Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 16
Salvatore Borace
rborace at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 12:36:46 EST 2021
Somebody need use his rx antenna not the websdr, that is strange Andy
DL8LAS with good rx system not have good condition during contest, every
time new miracles on 160m, still wait any good video or audio recorder of
this wonderfull condition.
Il mar 23 feb 2021, 18:01 <topband-request at contesting.com> ha scritto:
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> 1. Re: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 15 (Theo Bemelmans)
> 2. ARRL WW - 160 cndx - mixed bag (W3HKK at roadrunner.com)
> 3. Re: ARRL CW Contest (Richard (Rick) Karlquist)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:22:02 +0100
> From: "Theo Bemelmans" <theo.bemelmans at pandora.be>
> To: <topband at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 218, Issue 15
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> 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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> 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
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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
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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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> 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
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
> >
> > _________________
> > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband
> > Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives:
> > http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
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>
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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
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>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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>
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>
> 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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> L?hetetty: 22. helmikuutata 2021 16:48
> Vastaanottaja: topband at contesting.com; Topband
> Aihe: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
>
> 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
> > _________________
> > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband
> 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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> 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)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:07:40 +0000
> From: W3HKK at roadrunner.com
> To: "'topband at contesting.com'" <topband at contesting.com>
> Subject: Topband: ARRL WW - 160 cndx - mixed bag
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> Fri night from 9:30- midnight was terrific on 160 from the Columbus OH
> area. ( Its always surprising how spotty the openings are, however.
> But the fickle spotlight keeps moving around, thank heavens. ) . Each
> tune of the band found a handful of new ones, at very soslid copy
> levels....worked 82 Euro/carribs before going to 80/40. (I operate
> 160-10m with all wire antennas so its hard to linger on any one band
> too much- but my qso totals for 160 were a higher % of total Q's in
> many years.
>
> BUT on Sunday night, 160 was stinko.
>
> Saw the reports of high solar wind on Fri-Sat-Sun - dausing auroral
> issues on all bands, and cndx on all the other bands were well below
> normal. If anything, 160 Fri night and 20m to JA Sat sunset were the
> prime openings. Qso totals in central OH were 30% lower than the past
> 5 yrs for the arrldx-cw test.
>
> Worked Roger on 160!
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:27:24 -0800
> From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
> To: wa8wzg at wa8wzg.net, Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
> Cc: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
> Message-ID: <ef0b0002-543a-517e-58f2-17bfe5451b1b at karlquist.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> No EU prop to CA at all. I saw G3YRO spotted but heard
> nothing on my new 9 circle RX array.
>
> OTOH, I worked over 30 JA's between 0900Z and 1030Z.
> A fair number were reporting only 100 watts.
> Also worked ZM4T.
>
> I supposedly QSO'ed UZ3DD with the 9 circle
> beaming to Asia. I see that UZ3DD is reported
> as valid by SCP, but in not shown on QRZ. WFWL?
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 2/22/2021 8:16 AM, wa8wzg at wa8wzg.net wrote:
> > 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
> > _________________
> > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband
> Reflector
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:01:11 +0100
> From: Henk Remijn PA5KT <pa5kt at remijn.net>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
> Message-ID: <d8418823-6224-8005-46af-045142e17b7d at remijn.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Roger,
>
> I dont agree with you on the conditions, to me the experience was that
> the conditions were terrible.
> On Saturday morning it was terrible, on Sunday morning it was even worse.
>
> I only worked 104 stations in 28 states, only east coast. That is less
> then I worked during some contests in the past solar maximum.
> In 2010 I had 194 in 48 states.
>
> Lot of people who take part in contest do that because they like to
> contest, not to make regular qso's.
> In most contests the purpose is to work as much stations and
> multipliers. Working as much stations works best on the higher bands.
> Only reason to come on 160 is to work multipliers, and maybe work some
> strong stations.
>
> 73 Henk PA5KT
>
>
>
> Op 22-2-2021 om 12:49 schreef Roger Kennedy:
> > 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 21:51:01 +1100
> From: List Mail <mail10 at barefoothorse.com.au>
> To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
> Subject: Topband: Off air
> Message-ID: <4fd0c6$ds7o at vesa02.kjsl.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I took my top loaded vertical tx antenna down over the weekend, so am off
> air for a while on Top.
>
> I?ve also not seen any mail come in on the List since 18th Feb.
>
> 73, Luke VK3HJ
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:30:33 +1100
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> Subject: Re: Topband: Off air
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> Mail from the reflector has caught up here. There was an issue with my
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> The Top loaded vertical was removed on the weekend, as the Quarter wave
> vertical I am building next to it detuned it. There are two more mast
> sections to bolt up with about 5 m of Al mast to go above that. At a height
> of 28.6 m, it is resonant at 2245 kHz, so according to my calculations, it
> should be resonant on 1825 kHz at around 35 m without top loading.
> Completion will have to wait until next week, as this weekend I will be
> spending four days cycling in the Victorian Alps, so I?m saving my climbing
> legs for that!
> 73, de Luke VK3HJ.
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