- 41. Topband: Condx from NA to EU last night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:19:28 -0500
- Actually Dave, I didn't think conditions were exceptional last night . . . They have been much the same almost every night I have been on the band for the past few weeks. (I'm going by the strength o
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00012.html (8,208 bytes)
- 42. Topband: Working dupes on a band (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:31:26 -0500
- It would be a very boring hobby if you only ever worked a given station ONCE . . . To me, the hobby is all about having regular contacts - it's how you make friends ! And that's the same whether it's
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00013.html (6,897 bytes)
- 43. Topband: Working dupes on a band (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:43:38 -0500
- Sorry Jay . . . but not in a million years ! That's exactly what I wanted to get away from . . . My suggestion of having a 160m DX Activity night every Wednesday was to get people on the band to have
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00022.html (7,935 bytes)
- 44. Topband: Wednesday DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:33:55 -0500
- Well conditions have not been so good over the past few days . . . (worked a few NA stations in the FOC contest at the weekend, but signals well down.) But hopefully we'll get a load of stations on a
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00051.html (6,816 bytes)
- 45. Topband: Moderation (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:31:40 -0500
- I asked the question, as I was wondering why no new posts were appearing for almost a week . . . In particular, I was disappointed that I was unable to post on Wednesday to remind people about our ne
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00085.html (6,745 bytes)
- 46. Topband: FCC authorizes 1KW wireless power transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:36:45 -0500
- I don't care that this will never be a practical way of transferring power . . . But aren't any of you guys worried about the fact that their licence allows them to transmit ANWHERE within Top Band?
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00086.html (6,543 bytes)
- 47. Topband: FCC authorizes 1KW wireless power transmission (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:19:43 -0500
- Well they are actually licensed to transmit between 1710 and 1900 kHz . . . And what is worrying is the licence also states: "the occupied bandwidth of the emission shall not extend beyond the band l
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00094.html (8,718 bytes)
- 48. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 04:31:39 -0500
- Just a reminder . . . Conditions were excellent on Top Band last night So hopefully we'll have lots of stations on this evening ! (do also check around 1845 - 1850 kHz for SSB stations) 73 Roger G3YR
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00100.html (6,446 bytes)
- 49. Topband: 1/2 wave inv L (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:55:05 -0500
- Many years ago, a friend of mine used to operate on 160m with vertical antennas suspended on a big Weather Balloon filled with hydrogen . . . After using Quarter-wave verticals for a few months, he c
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00109.html (6,514 bytes)
- 50. Topband: Conditions on 160m for ARRL Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:22:08 -0500
- Well on Friday night I couldn't hear one single American station . . . even though I heard a couple of Southern Europe stations working a few. Saturday night conditions were better, but signals were
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00116.html (7,485 bytes)
- 51. Topband: Bottom End Beacons (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:41:41 -0500
- I emailed him about these, as they sound very similar. He confirmed that they are a Russian system that works in much the same way, and have low power transmitter around the Baltic. As Mark posted, h
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00142.html (7,377 bytes)
- 52. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 05:28:26 -0500
- Conditions have been rather poor the last few evenings . . . or is it just lack of activity?! Well, I'll be on this tonight from around 2330Z, so hopefully lots of others will be too So we'll find ou
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00146.html (7,446 bytes)
- 53. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 05:48:52 -0500
- Well conditions were strange last night . . . Generally poor propagation . . . and high background noise here (even on my Rx aerial) - apologies if you were one of the stations I heard calling, but c
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00158.html (8,309 bytes)
- 54. Re: Topband: CQ WW SSB Contest (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:34:13 -0500
- Yes I forgot about the contest George ! Well I will be on, trying to pick out the DX stations on SSB, between all the strong Europeans ! (at least my new 160m receive loop makes the EU stations weake
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00173.html (12,389 bytes)
- 55. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:03:22 -0500
- Conditions have been rather poor since the end of last week . . . (only managed a few American contacts on the CQ WW SSB contest.) However, I was on last night on CW and was Spotted, and received by
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00197.html (8,295 bytes)
- 56. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:33:42 -0500
- Well conditions were still very poor last night! It was also noisier than normal, as we have quite a lot of snow here at the moment (very unusual for us in Britain these days!) - so, sorry if you wer
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00002.html (7,684 bytes)
- 57. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:17:56 -0500
- Well signals from Russia seem back up to normal strength this evening . . . for the first time in over a week So I'm hoping propagation to NA will have improved too! I'll be on from around 2330Z . .
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00018.html (7,122 bytes)
- 58. Topband: Wednesday Night Conditions (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:31:03 -0500
- Well conditions were a little better last night, although I only managed to work about ten NA stations between 0000z and 0100. I think there weren't that many stations on? I also just had an email fr
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00019.html (6,850 bytes)
- 59. Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:39:08 -0500
- Well conditions have been rather poor over the past week or so . . . And even when the band has been open, there have been very few stations on. Hopefully there will be some activity tonight ! 73 Rog
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00063.html (7,175 bytes)
- 60. Topband: Wednesday DX Activity Night (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger Kennedy" <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:16:34 -0500
- Hi Tom - No, conditions have been quite good at times over the past few weeks . . . Just the past week that seems to have been rather poor. Still didn't seem very good last night . . . only worked on
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00068.html (6,708 bytes)
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