Topband: Very Little CW Activity

[Don Kirk]

Hi Mike,

Sorry to everyone.

Guess that’s what happens when you do e-mail while still in bed hiding
under the sheets
so you don’t wake your wife with the bright screen on your phone.

73,
Don (wd8dsb)

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:42 PM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> This was meant for the RFI list.
>
> On 3/27/2021 4:06 AM, Don Kirk wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > Yes, based on how strong the RFI is on 20 meters, your un-tuned shielded
> > loop should definitely hear the noise on 20 meters (as an example) based
> on
> > my tests even without using an external preamp with your loop.  Your
> > un-tuned shielded loop works just as good as a conventional one of
> similar
> > size and turns on 14 MHz and above, so no need to use anything else for
> > this exercise since the signal is so strong.
> >
> > Remember to use AM mode with wide filter, all noise blankers off, and
> > preamp on if your radio has one, and you should hear that RFI unless the
> > noise is internally generated in the antenna due to a bad joint, bad coax
> > connection, etc.  Start out near your vertical.  Also try the loop (or
> > piece of wire) in place of your vertical as we previously mentioned, etc.
> >
> > Feel free to call me on my cell phone number which I previously provided
> if
> > needed.
> >
> > We are all anxious to find out the root cause of your RFI.
> >
> > (Note: you mentioned just barely hearing it in your shack on 6 meters
> using
> > your loop and it might be hearing it direct or from the open ends of your
> > feed line from your vertical that’s in your shack, or coupling to other
> > metal or wiring nearby etc.  Shorting the open end of your coax is
> > something you can try when using your loop in your shack if your open end
> > of coax sits nearby.  The real test is what you will hear outdoors and in
> > place of your vertical, or using simple piece of wire outdoor in place of
> > your vertical, etc).
> >
> > 73,
> > Don
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:12 PM VE6WZ Steve <ve6wz at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Roger,
> >> Just to add some perspective from Western NA, the 160m conditions have
> >> been absolutely horrible for the last month.
> >> The goe-magnetic activity and AU levels have been so high that the
> >> trans-polar path to Europe has been shut down completely for 5 weeks,
> >> except for one evening.
> >>
> >> Perhaps working into East coast and even mid-west NA from EU has been
> >> possible lately, but any path transiting close to the pole has been shut
> >> down.
> >>
> >> This season up until late January I have worked over 1,400 EU on 160m CW
> >> since August. Usually working 20-30 each evening. I check the band
> almost
> >> every night and watch the RBN. Since late January, the band has been
> >> slammed shut at my northern latitude.
> >>
> >> 73, de steve ve6wz
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  From Babcocks iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 3:05 PM, Roger Kennedy <
> >> roger at wessexproductions.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Quite a lot of us Europeans come on the band each night calling CQ DX .
> >> . .
> >>> but getting very few replies.
> >>>
> >>> According to RBN reports, DX Propagation across the pond seems
> >> reasonable .
> >>> . .
> >>>
> >>> So is it just that there are very few American stations coming on 160
> >> these
> >>> days?
> >>>
> >>> Roger G3YRO
> >>>
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