Topband: Boring Report - very boring

[Fred Handscombe]

Not forgetting 5U5Z who will once again be on in WW CW MM from Niamey, 
Niger.

This year we will be debuting our Titanex V160E with as many of the 32 x 
130ft radials I have pre-made that we can get laid out.

KC7V, the chief antenna VooDude, plans on getting the vertical up soon after 
we arrive to get the most chance of some DX on 160m.

Not many people taking ski-bags to West Africa so I hope I can get away with 
it!!

A full announcement on the trip will be made through The Daily DX and other 
news outlets shortly

73 Fred
G4BWP
5U7WP, op at 5U5Z

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ChetMoore" <ChetMoore at cox.net>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:04 PM
Subject: Fw: Topband: Boring Report - very boring


> For those of you who are not contesters,  Tree has it right and......While
> it is not set in stone,  The ALL BAND single op guys don't usually stay on
> 160 for very long.  They need to go where the VOLUME contacts are so they
> USUALLY try to make their move to 160 ON THE HOUR, Since this is CQWW and
> they also need to work each other (especially those in the caribbean) they
> all try to get there on the hour, work each other  and will stay there 
> only
> as long as the qso rate stays UP.  If you are looking for some quick new
> ones, it would behoove you to be ready to go and do some hard listening at
> the top of the hour.  If you snooze you loose.  The  multi multi  dx
> peditions like HC8, CN8,D44,   EA8 and some of the others will have a
> dedicated 160 op and be in there all night.
>
> press on regardless
>
> 73
>
> chet    N6ZO, KP4EAJ, KG4ZO, ZD8W, VQ9XX, KL7AIZ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 12:25 PM
> Subject: Topband: Boring Report - very boring
>
>
>>
>> Well, the band didn't open that I could tell - no european signals
>> heard at all.  Reminds us that indeed it is a special night when it
>> does open.  Also, near the end of the evening on Saturday night, it
>> started sounding like a big blanket was being thrown over the band
>> as many USA signals started getting really weak.
>>
>> FP/VE7SV made a lot of noise last night - and worked lots of people.
>> He was being heard in the Pacific NW before sunset, but most of us
>> had to wait until later to make the QSO.
>>
>> This next week is a great opportunity to pick new countries as many
>> people are showing up for CQ WW SSB efforts.  The QSO that Bill cited
>> as his first (TI2/N6ZZ) was just that.  Many people make a point of
>> being active on 160 meters for at least one evening before the contests.
>> Look for VP2E and HC8 to be active as well as plenty of others.
>>
>> So - make an extra attempt to be on the radio this week.
>>
>> Thanks for all the pointers to the QSL route for VP6BR.  Actually, there
>> is a great web site for this operation including a log lookup utility.
>>
>> http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/logs.html
>>
>> 73 Tree N6TR
>> tree at kkn.net
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