TopBand: Why Topbanders Talk to Themselves

[Bruce Lallathin]

Take heart Gary, I will be on Rarotonga (S. Cook) from Nov 15th '97 until
Dec. 1st except for a side trip to Manihiki (N. Cook), Nov. 20-27th for
CQWW CW. I will be on 160 every day we are there. Look for ZK1AAU, my call
when in the Cook Islands. W8EB will be joining me on this trip and we don't
know what his callsign will be yet.

73,
Bruce
AA8U  ZK1AAU
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At 09:20 PM 2/4/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Here is one of those stories that leave me mumbling in my sleep.
>
>I was getting ready for bed around 10Z--2AM local--but, with the XYL in
>the shower, I decided to sneak one more look at the bands. ZK1DI/P was
>posted on 80 CW and I decided to go ask him once more about 160. Now, I
>dunno if any of you have tried to induce this guy to try Topband, but he
>has been generally unreceptive to any such questions. In fact, he had
>blown off me and my friends quite consistently on several occasions on
>40 and 80, going on to the next QSO before the question was out.
>However--no model of consistency-- he <had> gone briefly to 160 SSB from
>75 SSB for N7JW earlier, so it was deemed to be worth a try.


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