
- 16. TopBand: An interesting morning (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:22:20 -0600
- It was an interesting morning on the topband. Early on there was virtually no activity in the first 50 khz of the band except around 1822 where VK9LX was calling CQ. The pig farmers were having their
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-11/msg00175.html (7,415 bytes)
- 17. TopBand: Condx this morning (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:15:14 -0500
- Woke up early this morning and got to the radio about 0915z. Heard Tom, W8JI working VK3ZL (Bob) on 1832 who was weak but copyable here. Tom was running antenna comparisons with Bob. When he finished
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-10/msg00107.html (7,535 bytes)
- 18. TopBand: Beverage question (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:23:54 -0600
- I have made a lot of observations since I got my two 2-wire beverages playing (finally). On most signals they show nice front to back which varies a lot but sometimes reaches 30 db or so. They run NE
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-10/msg00131.html (8,030 bytes)
- 19. TopBand: Better condx (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:24:24 -0500
- Heard W8JI this morning running with KH2/K4SXT this morning about 1100z. The beverages are not yet up here but I could hear bits and pieces of the KH2. I returned to the radio about 1135z and heard V
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-09/msg00007.html (7,285 bytes)
- 20. TopBand: Beverage transformer core question (score: 1)
- Author: csus04@lmpsil02.comm.mot.com (Raymond Dave-CSUS04)
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 11:43:23 -0500
- For the past few years, I have been using the BBR 7731 cores for beverage feed transformersb that I purhcased in quantity from Vic Misek back several years ago . I have now depleted my supply. Am won
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-09/msg00011.html (7,405 bytes)
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