- 21. Topband: FT8 discussion (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:10:12 -0500
- I agree totally that a good place for an FT8 segment on Top Band would be up around 1.990 Mhz . . . However, many parts of the world (including a lot of Europe) aren't licensed to use that part of th
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00220.html (6,636 bytes)
- 22. Topband: Good Conditions or Just Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 09:03:09 -0500
- Well I came on 160 when I got in from a gig last night, around 23.30Z . . . And ended up working 35 NA stations! Including across to Texas and several Midwest states . . . brilliant! However . . . wa
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-12/msg00004.html (7,436 bytes)
- 23. Topband: Conditions in Contest last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:46:18 -0500
- Well conditions were OK again last night (as the night before) . . . ie the band was open for DX contacts, but not the sort of big signals I always remember on 160m. I came on for a couple of hours a
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-12/msg00013.html (7,079 bytes)
- 24. Re: Topband: 160m/80m antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:15:48 -0500
- Hi Just seen your post on the Top Band Reflector . . . What exactly are you looking for? Regards Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
- /archives//html/Topband/2017-12/msg00117.html (6,555 bytes)
- 25. Topband: DX Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2018 18:49:45 -0500
- Great to hear the band open from Europe into the Midwest USA last night . . . Managed to work a number of stations, including Texas, Arizona, Colorado, etc. Will be on again tonight to see what condi
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00022.html (6,350 bytes)
- 26. Re: Topband: DX Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 05:11:47 -0500
- Yes good to work you on Saturday night Dave . . . And heard you again last night too, working a few stations. Some of the Eastern European guys calling you weren't that strong, so you did well to pul
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00025.html (7,972 bytes)
- 27. Re: Topband: DX Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:08:35 -0500
- Sorry about that Steve . . I heard a few people calling that I couldn't quite pull out of the noise - there was a lot of QSB on signals. 73 Roger G3YRO Roger, Last night you had a very solid signal (
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00036.html (10,528 bytes)
- 28. Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:57:50 -0500
- The band has been open for DX from Europe almost every night this week . . . so let's hear some more activity from you North American guys! (I'm usually on from around 23.30 Z) However . . . I'm stil
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00108.html (6,660 bytes)
- 29. Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:16:40 -0500
- Thanks for all the comments . . . Obviously at OUR Sunrise here in Europe it's still dark in North America, so I was mainly talking about that, as the peak works both ways. But clearly most of you ag
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00140.html (10,628 bytes)
- 30. Topband: WebSDR Cheating (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:40:16 -0500
- Quite apart from the absurdity of working a DX station who is using a Web SDR near your location to receive you . . . Personally I think that even using a Web SDR within a hundred miles or so of your
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00193.html (7,219 bytes)
- 31. Topband: E31 (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:56:04 -0500
- Yes, they're obviously having problems Receiving on 160 . . . I heard half the world calling him the other night . . . he just kept calling CQ over and over ! If he has/had a Beverage, I bet it's poi
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00247.html (6,247 bytes)
- 32. Topband: E31 (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:42:16 -0500
- Yes, I heard all the US stations calling them too . . . as well as Europeans and Russians. They didn't come back to ANYONE ! Roger G3YRO Roger. . they are not hearing NA either. There has been some m
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00249.html (7,600 bytes)
- 33. Topband: 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:04:48 -0500
- 160m has often been open from Europe right across America over the past few weeks . . . Some nights there are LOTS of NA stations on the band . . . other times it's very quiet, and endless CQ calls p
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00279.html (7,093 bytes)
- 34. Topband: 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:42:17 -0500
- Well I've had a few replies saying this is a good idea . . . However, it won't work unless LOTS of people like the idea, and plan to come on! Last night the band was really open again (got some ridic
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00289.html (8,973 bytes)
- 35. Topband: 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:03:27 -0500
- Well that's interesting that you even ask that ! Personally, I get a buzz out of working ANY DX station on 160m, and North America is certainly DX on this band. And it doesn't matter how many times I
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00296.html (9,375 bytes)
- 36. Topband: No 160m Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:19:53 -0500
- Just to re-state something I posted a few weeks ago . . . I made a point of checking signal strengths last weekend in the CQ WW. Once again, there was absolutely NO increase in signals strengths arou
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00297.html (7,155 bytes)
- 37. Topband: No 160m Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:34:52 -0500
- Yes George, but did you hear the same stations an hour BEFORE our Sunrise, to compare? That's the point . . . I was monitoring several US stations, and none of them came up in strength around sunrise
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00304.html (8,814 bytes)
- 38. Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:48:10 -0500
- Oh that's AWFUL Don ! Well, as I have said, I am happy to work the same stations as often as possible ! EVERY single DX contact on 160m gives me pleasure - and by DX I mean a long distance, not some
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00305.html (12,964 bytes)
- 39. Topband: No 160M Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:46:50 -0500
- Guy, the problem with using RBN is that it shows a signal's level above the noise, not their ACTUAL signal strength. So it may give a higher reading, due to the noise dropping. The band noise drops n
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00315.html (8,404 bytes)
- 40. Topband: Wednesday 160m Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 06:33:06 -0500
- Well, great to hear lots of stations on 160 last night! I came on around 0000Z for an hour . . . and again at 0600Z (meant to come on at 0330Z, but went back to sleep!) However, I managed to work 36
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00002.html (7,011 bytes)
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