Congratulations Mr. Babcock (VE6WZ) on your Yasme Excellence Award! Rock on! de W7RH -- W7RH DM35QJ Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds. Albert Einstein _
Hi Dino, You did not mention cost as a factor in consideration of a vertical array. On 5 acres a good full sized vertical and KW with a good effort in ground system would likely do the job. A strong
My comments on the state of 160m. First let me say I am old enough to have experienced, Loran C with power limitations, LA police KMA367 on 1730, fish boats, buoy markers, Spy Trawlers sending code g
Jim pointed out in earlier post the usefulness of grey line propagation on bands 30m and down. 160m grey line peaks can be huge at times. The EU window of propagation closed in early March this year
Topband never ceases to amaze me. This morning coffee group and Aussie oil burners I worked Kev VK6LW first with 700W. I followed a bit later with AMP drive power of 25W. Sitting in wonder I again ca
Contrary to some of the posts all is not well even with west coast guys working 4W Land. So far I've invested 3 full mornings beginning at 0330 local. On all occasions the have been Q5 copy for hour
Copy of email response to Tree re: CQ160 Hi Tree, Winter operation of my remote is very iffy for battery status and is often not accessible due to weather. I had a opportunity to operate from Texas a
The topic of remotes has been covered on this channel as much as FT8. In reality it is the demise of DXCC Award that is the issue. I for one operate a private remote along with several others and the
The discussion goes on. In case one hasn't noticed we are in a solar maximum. I work what I can when I can and get sleep unlike "Charlie Fox". FT8 for me is a tool. If I call CQ for a few minutes on
Greetings All, From Northern Arizona 160m is open most days to the greater Pacific. George AA7JV has been very active testing for early August Jarvis Island N5J operations. His testing has been mostl
All, A follow up on my post. This AM PP5JR was calling CQ on FT8 with no takers. So why not call and work which I did. Later at 30 min before sunrise I was calling CQ on CW and had Phil VK6GX come ba
Regardless of my location and presumed super array of which it is not the point I emphasize is that there are stations to be worked from W6 and W7 land during the solar maximum. My comments were dire
Being stuck in the middle between two of the largest ham populations has got to be tough. You can't please everybody and the propagation Gods have not been cooperative particularly on 160m. The Kings
Most of us on 160m are noise limited. Here is a limited space option that is affordable and offers about a 10dB improvement. As you may know the SAL APEX Array antennas are no longer available. They
It's a long read but provides a great peek into MF propagation throughout the year. There is a very large resource of information and links to them at NOAA website. No warranty expressed or implied.
Well Guys, 160m is finally showing some improvement reaching higher into the northern latitudes. FT8 is not my favorite mode but I still find it very useful. A couple of quick CQs and looking at P
Firstly you are not at C21 and don't know what difficulties they have. The same applied to PX0. Andy is an experienced and dedicated 160m guy and he will come through. My dear friend K7CA worked them
I did not expect good things to happen in the contest at solar maximum. I went forward with a single goal to work into EU of which I succeed. Conditions were fair to good on first evening. I worked W
No doubt this years test had some very interesting moments. In my case I did not plan to operate the contest as a competitor. The weather forecast had impact on my operations due to the fact that my