- 261. Topband: FST4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 06:00:47 -0500
- You guys feed audio into an SSB rig for these Computer modes, right? So which sideband do you use on Top Band? IE if you are on 1840kHz with a 1kHz tone, are you on 1839 or 1841? Roger G3YRO ________
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00017.html (6,594 bytes)
- 262. Topband: 160 Receiving Loops source? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:23:46 -0500
- Hi I "designed" a 6ft diameter 160m receiving loop a couple of years ago. It's up in my loft, remotely tuned by feeding DC up the coax using Varicaps. I find it's pretty good with DX. Would cost you
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00038.html (7,169 bytes)
- 263. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:07:39 -0500
- Your weekly reminder about tomorrow night, for those of us that prefer to work DX on CW . . . Conditions seemed pretty poor over the weekend, but are starting to improve again, so hope to see some of
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00051.html (6,977 bytes)
- 264. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:30:43 -0500
- 160m Conditions across the pond continue to be reasonable . . . Yet there seems to have been very little CW activity from NA for the last week or so. (despite lots of Europeans on the band calling CQ
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00077.html (7,331 bytes)
- 265. Re: Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 04:08:09 -0500
- Well activity is when there is Propagation, ie during the darkness hours, from your Sunset to Sunrise where you want to work. I personally come on from around midnight our time (0000 Z), and try and
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00079.html (8,495 bytes)
- 266. Topband: ARRL CW Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:50:00 -0500
- Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday night . . . Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, wh
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00081.html (6,500 bytes)
- 267. Topband: ARRL CW Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:59:05 -0500
- Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was Oklahoma . . . also worked into Georgia and Florida. But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas, Colorado,
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00086.html (7,715 bytes)
- 268. Topband: ARRL CW Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:27:49 -0500
- There are obviously SOME stations that come on during a Contest to actually enter (or at least to see how many points they can get if they sent their entry in) . . . However, I would wager that the m
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00110.html (8,811 bytes)
- 269. Topband: CQ WW 160 SSB (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:25:06 -0500
- Sadly Top Band conditions have been rather poor this week . . . But hope to work some of you in the Contest this weekend 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.co
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00154.html (6,291 bytes)
- 270. Topband: CQ WW 160 SSB (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 05:53:31 -0500
- Yes, W1NA is often a good signal . . . so it probably WAS a genuine contact. The only NA station I worked was Jeff VY1ZM The problem on SSB is that with all the splatter from the EU stations, there a
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-02/msg00164.html (7,066 bytes)
- 271. Topband: CQWW 160 SSB (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:00:46 -0500
- Regarding mentioning Callsigns of stations on here during Contests, it's not something I would normally do. However, I hadn't really considered it a problem, firstly because I'm not interested in ent
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00000.html (6,607 bytes)
- 272. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:48:55 -0500
- Well after a few very poor days, it looks like DX Propagation on 160m has now improved . . . So hopefully we'll see some Activity tomorrow night ! 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00010.html (6,339 bytes)
- 273. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:30:00 -0500
- Well looking at RBN reports from across the pond, 160m DX propagation continues to be rather poor . . . There was heavy rain here last night, which gave me lot of power line noise, so couldn't copy a
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00016.html (6,999 bytes)
- 274. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:53:51 -0500
- Hi Don Yes most of the other British DX-ers seem to come on around our Sunrise . . . I stopped bothering a while ago, and come on in the middle of the night instead. Mainly because there's usually mo
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00018.html (8,716 bytes)
- 275. Topband: ARRL SSB Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:28:48 -0500
- Well DX Propagation still seems pretty average (OK, but certainly not good) . . . But I came on 160m last night for an hour to see if I could work any NA stations in the Contest. Was pleased that I m
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00024.html (6,573 bytes)
- 276. Topband: ARRL SSB Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2021 12:34:26 -0500
- Well I'm glad EU signals were good with you Ken ! However, when conditions are good, the big NA signals are normally S9 or more with me (on a calibrated S Meter) . . . whereas most last night were on
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00026.html (8,895 bytes)
- 277. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:04:20 -0500
- Well DX Propagation on 160m seems to have improved a lot over the last couple of days . . . So for those of you who still prefer to have QSOs on CW, hope you'll make an effort to come on the band tom
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00061.html (7,866 bytes)
- 278. Topband: Stew Perry Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:17:50 -0500
- Well I came on for a couple of hours during the contest . . . Conditions seemed OK, not particularly good, but not bad either. Managed to work everyone I heard, which was a total of 37 NA stations, s
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00125.html (6,475 bytes)
- 279. Topband: Wednesday CW DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:39:14 -0500
- Just your weekly reminder about tomorrow night . . . For any new guys on here, the whole idea is to try and get lots of CW stations on 160m on the same night to work DX . . . rather than just when th
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00129.html (8,212 bytes)
- 280. Topband: Good Conditions, Little Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:08:07 -0500
- DX Propagation has been pretty good the last few nights . . . I've had a couple of S9+ QSOs with NA stations Shame there's hardly any CW stations on! Maybe there will be more over the weekend? Roger
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-03/msg00131.html (6,412 bytes)
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