Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 182, Issue 20

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Today's Topics:

   1. brief opening on topband today (John Randall)
   2. Re: CQ WW SSB Contest (Roger Kennedy)
   3. No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (terry burge)
   4. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Guy Olinger K2AV)
   5. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Hal Dale)
   6. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Lee. KX4TT)
   7. Re: Speaking of Noises... (Jeff Kincaid)
   8. Re: 160m DX Activity Night (VK3HJ)
   9. Re: No DXwatch cluster for two days now? (Guy Olinger K2AV)
  10. Re: brief opening on topband today (John Randall)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Randall <m0els at yahoo.co.uk>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: brief opening on topband today
Message-ID: <605731652.6618180.1519408016536 at mail.yahoo.com>
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This afternoon, I had my flex 3k on 1.850 when I saw a trong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to ne S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi
There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one. 
73John

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:33:55 -0000
From: "Roger Kennedy" <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Cc: "'George Taft'" <w8uvz at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: CQ WW SSB Contest
Message-ID: <FF445BF53C4E400FBB1B5C619D02A4CC at Packard>
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Yes I forgot about the contest George !

Well I will be on, trying to pick out the DX stations on SSB, between all
the strong Europeans !

(at least my new 160m receive loop makes the EU stations weaker, whereas the
DX is as strong or stronger than on my main Antenna)

Hope to work some of you on SSB this weekend

73 Roger G3YRO

  _____  

From: George Taft [mailto:w8uvz at yahoo.com] 
Sent: 23 February 2018 16:55
To: rayn6vr; Kenneth Grimm; Roger Kennedy
Cc: topband
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night

Hi All

Roger, I wouldn't get too excited abt this weekend QRV.  Remember we have
the CQWW160 SSB test!  Doesn't do much for DX, hi.

And Ken, I was listening when you worked UK9AA.   Unfortunately, noisy with
early Spring QRN and a new Indian Casino in my nearby NE path.
Fortunately, I worked Fedor on a quiet nite some time ago.  He apparently
hears very well.

Now if we could get some prop into W8 from the VU and EX actives.  

73  George  W8UVZ

On Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:33 AM, rayn6vr <rayn6vr at gmail.com> wrote:

Ken,Good catch! Heard i u calling uk9aa but never heard him. He's been
spotted a lot but it would take some very special /weird condx for us to
hear him.
Otherwise, checked the band several times but never heard EU last nigjt,
0500 - 0800z, EU SR.
Ray,Near Prescott, AZ

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-------- Original message --------From: Kenneth Grimm <grimm at sbc.edu> Date:
2/22/18  6:03 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: Roger Kennedy
<roger at wessexproductions.co.uk> Cc: topband <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Wednesday 160m DX Activity Night 
Thanks for the QSO Roger.  If it were not for your exhortation to be on the
band on Wednesday evenings, I would have missed a QSO with UK9AA.  That's a
fairly rare one from this side of the pond.

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:48 AM, Roger Kennedy <
roger at wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote:

> Well conditions were strange last night . . .
>
> Generally poor propagation . . . and high background noise here (even on
my
> Rx aerial) - apologies if you were one of the stations I heard calling,
but
> couldn't pull out of the noise.
>
> However, I did manage to work 16 NA stations in the 2 hours I stayed on,
> including across to Texas.
>
> What was more weird was some of my RBN reports from NA stations (which I
> often view when the band's quiet, to check propagation) - several gave me
> over 40dB above the noise, one even +48dB !
>
> Thanks to everyone who came on (inc several EU stations) . . .
>
> I shall be on at the weekend, and certainly next Wednesday again.
>
> 73 Roger G3YRO
>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 10:39:58 -0800 (PST)
From: terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
Message-ID: <1575794660.138639.1519411198730 at connect.xfinity.com>
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Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys.

Terry

KI7M

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:02:36 -0500
From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com>
To: terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net>
Cc: TopBand List <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
Message-ID:
	<CANckpc0XE6a-K+dzOxsFRFkWuKA+G9iD4yHkzNBC1wC6uw=5MQ at mail.gmail.com>
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The RBN reports and filters are gone as well. Usually a break like this
indicates a difficult upgrade, or some problem they haven't figured out
yet, or both. Perhaps Pete has some inside dope?

73, Guy K2AV.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:39 PM, terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net> wrote:

> Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able
> to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I
> hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always
> enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys.
>
>
> Terry
>
> KI7M
>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:21:25 -0500
From: Hal Dale <wb4aeg at zoho.com>
To: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <k2av.guy at gmail.com>
Cc: "terry burge" <ki7m at comcast.net>, "TopBand List"
	<topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
Message-ID: <161c41cebff.dd53819330734.3789984768609811604 at zoho.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Don't know but experiencing same here...Thought it may have been my problem....Hal/WB4AEG

---- On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:02:36 -0500 Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com> wrote ----

The RBN reports and filters are gone as well. Usually a break like this 

indicates a difficult upgrade, or some problem they haven't figured out 

yet, or both. Perhaps Pete has some inside dope? 

73, Guy K2AV. 

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:39 PM, terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net> wrote: 

> Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able 

> to pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I 

> hope it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always 

> enjoy that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys. 

> 

> 

> Terry 

> 

> KI7M 

> 

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:50:52 -0500
From: "Lee. KX4TT" <kx4tt at yahoo.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
Message-ID: <015701d3acdf$a1e6d360$e5b47a20$@yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Looks like DXWatch just came back....................

Lee KX4TT

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of terry
burge
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 13:40 
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?

Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able to
pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope
it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy
that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys.

Terry

KI7M

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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:04:26 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jeff Kincaid <w6jk at sbcglobal.net>
To: Jim Jim <wa3mej at comcast.net>, 	"topband at contesting.com"
	<topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Speaking of Noises...
Message-ID: <1967081572.4983177.1519430666438 at mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Interesting thought, Jim, but you have lost the context.? What I was listening to was Tim's recording.
'JK

    On Friday, February 23, 2018 4:01 PM, Jim Jim <wa3mej at comcast.net> wrote:

  Jeff,? try turning off all of the Cell phones located near your receiver (and maybe in the house)? This sounds like the sound of a Cell phone polling the local tower that I had several years ago? it often drives me nuts because my wife' phone sometimes gets into the receiver as well. 

Jim K3YBN

Message: 4
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:03:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jeff Kincaid <w6jk at sbcglobal.net>
To: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com>, "ws6x.ars at gmail.com"
 <ws6x.ars at gmail.com>
Cc: topBand List <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Speaking of Noises...
Message-ID: <587619042.4047365.1519326183396 at mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

I think I'm hearing two groups of four bursts, with the first burst from the second transmitter coinciding with the last burst from the first transmitter.? Anyone agree?
Jeff W6JK 

??? On Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:51 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:

 Here is a recording (made on 80M a few years ago but sounds substantially
the same on 160M) of what I'm told is the Wallops Island Ionosonde:

http://n3qe.org/wumwum_80M.wav

Here is the waveform showing 4 louder cycles followed by three softer
cycles:

http://n3qe.org/wumwum.png

If you look at the second panel of the waveform, you see a 20Hz
substructure in the pulses.

Even though I'm sitting in once place with a 2.4kHz filter making this
recording, I understand that the actual spectrum occupied is wider and it
cycles through the bands repeating on a several minute cycle.

Tim N3QE 

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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:51:45 +1100
From: "VK3HJ" <vk3hj_luke at barefoothorse.com.au>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160m DX Activity Night
Message-ID: <F17B0BE7EFDC422BAFE7272216CF52AD at LukeNetbook>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
	reply-type=original

This morning around 2000z I worked several European stations. The band 
seemed quite lively today.

Stations were worked from Russia to England and Italy, with others heard 
from the north.

Conditions seemed reasonable again, although it seems that many operators 
are occupied doing other things. The digital sub-band appeared busy.

I will be back on calling CQ again Monday around 2000z, as there is the SSB 
Contest on this weekend. As George mentioned elsewhere, a contest doesn't do 
much for DX!

73,

Luke VK3HJ 

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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:26:13 -0500
From: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com>
To: "Lee. KX4TT" <kx4tt at yahoo.com>
Cc: TopBand List <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
Message-ID:
	<CANckpc1OA9gPJqjkvLh4DV7+WAReqvk7t+LzXmTWNAqHZ6UJGg at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

I'd say that the screen fills from the RBN server have gotten a lot faster.
Maybe some hardware upgrades?

73, g.

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Lee. KX4TT via Topband <
topband at contesting.com> wrote:

> Looks like DXWatch just came back....................
>
>
> Lee KX4TT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of terry
> burge
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 13:40
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: No DXwatch cluster for two days now?
>
> Anyone got any idea what is going on with DXwatch side? Haven't been able
> to
> pull it up for two days and had to shift to DXSummit.fi. Personally, I hope
> it will be back on for this weekends 160M CQ SSB contest. I always enjoy
> that one when I can get on it and bump head with the big boys.
>
>
> Terry
>
> KI7M
>
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:28:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Randall <m0els at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: brief opening on topband today
Message-ID: <1912592540.6935775.1519464481933 at mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

My last email had some Gremlins , so here it is again......
 This afternoon, I had my flex 3k idling on 1.850 (QRO section ) when I saw a strong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to be S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi
There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one, but just goes to show that sometimes these "flash in the pans" do occur. I later learned that there was a 160m contest stating later in the evening and that he was probably tuning up his station and that I was on the right spot at the right time.
ps, this morning 24.02.2018 at 08h17, I worked S51V running 30w ( max pwr limit ) Cannot stop smiling....XYL worried...hi hi

73John -M0ELS (30M east of London )

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    On Saturday, 24 February 2018, 04:06:18 GMT, rayn6vr <rayn6vr at gmail.com> wrote:  

 John,
Sound great! I'd love to work S5 on 160m.
More details please. Where are located, what is you callsign?
Ray,N6VR?

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-------- Original message --------From: John Randall via Topband <topband at contesting.com> Date: 2/23/18 10:46 AM (GMT-07:00) To: topband at contesting.com Subject: Topband: brief opening on topband today 
This afternoon, I had my flex 3k on 1.850 when I saw a trong station a bit lower down on the waterfall display and found it to ne S52AW Karl calling CQ at 16h58z,I answered his call and we had a pleasant ssb qso till he just faded into the noise, the qso lasted about 2 minutes. This coincided with a drop in the K-INDEX, which dropped from 5 to about 2.I also worked RW1F last night just before 22h00z and I am as happy as a pig in mud...hi
There is some hope with my antenna system albeit a small one. 
73John
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