Topband: Lack of QSO's

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

I hope I won't be invited to leave (or pushed out). I am never going to 
be a top gun on top band. Instead of a 100 acre antenna farm I have a 
100 foot antenna farm. And the 100 feet is shared with a four bedroom 
house and 2 car garage. And about a half mile from an airport runway. I 
have still occasionally made some contacts on top band. I am not even on 
top band at the moment but I have a radio that can get me there with a 
little TLC and it is right next to the work bench NOW. It will fit in my 
new, reduced size ham shack too:)

I am more interested in casual, rag chew QSOs but I would never refuse 
to give contest stations some points or say hello to DX hams. Like some 
of the others here I am not impressed by FT-8. I tried it. I do not 
begrudge those hams who like it and use it. They do not get in my way 
I'm happy enough to see them on the air. Yes..there are few enough 
active hams. Let's keep everybody.

73,

Bill  KU8H




On 2/17/19 12:55 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Hi George,
> 
> 
> Its apparent that times have changed. There's still a large amount
> of topband CW activity, but today's operators are attracted to
> contests and working DXpeditions. Casual mid-week CW
> RTTY and SSB operating is drastically reduced on every band
> but contest activity is still excellent.
> 
> 
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "GEORGE WALLNER" <aa7jv at atlanticbb.net>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:05:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: Lack of QSO's
> 
> The bands may be quiet at times, but last night from C6AGU I had contest
> runs that were more like what you experience on 20 m: 180 - 200 QSO-s per
> hour peaks. No lack of QSO-s here.
> 
> TKS and 73,
> George,
> AA7JV/C6AGU
> 
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