- 1. Topband: 5R8FU (score: 1)
- Author: w8uvz@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 10:40:25 -0500
- Ake will continue this weekend to try for NA at his sunrise on top band. Usual freq is 1834 unless busy, then up 1-2 Khz. And he has usually started at 0150Z and sticks it out till his sunrise at 021
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-01/msg00020.html (6,672 bytes)
- 2. Topband: 5R8FU (score: 1)
- Author: w8uvz@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:01:34 -0500
- Ake will continue this week on Wed AM (his time). Usual 1834 from abt 0150Z till sunrise. He says he will try 75 M thereafter in response to the SSB crowd. Look in the 3790-94 range after his sunrise
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-01/msg00032.html (6,408 bytes)
- 3. Topband: 5R8FU QRV on top band (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:37:38 -0500
- Ake, 5R8FU has graciously been on top band a few times recently in response to requests. His usual pattern has been to try 160 from 0150Z thru his sunrise (0206Z or so) and then move to 80 M for some
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-12/msg00258.html (6,691 bytes)
- 4. Topband: 5R8FU (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:29:28 -0500
- Ake has been quite active on the low bands over the holidays. Midwest US (and other areas) enjoyed a particularly good opening on Thursday eve with 5R8FU banging S9 into our area on 1834. Many got a
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-12/msg00282.html (6,654 bytes)
- 5. Topband: DU9/N0NM away for 2 weeks (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:19:29 -0500
- Jon sent the following info today: Jon has had very limited success this season with our very poor condx. He did work a stn from midwest US and from SE US on an opening last week on top band. We hope
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-11/msg00057.html (6,701 bytes)
- 6. Topband: DU9/N0NM (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:09:45 -0400
- Jon, DU9/N0NM will be gone a few days as mentioned by him recently: Jon has been QRV the past few days on 80 M since top band has been so poor. But he is willing to QSY to top band from 80 upon reque
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00110.html (6,349 bytes)
- 7. Topband: 3X QRV? (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:57:15 -0500
- See spots of the German group on 3X and the announcement today as well in W3UR's Daily DX: Website says group has two Titanex verticals and plenty of HP. And their track record at other DXpeditions s
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-10/msg00171.html (6,310 bytes)
- 8. Topband: Hay Bale Twine as guy wire (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 16:22:20 -0400
- Hi John We in Battle Creek agree. The dacron rope purchased from the firm you list is the best way to guy small verticals. I used both 1/8" and 5/32" to guy my 80 M verticals - Charlie (W0CD) used it
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-09/msg00024.html (7,190 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Re: 7X0DX QSLs? (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:59:20 -0400
- Hi Mirek And he did just that. I rx my card ysdy (Friday) and I have had mni other reports of "top banders" who have rx their cards. To both of you, thanks very much 73 George W8UVZ
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-09/msg00128.html (7,843 bytes)
- 10. Fw: Topband: DU9/N0NM Today (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 22:15:47 -0400
- Hello agn Doug Just a bit of info re Jon's stn. He tx on an inv L that has a 40-45' vertical height. As you and others mention, we often hear him Q5, with his KW from his Alpha amp. But he has a smal
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-09/msg00223.html (7,611 bytes)
- 11. Topband: 80m shunt feed -DESCRIPTION (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 14:59:40 +0100
- Hi Pete Two good points you make below: Antenna analyzers are very RF sensitive and often give false readings (ask the YK9A crew when in downtown Damascus). And the simplest (and most forgiving) matc
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00009.html (6,879 bytes)
- 12. Topband: 7X0DX QSL? (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:26:53 -0400
- Has anyone rx a top band QSL from the 7X0DX operation this past May? With the DXCC Sept 30 deadline fast approaching, we're anxiously QRX for the card. 73 George W8UVZ
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00055.html (6,254 bytes)
- 13. Topband: 7X0DX QSL? (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:39:12 -0400
- Tks to the many who replied. Seems that no cards are out at this point. Perhaps someone in Germany can remind QSL manager DL4DBR that the annual DXCC deadline for this year's yearbook listing of DXCC
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00061.html (6,972 bytes)
- 14. Topband: Low band activity from DU9/N0NM (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 12:42:54 -0400
- I've always encouraged Jon to place all the radials he can but his plot is ltd and the wire comes up missing if too obvious. Also encourage higher vertical portion of his inverted L but I think he's
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-08/msg00072.html (8,594 bytes)
- 15. Topband: Radial Wire Source? (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:01:34 -0400
- Looking for a reasonably priced source for decent radial wire - most likely a surplus house with 50 - 100 K' in stock. Please reply directly to W8UVZ And thank you! 73 George W8UVZ
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00114.html (6,269 bytes)
- 16. Topband: Radial Wire Sources (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:58:23 -0400
- Thanks to those you responded with suggestions for radial wire sources: AA4NN, W0CM, K9UWA. KD9SV ,Jerry (call unsure), Herb ex KV4FZ, K4SQR (Comtek), AA1K and N6WG. Got some good leads on fairly pri
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00122.html (6,384 bytes)
- 17. Topband: Radial Wire Sources (score: 1)
- Author: W8UVZ@voyager.net (George Taft)
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:52:15 -0400
- Aloha! The silent ones who also needed radial wire have diluged me with requests for what we found. He goes: Go top www.comteksystems.com de Joe, aa4nn Which I did and got the following reply from Co
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-07/msg00125.html (9,398 bytes)
- 18. Topband: JD1YBJ (score: 1)
- Author: George Taft <W8UVZ@voyager.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:23:18 -0400
- We see spotting of the activity on 160 Mfrom this club station on Marcus Is (MT) and many, many of us would like to work this one on top band. Can someone in Asia provide some details as to the opera
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00057.html (7,407 bytes)
- 19. Topband: 3c0v (score: 1)
- Author: George Taft <W8UVZ@voyager.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:34:05 -0400
- I see a post to the DX summit re 3C0V today saying "40/80/160" on Monday. Can anyone verify this info and know whether they meant Monday AM, their time or Monday nite/Tuesday PM, their time?? Tks W8U
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00135.html (6,823 bytes)
- 20. Topband: 5R8FU again QRV on top band (score: 1)
- Author: George Taft <W8UVZ@voyager.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:51:54 -0500
- Ake, 5R8FU has started to be QRV at his sunrise on 160 M. As many of you remember, he tried often on 1834 just before his sunrise during our winter in the northern latitudes during the past couple of
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00102.html (7,534 bytes)
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