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21. Re: Topband: ARRL 160M Test Comments (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 07:22:36 -0500
Hi Guys, If each & every one of the contributors (and there are many!) to this thread about the 160-meter contest was to take pen & paper in hand & actually WRITE to his/her representative on the ARR
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00151.html (8,516 bytes)

22. Re: Topband: ARRL 160M Test Comments (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:07:21 -0500
Hi Pete, By writing to your director, what can he do besides refer your note to the CAC...? That latter group has the final say, anyway--so why bother with "...a middle man"? He has other things to h
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00153.html (8,528 bytes)

23. Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:52:14 -0500
Hi Guys, QRP on 160-meters is fun, alright--and there's at least one QRP contest every year that's dedicated just to the band (you've missed it by a matter of about 1-1/2 weeks!). One bit of advice,
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00216.html (8,150 bytes)

24. Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:40:29 -0500
Hi Paul, Yes, I agree totally... It can be very difficult to locate any "...free space" on the band if all you want is a casual QSO: many is the time that I've had a leisurely rag chew interrupted be
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00239.html (9,458 bytes)

25. Re: Topband: Nice QRP QSO (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:40 -0500
Hi All, That sort of logic on the part of some Hams, though no doubt true, just completely escapes me... I liken it to deliberately stepping over a shiny new quarter that one sees lying on a sidewalk
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00247.html (7,867 bytes)

26. Re: Topband: QRP Question (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:52:40 -0500
Give it a rest, guys...! If someone elects to sign "/QRP", what of it...? Who cares about legalities, when every day on the band one hears stations working DX, & not giving the DX station's callsign
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00304.html (9,545 bytes)

27. Topband: Stew Perry Challenge (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:04:56 -0500
My thanks to the Boring Amateur Radio Club for its continued sponsorship of this fun event on Topband... While I hardly set the 160-meter world up on its ear with my meagre effort here, I certainly e
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00449.html (7,240 bytes)

28. Topband: Topband Conditions---MEH! (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:36:59 -0500
Hi All, Well, a surefire hint that 160-meters just "...ain't what it used to be" may be readily seen by even a cursory glance at sites like sk4aw.net and the DX Edge--few-to-zero posts by North Ameri
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00476.html (6,760 bytes)

29. Topband: Anti-Corona Paint (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:53:34 -0500
Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a good substitute for the old reddish-brown anti-corona brush-on dope that was sold under the trade name of, I believe, "Glyptul"...? My local jobber has re-located--I'm
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00532.html (6,416 bytes)

30. Topband: 1820-KHz: RIP (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:52:31 -0500
Good Christmas Day To All... The carrier on 1820-KHz here at VE3CUI could be heard ONLY with the aid of ESP this morning...! Kudos & congratulations to those stalwarts who collectively made the effor
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00540.html (6,407 bytes)

31. Topband: Anti-Corona Paint (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:06:21 -0500
A Good Christmas Day, All... Many thanks to all who responded to my query re. "GLYTAL" anti-corona paint... Based upon some of the tips that I received, I'm going to contact the local automotive shop
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00541.html (7,411 bytes)

32. Re: Topband: 160 Conditions (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:39:59 -0500
Hi Guys, Well THAT certainly figures...! The best night of propagation on the band in a L-O-N-G time, & Mother Nature (no doubt aided & abetted by some guy named Murphy...?) decides to dump an all da
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00568.html (7,725 bytes)

33. Topband: Anti-Corona Paint: FINALE (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:37:08 -0500
Good Day All, Many thanks for the many FB responses that I received here my recent query in the matter of GLYPTAL insulating paint / anti-corona dope... Yesterday I visited my jobber in Toronto, & so
/archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00579.html (7,423 bytes)

34. Topband: Pitcairn Island On 160-Meters (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 07:57:42 -0500
Good Day All, I just received this bulletin from The Radio Amateurs of Canada, by way of a friend of mine (Ed, VA3ES)... May the Topband propagation force be with them...! : >) ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI -
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00114.html (8,170 bytes)

35. Re: Topband: Hi-Pass filter for 160 to reject BC Band (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:33:39 -0500
Hi George, I'm curious as to how the results might compare, if one were to simply place a series-connected coil & capacitor wave trap (resonant to the BC station's frequency, of course) to ground at
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00121.html (7,686 bytes)

36. Re: Topband: Topband QSL Library (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:30:45 -0500
Hi Goose, If you get stuck finding those, or any reasonable facsimile thereof, try a three ring binder photo album, i.e. the type with the clear plastic "static cling" fold-over sheets to retain prin
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00139.html (7,898 bytes)

37. Re: Topband: Preventing QRM (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:42:13 -0500
Hi Brian, Simply follow accepted protocol, i.e.: --LISTEN on & about your frequency of choice for a minute, or two, for any signs of activity; --Send "QRL?" once, listen, then send "QRL?" again, & li
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00152.html (7,852 bytes)

38. Topband: HK0NA Logs (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:51:03 -0500
Hi Guys, Is it just me here, or is there some sort of a glitch with the HK0NA on-line logs...? The other day the web page for this link changed, and all I'm getting here now is a grey blank square on
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00167.html (6,411 bytes)

39. Topband: HK0NA (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:10:18 -0500
Good Morning All, A very nice surprise here this morning...I was calling a general CQ below 1820-KHz, & who should answer me outta the blue but HK0NA himself! I guess the days of our hearing the Nort
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00172.html (6,577 bytes)

40. Re: Topband: Metal Enclosure (score: 1)
Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:37:47 -0500
Hi Dan, In order to house the base variable capacitors mounted on each of my inverted "L's" for 160-meters, I use the large red & black plastic "Folgers"-brand coffee containers...they've lasted me f
/archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00198.html (7,271 bytes)


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