- 61. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:50:08 -0500
- Well hopefully we'll get some stations on the band tonight ! I'll be on around 1828kHz from about 0000Z . . . Hope you'll be on too 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http:
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- 62. Topband: low inv-vee (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:23:01 +0100
- Well I've said it before and I'll doubtless say it again . . . In my experience, most DX propagation on 160m ISN'T low angle (unlike 80m when it nearly always IS.) For the past 45 years, at several d
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- 63. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:27:19 +0100
- Well, I'm not sure if it has been poor conditions, or a just a lack of activity . . . But I've not heard many North American stations on the band lately. Hopefully we'll have some activity tonight !
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- 64. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:55:04 +0100
- Well conditions seemed pretty good last night . . . my RBN reports were certainly encouraging from several NA stations - one was even 49 dB over the noise ! However, there was a distinct lack of acti
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- 65. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 23:34:57 +0100
- Well the band is still open for DX between NA and Europe, as shown when I come on and get some great reports from various RBN stations . . . But do I have any real contacts? No ! Because I guess ther
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- 66. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:31:20 +0100
- Well there were a few stations on last Wednesday . . . Hope there will be some more on this week ! 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
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- 67. Topband: Wednesday Activity night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:46:54 +0100
- Yes conditions were pretty good on Wednesday Dave . . . yet I only heard/worked 6 North American stations! So it's a shame there wasn't more activity. (it was great a few weeks ago, when we were gett
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- 68. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:05:46 +0100
- Well where has all the activity gone?! The band seemed open, based on RBN reports . . . But I didn't hear a single NA station. (I didn't hear any of the other European stations on work anyone either)
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- 69. Topband: 80/160? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:10:17 +0100
- Hi Jim I doubt if you could find a relay that wouldn't arc over with the several kV at the top of the 80m antenna. Also, how would you get the control power to the relay? Personally, I would just mak
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00101.html (7,602 bytes)
- 70. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:31:43 +0100
- Yes, you're probably right Ed. But the band is certainly still open to North America at this time of year, and we rarely have any thunderstorms causing QRN on the band until August. I'll certainly be
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00112.html (8,093 bytes)
- 71. Topband: Effect of Ground on a Dipole (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:56:04 +0100
- I've been reading all the technical stuff about Ground Conductivity with interest . . . As many of you will be aware, unlike most Topband DXers, I have always used a Horizontal Half-wave Dipole. Some
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- 72. Topband: Effect of Ground on a Dipole (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:44:52 +0100
- Well I did try an Inverted-L at one previous QTH Mike, but it was no better for DX than my Dipole. The trouble is that at this QTH I could never get a decent enough radial system to make an Inverted-
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- 73. Re: Topband: Effect of Ground on a Dipole (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 11:57:32 +0100
- Hi David Yes, I use RBN for comparisons these days . . . often get reports from US stations of more than 35dB over the noise! And obviously it's quite easy, when some other British stations are on, t
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00031.html (10,504 bytes)
- 74. Topband: Baker Island DXpedition on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:23:04 +0100
- Sadly there's ZERO chance of a contact with Europe on Top Band . . . Our Sunrise here in Britain is currently THREE HOURS before their Sunset (04.45Z) ! Roger G3YRO _________________ Topband Reflecto
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- 75. Topband: Any North American activity? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 12:56:10 +0100
- I came on before our Sunrise this Sunday morning at 04.30Z, calling CQ DX, and continued for half an hour. There were several other regular EU Dx-ers on too, calling. I didn't hear any NA stations .
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- 76. Topband: Topband Conditions (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:16:37 +0100
- Yes, good to hear the band open last night, and to work some North American stations, including N7UA. Hopefully there will be even more activity tonight - I should be on around 0230Z on cw. 73 Roger
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- 77. Topband: Little NA Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 14:56:11 +0100
- Well I came on 160m both Friday Night and Saturday night. (at various times between 0200 and 0600Z) Although some of my RBN reports from North American sites were quite strong, I only worked a few NA
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-09/msg00173.html (6,672 bytes)
- 78. Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:07:20 +0100
- I know you guys in North America have a lot of Lightning & Static problems in the summer . . . but surely that's all gone now? If so, why is there so little activity on CW from NA on Top Band? Every
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00075.html (7,350 bytes)
- 79. Topband: Why no NA 160m Activity? (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:38:47 +0100
- Many thanks for all the replies and comments, some on here, and some direct. I guess a lot of NA stations are still suffering with QRN then . . . plus many are Farmers, waiting to get the crops out o
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00088.html (8,642 bytes)
- 80. Topband: VE1ZZ sk (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:34:23 +0100
- Yes, very sad news indeed . . . I certainly worked Jack an awful lot of times on 160 over the past 5 decades . . . always a great signal over here, and very friendly. R.I.P. Jack Roger G3YRO ________
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