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381. Topband: CQ WPX SSB Contest (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:07:14 -0500
Checked 160m using RBN on CW last night, and there was SOME propagation to North America . . . However, tuning about I couldn't hear one single SSB station in the Contest! Were there many stations on
/archives//html/Topband/2023-03/msg00022.html (6,318 bytes)

382. Topband: CQ WPX SSB Contest (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 12:15:35 -0500
Dave what I MEANT to say was I didn't copy a single North American station on SSB . . . there were plenty of Europeans on calling CQ Contest ! But I only spent 5 minutes tuning around . . . as I coul
/archives//html/Topband/2023-03/msg00024.html (7,092 bytes)

383. Topband: 160m DX Activity (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:05:50 +0100
DX Propagation has been quite reasonable lately . . There have been quite a few of us Europeans on the band . . . maybe there will be more North American activity this weekend. 73 Roger G3YRO _______
/archives//html/Topband/2023-04/msg00024.html (6,241 bytes)

384. Topband: 160m CW DX Activity (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:12:27 +0100
As per my post a week ago, there are several Europeans on Top Band most nights . . . and RBN reports seem to indicate that there IS propagation . . . But it seems like there is very little activity f
/archives//html/Topband/2023-04/msg00036.html (6,418 bytes)

385. Topband: Loop on Ground receiving antenna. (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 16:05:13 +0100
I just tried making a Loop on the Ground to see if it would be any lower noise than my 6ft 160m Loop up in the loft. I followed several people's suggested dimensions . . . so 15 feet each side, feedi
/archives//html/Topband/2023-05/msg00002.html (7,631 bytes)

386. Re: Topband: Loop on Ground receiving antenna. (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 17:07:27 +0100
Many thanks for the replies (some direct) . . . it seems the LOG IS rubbish. And Frank, considering what you say, my 6ft Vertical Loop in the Loft works surprisingly well. It's obviously NOT near the
/archives//html/Topband/2023-05/msg00005.html (10,898 bytes)

387. Topband: Stew Perry Topband Challenge this weekend (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:53:48 +0100
I shall be on for the Contest . . . But how are conditions in North America at the moment . . . are you getting a lot of QRN? (we have hardly any over here) Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable A
/archives//html/Topband/2023-06/msg00007.html (6,815 bytes)

388. Topband: Stew Perry Topband Challenge (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:14:03 +0100
Well I don't know how others got on . . . But I didn't hear one single North American station on Saturday night ! Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband
/archives//html/Topband/2023-06/msg00016.html (6,324 bytes)

389. Topband: I asked AI how to make more Stew Perry Contacts! (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:04:45 +0100
Joe I used to have the kind of CW note I think you are talking about. It was deliberately very "pingy" . . . a bit like a bell ringing. I achieved it on my homebrew CW rig . . . then when I got my FT
/archives//html/Topband/2023-06/msg00040.html (8,935 bytes)

390. Topband: VP6A (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 12:19:07 +0100
I came on 160m around 0200Z last night . . . Saw you had just been spotted by a US station George . . . but couldn't hear you at all. I did put out a few CQ calls, but no replies (although there was
/archives//html/Topband/2023-06/msg00043.html (6,303 bytes)

391. Topband: CW rhythm, swing, speed (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:48:03 +0100
Well I used a Bug Key for most of my life (sadly not a Vibroplex, but a Japanese Semi-automatic I got for my 13th birthday) What using a Semi allowed you to do was stress some of the Dah characters.
/archives//html/Topband/2023-06/msg00051.html (7,456 bytes)

392. Topband: TB - Signs of Life (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 18:32:39 +0100
Hi Dave I was just about to post on here, asking whether NA stations are coming back on the band for Winter? I hear several EU stations (including me) putting out endless CQ DX calls, but getting no
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00001.html (6,667 bytes)

393. Topband: Stew Perry (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:38:10 +0100
Yes conditions continue to be really poor on 160m (wonder why?) . . . I just came on for a short while, but only managed to work 12 NA stations (everyone I could hear) But these were stations that wo
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00032.html (6,657 bytes)

394. Topband: Poor Conditions (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:47:46 +0100
Quote: "We are approaching a solar maxima. Conditions on Topband peaked at the solar minima several years ago." I've never felt that the Sunspot Cycle has much affect on Topband. And apart from the p
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00035.html (6,529 bytes)

395. Topband: Poor Conditions (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:04:54 +0100
Well from all the various replies (some direct to me) I guess the Sunspot Cycle DOES affect signals going over the Pole . . . but as I said before, I have never really noticed much difference in DX s
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00053.html (7,587 bytes)

396. Topband: Poor Conditions (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 23:09:21 +0100
Hi JC Well I agree that's it's much easier these days to work lots of new countries . . . but that's because a lot more countries are now allowed on 160m, and also because there are lots more DX-pedi
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00056.html (7,784 bytes)

397. Topband: Poor Conditions (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 10:04:19 +0100
Hi Jim Well I am obviously talking about the same S Meter on the same or similar antennas. So I am comparing like with like when I say signals are weaker. But as you say, the big problem these days i
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00058.html (8,491 bytes)

398. Topband: CQ WW SSB Contest (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:54:53 -0500
Well conditions continue to be very poor on 160m . . . I couldn't hear one single North American station in the contest! (or any other DX for that matter) Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Arc
/archives//html/Topband/2023-10/msg00064.html (6,267 bytes)

399. Topband: Looking back 11 years ago on 160 (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:25:06 -0500
Well when I complain on here that DX Propagation on 160m isn't nearly as good as it was years ago, people say things like "it's the Sunspot Cycle . . ." Mark, clearly you agree that it's not that sim
/archives//html/Topband/2023-11/msg00012.html (6,439 bytes)

400. Topband: Looking back 11 years ago on 160 (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:39:51 -0500
I know what you're saying JC . . . we should make the best of things as they are NOW . . . But my talking about signals being stronger on Top Band years ago is not "rose tinted spectacles" . . . I'm
/archives//html/Topband/2023-11/msg00017.html (7,438 bytes)


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