- 21. TopBand: NL7Z echo (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:48:04 -0900 (AKST)
- KL7Y: Good question, but it does happen. I have worked VE1ZZ and others in that area where there was every indication that the signal was backscattered out of the south. This has usually occurred in
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00397.html (7,267 bytes)
- 22. TopBand: From the bit bucket (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:20:23 -0900 (AKST)
- KL7Y: Long path is definitely not a consideration. Some don't think regular earth/ionosphere bouncing with backscatter can generate adequate signal strengths. Try this. One night when the Anchitka OT
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00454.html (10,372 bytes)
- 23. TopBand: 9M0C gets loud (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:46:52 -0900 (AKST)
- Heard 9M0C peaking 589 around 1200 when he was working JAs. Heard him say QRN was "plus 20". I listened to him on and off for a couple of hours, he was always audible, but spent most of the time betw
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-02/msg00151.html (6,861 bytes)
- 24. TopBand: 9M0C (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 05:55:49 -0900 (AKST)
- Had the rig on 1824.5 for over an hour this AM, but no 9M0. Then at 1418Z, they suddenly showed up with good sigs (569) called 3 CQs and vanished before the amp even warmed up. Sigh. KL7Y -- FAQ on W
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-02/msg00204.html (7,177 bytes)
- 25. TopBand: Big JA Sigs (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 20:46:11 -0900 (AKST)
- Got on the band a little before 1200Z. WOW, the JA sigs were aswesome. JA1HQT was an honest 599+20 and there were a couple of others just as loud. Even the little guys were S9 or better. Heard many s
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-02/msg00234.html (7,154 bytes)
- 26. TopBand: Zone 23! (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:06:47 -0900 (AKST)
- And we thank you. JU2DX was not that loud, but he seemed to hear quite well. Had a couple of shots at the XW30 - he called a couple of CQs on 1825.3 QSX 32 after calling NI6T, but the XW never heard
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-01/msg00148.html (7,166 bytes)
- 27. TopBand: BY1QH? (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 06:30:01 -0900 (AKST)
- Loud signal (579) signing BY1QH at 1400Z. Louder into KL7 than JAs or even N6ND. He was back around 1500Z at 569, generated big pile on his own freq, but never worked anybody. Did not seem to be comi
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-01/msg00182.html (6,743 bytes)
- 28. TopBand: JA split in the window (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:06:44 -0900 (AKST)
- Condx for the CQ 160 CW weren't that good, only one EU, no Caribbean, and I was called UR7Y, DL7Y, KA7Y, AL7Y, KL7C, KL7T, KL7YM, etc. Gotta work on that call sign recognition problem. Just a part ti
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-01/msg00312.html (7,753 bytes)
- 29. TopBand: skew path (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:57:00 -0900 (AKST)
- I can relate several vivid examples of skew path on the low bands, although I believe the actual mechanism may be side or backscatter. 1. W6 long path to Eu on 80 m around 15Z in the middle of winter
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00184.html (9,462 bytes)
- 30. TopBand: VK9WM (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:49:45 -0800 (AKDT)
- I worked VK9WM on 1809 kHz this AM at 1022Z. There was a pile of stations calling 5 up, so I tried calling about 4.5 kHz up - it didn't work. As soon as I moved to exactly 5 up they came right back.
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00190.html (7,816 bytes)
- 31. TopBand: Backscatter at home (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 20:50:13 -0800 (AKDT)
- Nobody bit on this before, so let me tweak your interest once more. Once 160 quiets down for the winter, you might try this: In the QSK mode with the amp on, make a single, fast (60 wpm) dit. See if
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-08/msg00008.html (9,704 bytes)
- 32. TopBand: Summer DX (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 14:31:18 -0800 (AKDT)
- Heard UN5J on 29.8.97 at 1341Z calling CQ. Hardly ever hear that part of the world during the winter, let alone in the summer. Okay, he was only S1, but I did hear him. Then today I noticed the first
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-08/msg00195.html (6,703 bytes)
- 33. TopBand: Mirror earth (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 16:53:59 -0800 (AKDT)
- Some seem to have the impression that a signal bouncing off the earth can only do so with a tremendous loss. According to the Radio Propagation Handbook, this isn't so. Remember we're talking Top Ban
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-07/msg00020.html (7,443 bytes)
- 34. TopBand: more on props (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:42:42 -0800 (AKDT)
- Been out of town for a few days so just catching up on all the propagation discussion. I agree with Tom, W8JI, that there is no reason to invoke ducting as an explanation for the ionospheric propagat
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-07/msg00048.html (10,831 bytes)
- 35. TopBand: Heard/USA QSO Statistics (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:16:15 -0900 (AKST)
- Well, the only problems in Alaska were that VK0IR seemed to shun the 3 hour propagation window we had. Don't think they worked any KL7 or KH6 despite the long window. There were at least 2 days of su
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-02/msg00013.html (7,418 bytes)
- 36. TopBand: PAC stuff (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 11:48:15 -0900 (AKST)
- KH8/N5OLS 1006Z H44MS 1152Z P29VXX 1154Z Band was lousy to USA. Dan KL7Y -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-RE
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-02/msg00333.html (6,594 bytes)
- 37. TopBand: LDEs, SSB QRM (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@Alaska.NET (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 21:10:33 -0900 (AKST)
- While the recent CQ 160 Meter SSB test had few highlights (other than re-emphasizing why we should retain CW proficiency on HF), there was one interesting sidebar. At several different times the firs
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-02/msg00354.html (8,080 bytes)
- 38. TopBand: Propagation (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 17:26:53 -0900 (AKST)
- Well, it certainly is true here in Alaska and you don't have to operate from here for many years to recognize that there is often a big enhancement just prior to an aurora. I suspect this is because
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-01/msg00217.html (7,652 bytes)
- 39. TopBand: VK0-nil (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 09:33:43 -0900 (AKST)
- Both 160 and 80 sounded pretty good between 1500-1800Z. Heard quite a few EU on 160 along with JAs, VK/ZL, UA9/0 in zones 17,18,& 19 and UN7JID was solid for quite a while. Not a trace of the VK0, an
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-01/msg00303.html (6,621 bytes)
- 40. TopBand: HRD hrd (score: 1)
- Author: kl7y@alaska.net (Dan Robbins)
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 06:45:56 -0900 (AKST)
- VK0IR about S2 at 1528Z. Alas the QRN was S7 and from the same direction. Only an occasional letter was heard. Yesterday props were better and the noise level was S0. Sigh. At least Heard was heard..
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-01/msg00316.html (6,498 bytes)
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