East Coast signals were loud last night. Had a listen on 1820.4, the carrier was S7 on my inv-L. Surely someone across the big pond will be tempted to have a weekend-mobile-direction-finding exercise
Greg ZL3IX was so kind to send me a .wav recoring of the digi sound. Frequency is 1818kHz (or 1818.2 ? someone pse give correct freq.), recording is done in cw mode. Here are two temporary links, pse
Why ? IMO, during contests : - split operation should be avoided. It is only warranted when the pileup/chaos gets uncontrolable. - working 1up 'inside' the DX-window, is of course nogo at all times.
The negative comments surely are related to the recent good EU-JA openings. Two nights ago, I swept 1810-1825kHz three times up and down, before I finally found a clear spot to call cq. YR2TOP was oc
Got news from Jean Luc. He's currently using 100W into a full size G5RV, 12m height, strung between two coconut trees. After his Season's leave, he will return in January with a Battle Creek special
I was half-and-half planning to go to Visalia, just for the topband dinner, and to meet Earl again. One should not plan half-and-half, life's too short for that. On this link http://tls.uba.be/K6SE/k
Rule of thumb for those mult callers is to give their call one time, and listen. Unfortunately... Mark - on4ww. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting
Yes, and this beacon is a bit of a nuissance during major contests. I sent the beacon owner an e-mail to report this, he did not reply to my request to switch it off during contests. 73 - Mark - on4w
Brrr....this will cause even more havoc... Suppose u start listening on 1815, and there's S59A calling cq... Suppose I can hear u in between his CQ's, but he doesn't hear you 'coz no propagation betw
-- Original Message -- -- I quite often notice people posting on this reflector, without signing with their callsign. Please sign with your callsign (if you have one, of course), it is nice to know w
Hi Almost 3 years ago Eric K3NA tried an experiment using a reverse beacon to check propagation. I found it fascinating and fun to use Eric's Skype beacon. I want to return a favor to Eric's pilot pr
-- Original Message -- Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:22 PM I will continue the beacon for two more days starting around 20z until 07z. After that it's CQ160 contest and the Beverage antennas wi
Len, the signal probably originates from the UK. Anyone else with a heading? Mark - on4ww. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.con
Glad you found it, Bill. For those interested, here is a small video on how a faulty streetlight sounds and looks (near on4un's station). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZX_eJeQLUc 73 - Mark - on4ww.
Hi, At the start of every lowband season after installing the beverages in October, it has become a ritual for me to turn on the receiver in AM mode and switch the 8 beverages to find out in what hea
Jack was recently on my mind...I was dreading the news that surely would come one day, as I hadn't heard Jack for a while. Yesterday that news came, ending a fabulous era Jack shared with so many of
John has not passed away. Mark - on4ww. -- Onderwerp: Topband: ON4UN SK I heard on 40 or 80 meters last night that John Devoldere had passed away. _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.co
My great friend and ham radio mentor John ON4UN has passed away. Please find below a mail from his daughter Marleen, addressed to the ham community. Kindly forward this mail to friends of John who mi
ON4UNSK@gmail.com (=incorrect e-address) Thanks for bringing this up. I forward the relevant reflector mails to Marleen. Correct e-address for direct contact with Marleen and the family: ON4UN.SK@gm
Pse find herewith a communication from John's daughter Marleen, in regard to the previously announced digital farewell ceremony. Kindly forward this mail to friends of John who might not be subscribe