Topband: Working Europe

[James Rodenkirch]

I'll attempt to get on more often in the mornings, Mike.

A couple of weeks back I was on top band cw  every morning for a week...never heard anyone on CW calling CQ or answering me...summer time blues were in full force...hi hi

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From: mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 8:45 AM
To: James Rodenkirch
Cc: Top Band Contesting
Subject: Re: Topband: Working Europe

I totally agree with Jim. We should use the band and not limit our QSo's to contesting or hunting DX.

One of my goals in to work WAS QRP. When I have the time (and willpower) I get up around dawn to operate 160. I usually hear domestic stations calling DX.

If they don't have any success I call them running QRP. Sometimes it results in a nice ragchew. We discuss DX, or the lack of it and our antennas.

Get on the air.

Mike N2MS
----- Original Message -----
From: James Rodenkirch <Rodenkirch_LLC at msn.com>
To: Top Band Contesting <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 23:22:43 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Working Europe

Mike: I would posit we - the "top band community" - need to promote increased operations ---------- fuggedabout "decent rx antennas" --- just get more hams operating on top band:

- emphasize the Maunder minimum
- emphasize the rise of efficiency of small lot antennas, as a resulting "benefit"
- emphasize the benefits of a new low band rcv arrays

It's about encouraging hams to explore top band, as the "minimums" descend on us.....not, necessarily, encouraging "ultimate stations" --- i.e., get 'em on the band......

71.5/72 de Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV

Guy said:

>There is the issue of when people are actually listening on 160. *Sounds*
dead because no one is there.

...AND THEN there is the issue of when people *can* actually listen; by
that I mean, they have a decent rx antenna at their disposal.

I've noticed quite a few locals (W1) with increasing interest in 160. The
low-space rx antenna options out there are attracting interest. This is
good. Bring on the minimum.

Mike N1TA
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