- 161. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:41:26 -0500
- Well I personally had a dozen NA QSOs last night. But the band went very quiet after 01.00Z . . . (I popped on again at 03.00, but no calls) Thank you to those that made the effort to come on . . . m
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-03/msg00241.html (7,540 bytes)
- 162. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX CW Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:38:56 -0500
- Just to remind you that if you're going to come on 160M CW one night this week, TONIGHT'S the night when we try and get lots of people on at the same time. Conditions have been pretty good the past c
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-03/msg00331.html (7,906 bytes)
- 163. Topband: Lack of NA activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 20:50:56 +0100
- Well 160m conditions have sometimes been really good lately . . . In fact during the WPX SSB Contest, some NA stations on 160m were as strong as 20dB over 9 (like they used to be years ago) . . but t
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00014.html (6,707 bytes)
- 164. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 12:30:26 +0100
- Well there are quite a few EU stations on CW, calling CQ DX every night . . . but getting very few replies. I had about a dozen NA QSOs on Saturday night . . . but I've been on every night since, and
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00021.html (6,923 bytes)
- 165. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 23:12:49 +0100
- To Steve & Don Sadly I live in the city, so not only have quite a high noise level, but no room for low noise Beverage receiving antennas, like many other DX-ers use. So I'm sorry I couldn't copy you
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00026.html (6,977 bytes)
- 166. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 19:00:39 +0100
- Hi Rick I did try a Loop on the Ground a couple of years ago, and by the time I brought signals up to the same levels as my Tx antenna, the noise level was actually worse ! That's when I built my res
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00030.html (9,993 bytes)
- 167. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:48:27 +0100
- Yes, conditions seemed good last night (had several 35 - 40dB S/N reports from NA stations on RBN) During the night there were several EU stations calling CQ . . . but very few NA stations on the ban
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00053.html (6,675 bytes)
- 168. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:59:59 +0100
- Hi Don Yes, maybe the band was only open to the East Coast last night . . . or perhaps I didn't actually stay on long enough for it to be dark much further West (although I did work one station in Al
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00056.html (10,227 bytes)
- 169. Topband: BCB Filter - final selection (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:19:01 +0100
- $180 for a receiver filter? That's absurd ! I also wouldn't want one that attenuates 160m too. Is the station you are having problems with actually above 1.6MHz ? If not, you don't need a filter that
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00081.html (7,975 bytes)
- 170. Topband: Herbert Schoenbohm, KV4FZ: Silent Key (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:50:42 +0100
- Just seen this . . . and so sad to hear the news. As others have said, Herb was one of the real stalwarts of Top Band DX . . and consistently one of the big signals here in Europe. I think I first wo
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-04/msg00146.html (8,316 bytes)
- 171. Topband: Special VE Day Station GB4VE (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 22:29:45 +0100
- As many of you may know, this Friday (May 8th) is the 75th Anniversary of VE Day . . . So to commemorate the ending of WW2 in Europe, I shall be operating the special station GB4VE. (both my late par
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-05/msg00025.html (6,738 bytes)
- 172. Topband: Winter season 2019-20 conditions (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:31:12 +0100
- Steve VE6WZ's post prompted me to tot up how many DX QSOs I've had this Season (quite tedious, as I just use a paper Log Book!) I haven't been as active as Steve, but managed to work a total of 1,014
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-05/msg00028.html (7,865 bytes)
- 173. Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 00:58:03 +0100
- Why oh why do some people post on the DX Cluster every FT8 station they have heard? One GM station this evening posted 21 stations . . . none of them were even DX ! I don't even see why you would pos
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-05/msg00054.html (7,697 bytes)
- 174. Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 01:36:15 +0100
- Mike the DX Cluster I use only shows 160m spots anyway ! Roger G3YRO _____ Because they can. The DX cluster is like bragging on Twitter. :) May I suggest that you run some filters that are related to
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-05/msg00056.html (7,973 bytes)
- 175. Topband: Summer Stew Perry (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 23:06:09 +0100
- Good to work a few of you in the Contest last night . . . Shame there weren't more stations on ! Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflec
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-06/msg00047.html (6,770 bytes)
- 176. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:28:22 +0100
- Well DX Conditions have been pretty good lately . . . So I shall be on tonight and tomorrow night from about 0200 GMT, seeing if there are any of my NA friends to work. 73 Roger G3YRO _______________
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-08/msg00083.html (6,285 bytes)
- 177. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 21:54:27 +0100
- So do you guys still have a lot of QRN over there? Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-09/msg00000.html (5,682 bytes)
- 178. Topband: CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 11:08:47 +0100
- Had a lot of direct replies, saying most of you in North America still have a lot of thunderstorms, so it's usually still very noisy on 160m. We hardly have any thunderstorms, even in Summer over her
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-09/msg00002.html (6,609 bytes)
- 179. Topband: 160m CW Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:26:56 +0100
- Good to hear that more stations are coming back on the band ! I'll be popping on at various times during the night tonight and over the rest of the weekend, so will hopefully work some of you. 73 Rog
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-09/msg00018.html (6,269 bytes)
- 180. Topband: Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 11:20:57 +0100
- Came on for about an hour last night . . worked a few NA stations, including across to Texas. Conditions seemed fairly good, but not many stations on. Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archive
- /archives//html/Topband/2020-09/msg00024.html (6,380 bytes)
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