G'day Rag: Lengths are not critical: it is not a resonant antenna. The assembly notes that I use at the PJ2T station are online at: http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/PJ2_Flag.htm http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/P
Some years ago, Dennis Peterson N7CKD/K0CKD compiled a spreadsheet of Topband frequency allocations around the World. He placed this Excel spreadsheet on his web site. I picked it up for my own use s
G'day Oleg: Thanks! Permitted power? SSB OK for entire frequency range? 73, Jeff Maass K8ND Station Manager PJ2T, Caribbean Contesting Consortium CCC Web Site: http://www.pj2t.org PJ2T Slide Show: ht
Extracted from 3830 posting: full report at http://lists.contesting.com/archives/html/3830/2009-01/msg02222.html ** Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me! (http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/Planning/CQWW160/Clown_
G'day Dennis: I have found VE3NEA's DX Atlas (http://www.dxatlas.com/) the best mapping program for antenna planning, everyday operating use, and contesting. Not free, but well worth the one-time $30
Mike: Someone else has already posted the link, but I am the author of that "Topband Bad Frequencies" Op Aid. I'd been keeping it for myself for many, many years, and opened it up for others a few y
Supposed to be November 21-22? Can someone provide current links? I'm considering participating from PJ2 this year. 73, Jeff K8ND _______________________________________________ 160 meters is a serio
Thanks to all who provided some link, but especially to Franz OE8NTK, who provided the latest and direct links for the contest. All Austrian HF Contests web page - Including AOEC 160m (in German): ht
I'm back to cold, wet, dreary Ohio following my ninth annual two-week November trip to the Signal Point station on Curacao. At 12 degrees North of the Equator, with temperatures in the mid-80s, the p
Bill NG3K has established his traditional "CQ 160-Meter Contest CW Announced Operations" page, listing those planning operations in the upcoming contest January 29-31, 2010. If you have not already,
Mike: I don't have a Worldwide mapping, but here are a few lightning/weather sites for other areas of the World. EU/Africa: http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/WWLLN_movies/Movie_of_Lightning_in_EurA
Prior to the CQWW 160 CW Contest at PJ2T, I set up a portion of our CW Skimmer system, and let it run. This was using three SDR-IQ receivers fed to a single Dell M6500 laptop running three instances
I have extracted some download-friendly segments of the 160 meter CW Skimmer recordings from the PJ2T station on Curacao on the first night of the 2009 CQWW 160 Meter CW Contest. The recordings are o
I'll be at the Signal Point station (PJ2T) on Curacao for the 10-10-10 dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, and as usual I'll be favoring the lowbands. The various groups have adopted a band plan
There is now a simple online web site for the PJ2T Curacao 10-10-10 Celebration operation, including an online log look-up capability and information on our planned operating frequencies. The page is
Although we are having some difficulty getting the new PJ2T CW Skimmer Server on the island of Curacao to properly operate with the network infrastructure of our host, there is still a possibility th
I'm looking forward to seeing how being on the cyclic downturn of conditions affects conditions and results at PJ2T. With trans-Atlantic openings weaker and shorter, will more stations in NA and Eur
active We are using one on the PJ2T CW Skimmer Server (located at the VERONA club station PJ2A in Willemstad, Curacao) and find that it is *not* working well on 160 and 80. Seems to work great on 40
I'm flying back down to Curacao explicitly for the Stew this year, arriving 12/14 and departing 12/20. I've been wanting to operate the Stew from the Signal Point PJ2T station since my first Curacao