- 101. Topband: Lots of NA Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:36:16 +0100
- Yes, conditions have been fairly good the last few nights . . . but they've often been just as good, but there's been very few North American stations on 160m. I've often put out endless CQ DX calls,
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00175.html (7,152 bytes)
- 102. Topband: Wednesday Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:55:26 -0500
- Well a couple of weeks ago it was great . . . lots of North American stations on the band for a few nights in a row . . . managed about 50 NA QSOs on cw over a couple of evenings. But I think that ac
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00007.html (6,842 bytes)
- 103. Topband: Wednesday 160m CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:24:05 -0500
- Well as others have mentioned, DX conditions have been quite good the last few nights . . . But not many NA stations on the band to work ! So that's why I'm still pushing this idea of an Activity Nig
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00059.html (7,061 bytes)
- 104. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:42:47 -0500
- Well I posted a reminder last week . . . but it didn't appear til Thursday ! So hopefully we can stir up activity this Wednesday. Lots of people complain about all the FT8 activity, and the lack of C
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00072.html (7,135 bytes)
- 105. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:14:35 -0500
- Hi Michael It's the night from Wednesday to Thursday ! Funny conditions last night . . . I worked a couple of JAs, S.Korea and St Helena . . . but propagation to North America was poor ! Hopefully it
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00081.html (7,220 bytes)
- 106. Topband: Less FT8, more DX with power failures (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:22:41 -0500
- Hi Greg I sympathise, as I live in an ordinary house in the city. But my noise isn't too bad, around S5 in a 3kHz bandwidth (but obviously lower in a narrow CW bandwidth) . . . and lower still using
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00082.html (7,263 bytes)
- 107. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:09:56 -0500
- Well conditions were quite up and down last night . . . but good to hear quite a lot of stations making the effort to get on Top Band on CW. The whole idea is to at least have a FOCUS of at least one
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00090.html (8,586 bytes)
- 108. Topband: Crazy high RBN SNR reports (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:19:03 -0500
- That's very interesting Steve . . . I've often been amazed at seeing my signals reported at 40 or even 50dB above the noise at different NA RBN sites . . . However, thinking about it, it's often from
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00091.html (7,379 bytes)
- 109. Topband: Lack of Twilight Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:27:41 -0500
- Sorry to post a string of comments . . . but there's something else I wanted to mention. Great that conditions have been good this week . . . like many, I've been working all over the world on Top Ba
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00092.html (7,431 bytes)
- 110. Topband: Saturday Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:50:04 -0500
- I too came on for a couple of hours on 160m during the CQ WW . . . Top Band wasn't at all noisy here in Europe, although conditions weren't nearly as good as during the week - most signals were about
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00138.html (8,300 bytes)
- 111. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:17:34 -0500
- Well I spent an hour calling CQ DX around 00.00Z last night . . . and for half an hour again from 06.45 . . . but despite getting good RBN reports from NA, only had a couple of QSOs ! So I'm plugging
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00176.html (7,894 bytes)
- 112. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night - Clarification (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:57:53 -0500
- Just to clarify . . . (as I've had an email asking) So this is Wednesday Evening in North America and into Thursday morning here in Europe. Personally, I usually come on from around 23.45Z on Wednesd
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00177.html (6,707 bytes)
- 113. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:19:52 -0500
- Well conditions were very poor here last night . . . only worked a couple of NA stations . . . and my DX RBN reports were 20 - 30 dB down on normal, so propagation wasn't very good. Thanks to everyon
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-11/msg00184.html (8,315 bytes)
- 114. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:19:53 -0500
- Well conditions have been pretty good the last few nights . . . but not much activity ! Let's hope we can get a load more stations on the band tomorrow evening. Personally, I should be on around Midn
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00019.html (6,670 bytes)
- 115. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:59:27 -0500
- Well propagation TO North America from here seemed reasonable last night . . . But return signals were mostly poor (and lots of QSB) Also didn't hear many stations on . . . but maybe I just couldn't
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00024.html (7,076 bytes)
- 116. Topband: ARRL 160m CW Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 17:40:39 -0500
- I had forgotten how good this contest was to work DX stations . . . Unlike the CQ WW there were hardly any Europeans on, so much easier to hear them without strong QRM ! Unfortunately I was at work t
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00068.html (6,528 bytes)
- 117. Topband: G3YRO 160m Receiving Loop (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:15:30 -0500
- I have always just lived in a "normal" house in a normal street in the city . . . so never had room for a Beverage. Not even room for a Vertical Tx antenna, as no space for the radials. (and couldn't
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00075.html (7,820 bytes)
- 118. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:48:18 -0500
- Not sure what conditions are like, but I hope we'll get a few stations on tonight ! 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00104.html (6,944 bytes)
- 119. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:13:19 -0500
- Well as several people have posted, conditions on Top Band are pretty good most nights at present . . . but not a lot of activity ! So come on guys, let's see if we can get lots of stations on the ba
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00172.html (8,054 bytes)
- 120. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:49:14 -0500
- Well I spent a few hours on the band calling CQ last night, but only had a couple of QSOs. There were several other EU stations doing the same, and again not getting replies. Not sure if it was just
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-12/msg00195.html (7,773 bytes)
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