I was in northern NY and had hoped to set up a few miles away in Quebec for the contest, but health problems (not weather, as I had feared- there was no snow at all) made that impossible. Hope everyo
Author: W0AH@aol.com (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 05:50:31 -0500
I have been using ARGO for QRSS receive and ON7YD's QRS317 for transmit the past few weeks. I am able to run QRSS on 160M next week if anyone wants to. Right now, I have my LOWfer "CO" beacon on abou
tod@k0to.us writes: << If QRSS is 'experimental' rather than simply very slow CW, the logical place for it to operate is at the top of the band. >> Hi Todd, QRSS is, without question, very slow CW. I
Author: W0AH@aol.com (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:49:30 -0500
<< ..and what should those criteria be Doug? >> Tom, I posted two days ago that <> The criteria, IMO, should be 1) the avoidance of unnecessary interference to stations who are following the ARRL (an
Hi Stan, Meteor scatter is mostly a function of geometry: the geometry of the wave length and the size (length) of the ionized path caused by the meteor burning up in the atmosphere. Even more import
Not only was he loud, but he can hear! I called many of the Carribean stations this weekend, but worked only one with my 5 watts. FM5GU came right back to me. I also worked HC8N, but that was a strug
Topbanders: Over 30 stations reported copying the 15 mw W0AH/B to a quarter wave vertical the nights of September 18-22 before it went QRT. Part two of the experiment is a much greater challenge. The
Topbanders: This morning at 1203 UTC, N5RG, near Dallas, TX, answered my CQ. I was running about 3/4 mw ERP. We exchanged 349 and 599 reports. At 1235 UTC W7LR near Boozeman, MT,answered my CQ. We ex
Topbanders: If your area is like mine, the FB 160M conditions of several weeks ago have vanished. While we're waiting for good conditions to return, I'll run my QRPp rig again tonight and tomorrow mo
Tonight I'm running a 2N2222 oscillator at 15 milliwatts to my 100' shunt fed, top loaded vertical and would appreciate reports. I will make a better tank circuit tomorrow and maybe get up to 40 or 5
Topbanders, I have received one report and one complaint. Richard, K5NA, near Austin, TX reported my 15 mw 1802.2 beacon peaking 379 in QSB, but had no copy later at his sunrise. Thanks Richard. I al
Topbanders, I wound a coil today for the 160M 2N2222 oscillator and am using it instead of the fixed inductor and MFJ Portable Tuner. No more chirp, but the frequency has now moved up to about 1803.1
Topbanders: N5UL, NM, reported copy last night at 0306 and earlier, peaking 349 at 0306; K0RW, CO, reported copy last night and this morning peaking S2; W7LR, MT, reported copy of 539 at 1155; W6BH,
Topbanders: Conditions apparently were pretty good last night and QRN was down a bit. Three stations in California reported reception: W6OAR, W6AJJ, and N6FF. The furtherest reception to the east was
Topbanders: I received 27 reports from 15 states, coast to coast of stations, receiving the 15mw beacon in the 5 nights it was on. Most had Q5 copy at times. Many emailed me more than once. K8BHZ sum
Topbanders, Here in central Colorado, we had more thunderstorms and lightning (and QRN) the first three weeks of September than during all of July and August. However, it's been a lot quieter recentl
Yep, I goofed! I woke up during the night thinking, H8 is not HC8- is not SA. Several Europeans copied every night this week. DF2PY and EA3JE were the strongest last night. This morning worked Mike,
Topbanders, Yes, indeed, this season is starting out much better than a year ago. A dozen or more Europeans were copied through the QRN last night, and two even came back to my 150 watts- CT1FJK and
Bob, You certainly do here well. I suspect this morning was an anomaly and that you'll work him very soon. From my discussion with T32EQ on a higher band, he is using 100 watts to a dipole. I forgot