Tnx for the qso, Jim. I worked a mere six CA stations, fewer than half of the 7 land states, one KH6. and a smattering of Carib/C.A. stations. Several locals gave up early Fri night due to the poor/f
Glad I was "almost" spotted. Saw quite a few erroneous spots in the contest due to the less than stellar conditions, myself. I see we havent worked yet this year....time is running out but the 10M th
PS Despite not logging dupes, at a certain point, I have K1KA in my log twice for that contest. Which explains the second one. Wonder if he's related to K1KI. You were spotted to DX cluster as "W3SKK
XYL has been in a moving furniture mood for several months. Fri she had the visiting son in law move the home entertainment center/TV/furniture. So Ive been trying to find the right wires for the rig
FB copy here in the Columbus, OH area, Rob. Solid 579 at around 0730z ( from memory) Band was quiet from EU and S.A. but good to W6-W7-VE6/7 land when we worked. W3HKK station: IC7610-ACOM amp-52' ve
Moved onto 3 rural acres about 14 yrs ago. Only had one (15') tree on the whole property, AND I had sold my yagis and tower about five years earlier. So I went with monoband GPs on 40-30-20-17-10. Al
And miraculous on 160m! Yet I worked two mobiles in the latest Stew Perry Contest. Amazing ops! Also, over the years Ive enjoyed qsos with mobile cw ops who were driving to and from work. Never cease
That's a good question - especially since it relates to your arid soil - vs my "average" Midwest soil here in Ohio. Ive done no pattern calculations. But based on 15 years of reading and personal obs
Put in 4 hours this year. QRN and lack of DX plus a sore back made cndx less than exciting here in Ohio. Came on a few times Fri night but QRN was moderately heavy ( S5-7) masking the DX I was hoping
I started out the WWDX test planning on a monoband effort ( 10m), but as the evening went on, every band produced excellent results, so I wound up making a 6 band effort for 25 hours. With an 82 yr o
I live surrounded by central Ohio farmland, and my well (for drinking water) is 300 ft deep. My soil is mostly clay, and I have had trees die from too much water. When I dug them up, the hole filled
Rate decent. Activity moderate during the evening hours I was on. Did work KH6, PJ2T and ZF. Not so much into 6/7/0 land. QRN was an issue. Jumped in around 0300z but heard no EU. Tried again pre SR
Just dabbled in the WPX contest looking for Asian stations on 10m, and worked a phenominal ( for me) 13 of them! The big question is: Are there any being heard on Top Band these days? Send Topband ma
In the past year Ive seen my 10-15-20m Chinese qso totals skyrocket from essentially zero to 13 in last weekends WPX. Was hoping some of those guys might discover 160, and that the good success on 10
Brutal QRN! Been lucky here in the country, have only had rare occasions of heavy QRN. When I call the utility they come out within a few weeks and I help them track it down. Usually an arcing lightn
Great to hear ur recording of B7P on 160m popping thru the noise, even if I am 2500 miles further east Hi Hi. This thread implies that Life in China comes with huge QRM-powerline noise, which makes a
Thanks to all for the gold mine of interesting commentary, articles, on Noise, webSDR, operating practices, which Ive saved to my files! Proving once again that the TopBand website is Top notch! Bob
Been having some loud power line noise ( again) . A few years ago a friend and I used a portable AM radio to locate a lightning arrestor that was continuously arcing to ground and creating quite a ra
Wow. I checked my log and see I only worked them twice, both on 15 m - both way back in 1981. Got their qsl fortunately. Still need nine toughies: mostly inactive entities, desolate rocks, and the li