Hi Guys There has been some dialogue lately on this subject and I can offer some observations from my end. SOLAR MAXIMA While I would not characterize this as a great time for 160M, there are, from t
Here's some news from Johnny at YA8G: He notes that he was QRV and ready to go last night but had no A/C power at his sunrise. This is often the case and he regrets not being able to have been on whe
Hi Guys There seems to be alot of emotional hostility and venting going on lately with respect the aftermath of RM-10352. As one of its co-authors, I would respectfully request that we avoid ARRL bas
Hi Dennis and All Dennis makes some very good points and he is right on in his thinking. So too is N2EA in his recent post. Overseas allocations do not align or mesh very well with themselves nor do
Hi Roger and All For many years I had a low 160M dipole here in NY (about 8 feet above ground) oriented so as to RX from the East/West headings. It was just "yet another" position on my Rx antenna sw
Hello Folks I have been meaning to do a writeup on this for some time and with the forbearance of W4ZV allowing me the bandwidth, I thought most Topband folks might enjoy hearing about this topic. Th
Hi Guys Yes - I have managed to work JA longpath from New England - the first time on XMAS day afternoon in 1996 when I worked JA1JRK, JH5FXP, JA4LXY and JA4DND and heard (but did not work) JA1HQT an
Hi Tony I saw your post and even without being able to visualize the actual grayline at 2200z on say 01 January, I can add this to the mix: 1) Some of us who are more fortunate have directional lowba
Hi George Tks for asking. Here's what I will doing as regards WRTC 2006 Fundraising at the Topband Dinner on Friday night at Dayton 2005: 1) Accepting donations/contributions for "WRTC 2006 - the Oly
Hi Guys This topic INTERESTS ME - so I will comment on self-spotting. I DO IT quite often for a number of reasons. Most of often, if I know I am approaching a specific WINDOW of propagation - like sa
Bill's got it right I think. 1) I do have to hear my call 2) I do have to hear the report 3) I like to know the other fellow got it right too But, the use of technology to help make that happen is no
Hi Guys I recently added DSL to my station in NY - and found some data interrupts occurring. I have solved the problem by putting ICE RFI filters on the telco line just before it enters my DSL modem.
Oh Yes - I do have a WIRELESS G linksys ROUTER that is on the MAIN FAMILY PC in our house that is linked in wireless mode to my other PC's - four of them in the house - they all (meaning the slave PC
I received an email from Mike Gibson today (KH6ND) and in it he said he would try to get on 160M tonight or tomorrow night on from Palmyra Island. He will be using an inverted L over the lagoon and w
Author: K1ZM@aol.com (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:41:37 -0500
Hi Joe and Rick I read, with interest, the article on your upcoming Marconi test and, as luck would have it, I happened to be here at VY2ZM as the GB3SSS beacon first came on the air. I heard it the
Re Stew Perry My vote would be to leave things as they are. October on Topband is NOT USUALLY better than December - usually it is the other way round. Less DARKNESS and more ATOMOSPHERIC NOISE are t
Hello there! At the urging of Lee Imber WW2DX and with his kind assistance, we have together created a VY2ZM/K1ZM website that focuses on 160M, going's-on at VY2ZM/K1ZM and some other interesting mat
Hi Gang Lee WW2DX and I have been busy adding new material to K1ZM.com this week. Here's some of the new stuff that is there now: 1) Lots of new photos in the photo galleries 2) Lots of new audio bit
Hi Folks Lee, WW2DX, and I have been busy this week and last adding some new material to the K1ZM.com website. New this week are: (22) 160M sound Bites - many of which are of new JA 160M friends as h
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