Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 15

Mon Feb 22 12:22:02 EST 2021

Hi all,

Long time ago i did post something on here. I agree with Roger about
activity outside the contests !
I was active for just 5 hours spread over Saterday and Sunday morning and
did manage to work 232 stations US/VE. 38 states worked.
Online contest server gives me a nice 6th place worldwide as a SOSB160
HP,which pleases me.
Glad to compete from a normal city lot with some of the biggest contest
stations in Europe.
My antenna is a new ,this winter i build me a 2 el sloper array and it is
playing very well.
The most far west i worked was OR (W7ZI) and some midwest like N0RIM in MO,
also LA,OK etc.

For me conditions were no bad at all, but i can always better hi.

OT4A
Theo

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Today's Topics:

   1. ARRL CW Contest (Roger Kennedy)
   2. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Tim Shoppa)
   3. Re: ARRL CW Contest (David Raymond)
   4. Re: ARRL CW Contest (w5zn at w5zn.org)
   5. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Artek Manuals)
   6. ARRL CW Contest (Roger Kennedy)
   7. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Ilmo Anttil)
   8. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Don Kirk)
   9. Re: ARRL CW Contest (wa8wzg at wa8wzg.net)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:49:25 -0000
From: "Roger Kennedy" <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <7330E990D6054DE7AD5681F06B4A2F06 at Packard>
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Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend. 

I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on Saturday
night . . . 

Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased with.

That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what
saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a
Contest !

Roger G3YRO

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:56:16 -0500
From: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com>
To: Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
Cc: topBand List <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
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	<CAJ_qRvYjU96BeVz401SaBLs+8thijOPWa3vZbfAztc8FbrjMmQ at mail.gmail.com>
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Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to
peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on
80 or something. 80 was great too.

How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger?

Tim N3QE

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy
<roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
wrote:

>
> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
>
> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on 
> Saturday night . . .
>
> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased 
> with.
>
> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but 
> what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there 
> ISN'T a Contest !
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
>
> _________________
> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband 
> Reflector
>

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:43:27 -0600
From: David Raymond <daraymond at iowatelecom.net>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <5d7f83a8-36cf-d895-b469-d273fc14c70b at iowatelecom.net>
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Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful.? I could never
hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call.? Other EU beacons like OK1CF
were just detectable.? Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did
work a JA on 160.?? I still had a good time.

73. . . Dave, W0FLS

On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Yes! Signals from EU were huge on 160 for many hours both nights. I 
> had to peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't 
> accidentally on
> 80 or something. 80 was great too.
>
> How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger?
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy 
> <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
>>
>> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on 
>> Saturday night . . .
>>
>> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really 
>> pleased with.
>>
>> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but 
>> what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when 
>> there ISN'T a Contest !
>>
>> Roger G3YRO
>>
>>
>> _________________
>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband 
>> Reflector
>>
> _________________
> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband 
> Reflector

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:48:04 -0700
From: w5zn at w5zn.org
To: topband at contesting.com, Topband
	<topband-bounces+w5zn=w5zn.org at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <13fc78aab8f7d5b41c9d0d503ee0198b at w5zn.org>
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Same down here in Arkansas Dave. Not gud on 160 at all this past weekend
during the contest. 

73 Joel W5ZN 

On 2021-02-22 07:43, David Raymond wrote:

> Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful.  I could never
hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call.  Other EU beacons like OK1CF
were just detectable.  Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did
work a JA on 160.   I still had a good time.
> 
> 73. . . Dave, W0FLS
> 
> On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Yes! Signals from EU were huge 
> on 160 for many hours both nights. I had to peer at my radio dial a 
> few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on
> 80 or something. 80 was great too.
> 
> How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger?
> 
> Tim N3QE
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy 
> <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
> 
> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on 
> Saturday night . . .
> 
> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased 
> with.
> 
> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but 
> what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there 
> ISN'T a Contest !
> 
> Roger G3YRO
> 
> _________________
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> Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: 
> http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
 _________________
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:49:10 -0500
From: Artek Manuals <Manuals at ArtekManuals.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <f3440805-cbe3-9a6a-1540-b288051c5a18 at ArtekManuals.com>
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in all I spent about 5 hours mostly from 04:30Z to 07:00Z both nights

Signals were generally good . Unusual "spotlight" propagation Friday
Night/Saturday morn. Worked a half dozen S5xxx stations ALL with unusually
loud signals. More than one over S-9 on the BOG. While ALL other EU's were
down as is typical just above my noise floor. One S5xxxx commented that I
too was very loud.

In general things were better on a broader scale the 2nd night here in the
tropics

Did not seem to be the same level of participation as prior year. only
68 Q's in 27 countries this year? vs 98 Q's in 51 countries in 2020.? 
This might reflect the impact of fewer multi ops and dxpeditions this year
due to CV-19 ???

Dave
NR1DX

On 2/22/2021 6:49 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
>
> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on 
> Saturday night . . .
>
> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased
with.
>
> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but 
> what saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there 
> ISN'T a Contest !
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
>
> _________________
> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband 
> Reflector

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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:58:30 -0000
From: "Roger Kennedy" <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <D9BEDC82BC604B30BE06FA67EA1073C1 at Packard>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was Oklahoma .
. . also worked into Georgia and Florida.

But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas,
Colorado, Arizona etc.

It makes me wonder how many QSOs I would have had if the band had been open
further west !

Roger G3YRO

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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:15:23 +0200
From: "Ilmo Anttil" <ilmo.anttila at qualisys.fi>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <000601d70935$ec615f40$c5241dc0$@qualisys.fi>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

Also here in North band was lousy on both nights. I managed to work only a
couple of dozens Qs, all S&P. I did hear only Northern East Coast. All the
indicators K, A, Solar Wind Speed and Proton Density did also show that band
was not Ok for DXing those nights.

73 Ilmo, OH2BO

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Same down here in Arkansas Dave. Not gud on 160 at all this past weekend
during the contest. 

73 Joel W5ZN 

On 2021-02-22 07:43, David Raymond wrote:

> Conditions on 160 from here in the Midwest were dreadful.  I could never
hear Roger, G3YRO, well enough to even call.  Other EU beacons like OK1CF
were just detectable.  Conditions to Asia weren't any better. . .I never did
work a JA on 160.   I still had a good time.
> 
> 73. . . Dave, W0FLS
> 
> On 2/22/2021 7:56 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: Yes! Signals from EU were huge on
160 for many hours both nights. I had to
> peer at my radio dial a few times just to be sure I wasn't accidentally on
> 80 or something. 80 was great too.
> 
> How far west in US/Canada did you work, Roger?
> 
> Tim N3QE
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:49 AM Roger Kennedy
<roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> Well conditions to NA from EU were pretty good over the weekend.
> 
> I came on 160m for a couple of hours on Friday Night, and again on
Saturday
> night . . .
> 
> Managed to work a total of 132 NA stations, which I was really pleased
> with.
> 
> That included lots of people that I had never worked before . . . but what
> saddens me, is why these people don't come on Top Band when there ISN'T a
> Contest !
> 
> Roger G3YRO
> 
> _________________
> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband
> Reflector
> _________________
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Reflector
 _________________
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Reflector
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:16:36 -0500
From: Don Kirk <wd8dsb at gmail.com>
To: Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
Cc: topband <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
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	<CAKtW65fNBhGCJ0SL1avShfmQVWgumY48s_tQ1sn3YBjGYfsf_Q at mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Roger and gang,

I operated W9VW which is a pretty big contest station Saturday morning but
did not get on 160 meters until 0545 UTC, and I commented to my fellow
operators that conditions were about as poor as I have ever encountered on
160 from Indiana into Eu and I was running 1300 watts versus the 100 watts
I typically run from my home station.  I was also having issues with our
other transmitter getting into our 9 circle RX array which did not help..

I did operate some from my home station Sunday morning but started at 0400
UTC and actually put a considerable amount of Eu stations in my log running
my 100 watts, so maybe conditions favored the earlier hours????  Next year
I will definitely try and get on 160 much earlier in the evening if I'm
invited back to W9VW.  I certainly felt embarrassed with my performance.

73,
Don (wd8dsb)

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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:16:37 +0000
From: wa8wzg at wa8wzg.net
To: Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
Message-ID: <e9837ac5d697eaa8007f63e4438a7842 at wa8wzg.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

No Propagation here in AZ either night,,I could hear East Coast stations 
working EU.. BUT could NOT here anything out here..
Even JA's were VERY slim and weak both mornings..
Still FUN!!
Tom
N7GP
Ex WA8WZG

On 2021-02-22 15:58, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> Yes, most contacts were on the East Coast . . . farthest West was 
> Oklahoma .
> . . also worked into Georgia and Florida.
> 
> But didn't even hear any of the big signals I regularly work in Texas,
> Colorado, Arizona etc.
> 
> It makes me wonder how many QSOs I would have had if the band had been 
> open
> further west !
> 
> Roger G3YRO
> 
> 
> 
> _________________
> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband 
> Reflector

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