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1. Topband: last night (Saturday) on 160 (score: 1): Author: s9ss160m@yahoo.com (charles Lewis); Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 02:26:15 -0800 (PST); My apologies for having to duck out again while being heard in North America. Things started out great at 2200. The band was the quietest it has been since I received the gift of a KD9SV preamp recen; /archives//html/Topband/2003-01/msg00145.html (7,782 bytes)
2. Topband: Pennant and Equatorial QRN (score: 1): Author: s9ss160m@yahoo.com (charles Lewis); Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:43:38 -0800 (PST); First, my thanks to all those who have helped me with advice and materials in relation to flags and pennants. Due to your kind generosity, I have the filters, transformers and terminations I need in; /archives//html/Topband/2002-12/msg00231.html (8,575 bytes)
3. Topband: No ears (score: 1): Author: s9ss160m@yahoo.com (charles Lewis); Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:39:27 -0800 (PST); I have one of those despised installations you guys talk about that is "all mouth and (almost) no ears." Should I just give up on 160 meters and go away, or should I stick around and keep trying for; /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00166.html (7,344 bytes)
4. Topband: S9SS on 160 (score: 1): Author: s9ss160m@yahoo.com (charles Lewis); Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 04:12:29 -0700 (PDT); I completed installation of my 160 meters T-Top over the weekend. I called CQ on CW Saturday night, despite a very high noise level. A YL2 came back after several calls; however, I was not able to co; /archives//html/Topband/2002-09/msg00085.html (7,038 bytes)
5. Topband: Radio Location Beacons, etc. de S9SS (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:08:49 -0800 (PST); I have only once heard what appeared to be a radio locator beacon on 160M here in Sao Tome. Where I do hear what appear to be radio location beacons every day is on 10M. They are very numerous. After; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00201.html (7,595 bytes)
6. Topband: Re:1. Topband from Uganda last night. 5X1X - Comment fromS9SS (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:24:05 -0800 (PST); This (see below) has been my observation also over here on the Equator, like Uganda, in Sao Tome I have made the bulk of my contacts with the US (including during my previous years as S92SS in '92-'9; /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00116.html (8,809 bytes)
7. Topband: S9SS Last Night (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:28:33 -0800 (PST); I had hoped last night for a repeat of Friday night's somewhat successful run of North American QSO's, but it was just too noisy. The QRN started out louder than Friday and gradually increased. After; /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00126.html (6,739 bytes)
8. Topband: Rotten African Equatorial QRN! (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:24:35 -0800 (PST); NASA lightning flash graphics such as the one found at the link below reveal very dramatically why I am so "deaf" most of the time. 73, Charles -S9SS http://thunder.nsstc.nasa.gov/data/OTDsummaries/g; /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00140.html (7,355 bytes)
9. Topband: CQ 160M Contest, etc. (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:28:18 -0800 (PST); I dabbled a bit doing S&P in the contest last weekend. I worked a fair number of Europeans, but by 0130 UTC each night I had heard no NA stations at all. Both nights my noise had increased so much by; /archives//html/Topband/2004-01/msg00291.html (8,541 bytes)
10. Topband: Tail Ending, Awesome QRN, Doghouse Rebuild (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:02:18 -0800 (PST); The problem with "tailenders" is that all too many of them jump the gun and step on the tail of the station whose call I am trying to complete! Since I have a one track mind (or maybe half track), I; /archives//html/Topband/2004-02/msg00215.html (9,307 bytes)
11. Topband: Good Top Band Condx and End Fed Antennas (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 03:20:59 -0800 (PST); It is a little frustrating to hear about all the good conditions on 160M recently. On the occasions when I have been able to stay up late enough for the path to NA, all I have heard on this end has b; /archives//html/Topband/2004-03/msg00172.html (8,855 bytes)
12. Topband: S9SS Reprieve (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 08:07:50 -0700 (PDT); My two year assignment as station manager of the IBB Sao Tome Transmitting Station (a.k.a. Voice of America) officially ended April 29. I have just received the good news that my request for an exten; /archives//html/Topband/2004-05/msg00073.html (8,060 bytes)
13. Topband: 160M Friday Evening, Etc. (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 08:37:38 -0800 (PST); The 160M band has seemed to be even noisier (QRN) here this year than last year. So far, I have had only very limited success, even with Europe. Most nights I can hear nothing except severe noise. Ex; /archives//html/Topband/2005-01/msg00005.html (10,293 bytes)
14. Topband: Old Topic - RST, etc. (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:25:36 -0800 (PST); This refers back to a thread concerning RST reports much earlier this month. I have fallen behind in my reading. Negative comments were made about stations giving 599 reports after having asked for r; /archives//html/Topband/2005-01/msg00293.html (7,435 bytes)
15. Topband: CQ 160M CW Contest As Seen at S9SS (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 04:07:14 -0800 (PST); De S9SS Since I am such an "alligator" I mostly just do a little S&P in 160M contests when I can hear anything at all. My noise was down slightly during this contest, and I logged 59 stations. I was; /archives//html/Topband/2005-02/msg00033.html (8,950 bytes)
16. Topband: Top Band Magic Again! (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 08:58:26 -0700 (PDT); What a surprise! I found the 160M QRN level to be down a little last night and decided to give it a try. It took many CQs before my first contact, which was with SM6CCO. In the first half hour I made; /archives//html/Topband/2005-04/msg00018.html (9,412 bytes)
17. Topband: Last Night - S9SS (the "Alligator") (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:35:01 -0800 (PST); The few of you who got into my log last night were blessed because I drank more iced tea than I should have at dinner. I am normally in bed by around 2130 UTC on weeknights because I have to go to wo; /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00164.html (11,083 bytes)
18. Topband: My Apologies to All (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:28:34 -0800 (PST); I am very sorry about the big blunder I made when I returned to the band at about 0212 UTC this morning. When I started up on 1828.5, I thought I had set the rig for split. (I am normally in the spli; /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00310.html (9,202 bytes)
19. Topband: CQWW160 (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:51:01 -0800 (PST); Even a simple 160 M contest exchange is very difficult to copy in all the QRN here. If the exchange were made more difficult for me to copy, I would not attempt to do make S&P contacts as I have in t; /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00383.html (7,770 bytes)
20. Topband: CQ 160 M Contest (score: 1): Author: charles Lewis <s9ss160m@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 07:23:57 -0800 (PST); I scanned the band searching specifically for NA stations on and off for at least six hours during the CQ 160M contest. The only NA stations I heard, I found within the first hour of the contest. The; /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00073.html (7,050 bytes)

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