Topband: Not so Boring report

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I used to work EU on 6-10M crossband in those days since very few had 
authorization. Ireland was one that did and quite a few were on.

My rig was a HB 6AG7, 6V6, 829B crystal controlled with PP 6L6 modulators 
into an ARRL HB 4 el yagi just above the 3el HB 10M which was above a HB 15M 
at about 20' high. 6BQ7, 6J6 converter to a 20M IF was also HB.

On 10M it was a Viking I, HQ-129X. I lived out on LI, NY back then, in 
Nassau County.

Fun days about 8 years before I met Stu Perry when I was at National and he 
convinced me to try 160 after Id moved to 8 acres in NH.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net>
To: <n2ic at arrl.net>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Not so Boring report


> Alas, will I never see the likes of 1957-58 ever again for working EU on 
> 6M
> using an "end-fed" window screen for an antenna?  On the other hand, now
> that I have a couple really good trees to support 160m TX antenna, maybe I
> don't care.  So conflicted...
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/08/2012 12:52 PM, Tree wrote:
>>
>>>  It's very unusual to work the morning opening during
>>> a sunspot maximum.
>>>
>>
>> A solar flux of 97 is not what I would call a solar maximum. More like a
>> bump in the new Mayan Minimum. Who knows what will happen on December 21 
>> :)
>> . Don't forget that in previous sunspot maximum's, we would go 3 or more
>> years when the flux would never fall below 100 for even a day.
>>
>> This is good news for topbands enthusiasts, unless the Mayan prophecy....
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>>
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