Topband: Band coming alive

kd6nrp at earthlink.net kd6nrp at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 26 08:57:47 PDT 2010


Good Morning:

It might be helpful to create a separate e-mail list for beginner and intermediate level 160- and 80-meter operators. The topics covered could include antennas, propagation, which frequencies to use, operating modes, arranging schedules, operating from a small lot, and so on.

73

Brian, KD6NRP


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 25, 2010 10:13 PM
>To: TopBand <topband at contesting.com>, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
>Subject: Re: Topband: Band coming alive
>
>Hello Jim,
>
>I'm sure I speak for everyone else in this group (with lots more 160 experience than I do) when I say that we would simply love to give whatever encouragement that we possibly can to any newbie making his first steps on 160, whether we like working DX or not.
>
>Right now, I can only listen on 160; my inverted-L has a problem that I'll have to walk through all the weeds and ticks to find. Soon. :-)
>
>How can we help you? Would you like us to listen to your signal? Glad to help however we can.
>
>73,
>
>Mike Waters
>
>www.w0btu.com
>
>--- On Tue, 8/24/10, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
>Subject: Re: Topband: Band coming alive
>To: "TopBand" <topband at contesting.com>
>Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 9:52 PM
>
>On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:41:46 -0500, David Raymond wrote:
>
>>Topband brought a nice surprise this morning here in Iowa with a QSO with 
>>Topband stalwart Bobby, VK3ZL, coming through the QRN with a nice signal.  
>>With the poor sunspot activity lasting this far into the new cycle, maybe 
>>we'll have another good season.  Last season yielded remarkable over the 
>>pole openings here in the Midwest with Zone 17, 18, & 19 being often 
>>workable (sometimes daily) both morning and night.  
>
>I've had a rig on 160M for a week looking for stations with whom I can 
>exchange signal reports on a new antenna. So far, except for about an hour 
>during NAQP SSB Saturday night, the only station I've heard is W7OE calling 
>CQ, and a JA that he couldn't raise. I wouldn't call that alive, I'd call it 
>dead. I made 15 QSOs during NAQP. 
>
>People talk about how they love 160M, but they only want to work DX, they 
>don't want to give encouragement to a newbie making his first steps on the 
>band.  
>
>73, Jim K9YC
>
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