Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 99, Issue 1

[Allan Greening]

hi all ,being a new kid on the block, I think 160m is better than wot  I was
told!!
 in 9 months 96 dxcc/72 confirmed, es 34 WAZ WAZ cert #372 30 confirmed

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Today's Topics:

   1. Topband INactivity (Diane and Edward Swynar)
   2. Re: Topband INactivity (Greg - ZL3IX)
   3. Re: Topband INactivity (Wayne Mills)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:38:18 -0500
From: "Diane and Edward Swynar" <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
Subject: Topband: Topband INactivity
To: <topband at contesting.com>
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Good Day All,

Is it just my singular imagination here, or has general activity on
160-meters declined significantly in the past few weeks...?

With the exception of contests, the number of CW stations seems to be hit &
miss, at best, on the band anymore...even my plaintive general CQ calls in
the early morning hours lately have failed to put in the "usual" 3-4
callsigns in my logbook here ("ZERO" responses is the norm of late).

Where is everyone...? Are conditions really all that bad, or has the gang
discovered new radio thrills in some other part of the RF spectrum...?

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ



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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:08:39 +1300
From: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix at inet.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Topband: Topband INactivity
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Hi Eddy,

I would say that activity has been fairly normal, but propagation has
been above average, especially over the CQ 160 SSB test.  My log book
has far more entries in it than for any other year since being in ZL (we
arrived 10 years ago)  Last weekend, John G3XRJ and I even managed an
SSB QSO - the first ever.  Unfortunately prop seems to be pretty much
back to normal now.

73, Greg ZL3IX

On 2011-03-02 02:38, Diane and Edward Swynar wrote:
> Good Day All,
>
> Is it just my singular imagination here, or has general activity on
> 160-meters declined significantly in the past few weeks...?
>
>


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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:19:55 -0700
From: "Wayne Mills" <n7ng at bresnan.net>
Subject: Re: Topband: Topband INactivity
To: <topband at contesting.com>
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-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Greg - ZL3IX
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 10:09 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Topband INactivity

Hi Eddy,

I would say that activity has been fairly normal, but propagation has
been above average, especially over the CQ 160 SSB test.  My log book
has far more entries in it than for any other year since being in ZL (we
arrived 10 years ago)  Last weekend, John G3XRJ and I even managed an
SSB QSO - the first ever.  Unfortunately prop seems to be pretty much
back to normal now.

73, Greg ZL3IX

On 2011-03-02 02:38, Diane and Edward Swynar wrote:
> Good Day All,
>
> Is it just my singular imagination here, or has general activity on
> 160-meters declined significantly in the past few weeks...?
>
>

Activity seems down in the last two nights since the SSB contest. That may
be normal. The first was very noisy, but last night was quiet -- still not
much heard in Wyoming.

Wayne, N7NG
Jackson Hole

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