- 121. Topband: PZ5PA and misc Boring notes (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 09:44:13 -0800
- PZ5PA has been a regular most of the week - typically around 1828 listening up 2 or so. He has often called for EU, but has also worked many in the USA. In case you missed it, there is a log lookup w
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00008.html (7,060 bytes)
- 122. Topband: No just for darkness any more (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:44:32 -0800
- Was reading the e-mail and put out some CQs to see who was around. Was happy to work a few locals (Or, WWa and EWa), but was surprised when W0ZTL called me with a good signal at 18:35 UTC. That's 158
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00016.html (6,299 bytes)
- 123. Topband: Willing the band to open (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:05:47 -0800
- Last night, I worked IV3PRK to end a long time between European QSOs. Also, ZD8A was an easy QSO. Tonight, RA6AX showd up around 0400 with a solid signal. However, I could barely copy RA4LW at the sa
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00031.html (6,855 bytes)
- 124. Topband: Eliminating endless CQing (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:47:12 -0800
- One of my favorite topics. Luckily, the Stew Perry contest hasn't clogged the band with wall-to-wall big signals. If this did occur, we have talked about a rule that would somehow discourage the end
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00045.html (8,761 bytes)
- 125. Re: Topband: DX Window (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:23:18 -0800
- But wait - this is the Internet!!! So - here is my "question". The window is 1830-1835 - right? When I look at the ARRL Bandplan - I see this: 1.830 - 1.840 CW, RTTY and other narrowband modes, Inte
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00059.html (7,270 bytes)
- 126. Topband: Morning opening from Boring (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:55:52 -0800
- This AM, I arranged to be home at sunrise (1530 UTC). I notied the "ZL Beacons" down around 1818 were coming in very well just before sunrise. Any day now, there will be a good opening to northern Eu
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00109.html (6,759 bytes)
- 127. Topband: Boring Aurora Report (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:35:40 -0800
- As Wolf indicated - some very disturbed conditions. The band seemed to get better and better as the aurora got worse. Signals coming in from strange directions - UT3UA from the southeast on 80 meters
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00126.html (7,326 bytes)
- 128. Topband: S&P only category (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:51:24 -0800
- It appears that someone has put their money where you mouth is, and is sponsoring the world's first plaque for the highest score of an S&P only score in the Stew Perry contest. Stand by for more det
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00177.html (8,085 bytes)
- 129. Re: Topband: strange echos (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:41:09 -0800
- I imagine it sounded something like this? http://www.kkn.net/~tree/echo.wav two dits or a dah worth of echo on various transmittions. Tree _______________________________________________ Topband mai
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00180.html (7,125 bytes)
- 130. Topband: Calling twice? (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:00:09 -0800
- Well, I was calling a station on 80 meters last night (a UA3), that I sent my call to about 45 times, and he still didn't get it right. Another problem is that sending N6TR twice and sending WA5VGI/
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00182.html (6,916 bytes)
- 131. Topband: Stew Perry Practice on Thursday (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:34:40 -0800
- The Northern California Contest Club has been running practice sessions for the various contests on Thursday nights (local USA). They have seen the light and agreed to adopt the Stew Perry contest fo
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00185.html (6,513 bytes)
- 132. Topband: Stew Perry rules change (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:40:34 -0800
- There was a request from one station for a minor rule change in the Stew Perry contest. The Boring ARC rules committee met this morning and agreed to the following change: All antennas used for trans
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00193.html (7,791 bytes)
- 133. Topband: Another beverage success story (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:46:39 -0800
- Until recently, I have mostly used my TX antenna for receiving. I live in the country with a pretty quiet location and have been able to get away with this. A year ago, I put up my first real beverag
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00198.html (7,631 bytes)
- 134. Topband: It's Beverage - not beverage (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:25:50 -0800
- Someone pointed out to me that I was not showing proper respect to the person who invented the Beverage antenna by not capitializing his name. I should have known better as I have a copy of the origi
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00206.html (6,446 bytes)
- 135. Re: Topband: Log Submission (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:29:24 -0800
- Remove. Remove or blank. Remvoe or blank. Please see http://www.kkn.net/~trey/cabrillo. It will answer these types of questions. Don't add things not in the spec (which GRID isn't). I can see your se
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00238.html (8,855 bytes)
- 136. Topband: Boring Report (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:54:42 -0800
- The past three evenings have supported European QSOs from Oregon - with improving conditions each evening as Wolf has reported. Last night, 13 Europeans made it into my log. Most were SMs, but SV3RF
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00304.html (6,716 bytes)
- 137. Topband: Boring Report (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:34:52 -0800
- What an evening. Heard SM5EDX right at sunset - although it took him a little while to hear me. Had to go and get dinner, and when I came back, OH3XR was coming through - followed by SM4CAN who was b
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00311.html (7,745 bytes)
- 138. Re: Topband: Skew Path (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:02:06 -0800
- W7IUV noticed: I noticed my 70 degree beverage (don't have any other one yet to Europe) was working very well last night to Europe. Stations like OH3XR had almost no QSB on them at all and I was fina
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00337.html (7,269 bytes)
- 139. Re: Topband: Electric fences (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:19:51 -0800
- I have heard two kinds of electric fence noise. One is a "click" that is very quick (less than a millisecond) and repeated every .6 to 2 seconds. A second is a buzzing sound that is perhaps 25 ms lon
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00340.html (8,801 bytes)
- 140. Topband: Stew Perry Introduction and Boring Report (score: 1)
- Author: Tree <tree@kkn.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:35:08 -0800
- Fellow Topbanders: It has been suggested to the Boring Amateur Radio Club that we include some kind of historical link on our Stew Perry contest web page to tell the story of Stew Perry, W1BB. This i
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00422.html (7,708 bytes)
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