Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:40:51 +0000
It was absolutely dead here in the UK last night. I had expected to bag a couple more US states. Other bands were showing signs of auroral flutter. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflecto
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 00:55:46 +0100
the gain appear to be less. I feel I need to be able to clearly see a CW station on the waterfall for it to be workable, but I have worked JT65 stations that are almost invisible. -- Brian D G3VGZ __
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 01:03:00 +0100
I am now finding it much harder to work JT modes on HF QRP. A couple of years ago yes, but so many stations are using QRO and netted frequencies it is more difficult. If I deliberately ofset my frequ
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 01:06:05 +0100
We are not allowed below 1810 in Europe. Apart from contest weekends most activity on 1838 kHz is fine where it is. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesti
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:44:18 +0100
I'm a late night person so sunrise is unlikely for me but the band has been very quiet late evening/early morning of late, apart from the S9++ static from summer storms. CQs on JT9/65 have only regis
Author: Brian Duffell <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:33:42 +0000
I'm similarly half way to DXCC and in Europe. WSJT has been exclusively in the 1838 segment and accounts for at least half of my DXCC total. We cannot use 1800-1810 here. -- Brian D G3VGZ Yarm Englan
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:58:22 +0000
Of my 55 dxccs on topband, 48 are cw, 34 JT65 and only 11 are JT9. There seems little JT9 activity on 160 here. JT9 tends to overlap the JT65 segment as phone is often using the higher end. Quite a f
Author: Brian G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 23:57:02 +0000
Looking at current signals here in rightpondia K1LZ is about the loudest signal from leftpondia at about 20 dB peak above my noise floor and fading severely. EA7PP is a good 20 dB higher and is much
Author: Brian Duffell <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:39:43 +0000
Not a sniff here, the other side of the pond around then, so must be in NA. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:31:06 +0000
I saw one of the E30FB operators doing that by sliding up a few hundred Hz transmitting while the DQRM was on. Those listening could see it and follow. That particular DQRM seemed to give up shortly
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 21:58:46 +0000
I was running low power to an inefficient antenna due to planning restrictions. I felt a lot of stations took their time to complete QSOs with me, to only get a multiplier of 1.5 for the qso, when IM
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:00:49 +0000
Seems to be some sort of Ukrainian contest on as well. serial No. etc. Any idea what it is? I can't find many in SP. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contest
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:29:22 +0000
Just received (half) a copy from Amazon UK. It is now packaged up for return to amazon, I assume it is faulty. it ends abruptly in chapter 10 and is about 7mm thick as against the 13mm advertised by
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:48:20 +0000
I wonder if there is a batch faulty or if Amazon sent out to you the one I returned as faulty. I've re-ordered but it hasn't arrived yet, interestingly Amazon didn't have it in stock but it is coming
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:16:59 +0000
My replacement copy arrived today with a loud thud on the doormat, twice the weight of the copy received last week. I ordered the replacement from BookDepository via Amazon (who were out of stock) It
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:52:46 +0000
It is NOT a QRP mode, it is a weak signal mode, not the same thing. On 160 often a QRO mode to give a weak signal at the other end. I usually use 40w to an inefficient antenna on 160. If necessary I
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 23:50:18 +0100
I find the better ability for JT65 to decode co-channel signals with its two pass decoding makes up for any 2dB improvement in decoding JT9. I also find a single static crash can take out JT9 decodes
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 20:07:18 +0100
57 out of my total of 84 entities on 160 have been worked using JT modes. I've heard quite a few more. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topba
Author: Brian D G3VGZ <topband@planet3.freeuk.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 00:39:02 +0100
[snip] I'm not in NA but currently am at 58 worked of which 50 are confirmed. This compares with 73 worked/62 confirmed on CW. -- Brian D G3VGZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://w