Topband: Unsubscribing - What? ZL3IX???

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 Greg:  Don't forget the many QSOs you have made, including with folks for whom you were a new country or much-needed multiplier...160 requires patience and dedication, and you know this well.  Bon voyage and best wishes for great success in your relocation endeavors!  Here's to hoping you envision 160M ops from ZS!
 John, W6UQZ (W7RN in Stew Perry contests, etc. in recent years, formerly running 160M from my apartment in Monterey CA - full sized inv L up 60' in a pine tree with 9 full-sized sloping radials)
    On Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:33:24 PM PDT, Gene Smar via Topband <topband at contesting.com> wrote:  
 
 Here, here!  I agree with Fred - don't give up on TopBand, Greg.  My 
station and shunt-fed tower are on a relatively small suburban lot (1/3 
Acre) surrounded by all sorts of hash-generating devices.  My original 
160M antenna was an inverted L with one radial with which I participated 
in the 1999 ARRL 160M CW contest.  I had a blast!

I consider TopBand a challenge because of my real estate limitations.  
But most of us mere mortals have to live with similar antenna limits.  
There are few of us with large Yagis up at 1/4 WL AGL on this band.  
Enjoy uwaves, but please don't abandon 160M.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
Rockville, MD
USA


On 9/17/2021 8:48 PM, fmoeves wrote:
> Greg, Although I have not had the pleasure to work you I really don't like to hear stories like this. Hopefully you can find a way to get on the band. Like they say when there's a will there's a way. A few run QRP on Topband I'm starting to play around with now. When life gives you lemons make lemonade. Anyway 73 and good luck. Fred KB4QZH.
> -------- Original message --------From: Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix at inet.net.nz> Date: 9/17/21  5:57 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Topband Reflector <topband at contesting.com> Subject: Topband: Unsubscribing Hi all,It is with some sadness that I have to tell you that this will be my last post on Topband, after a presence of 24 years, including my activity as ZS5K.My wife and I are relocating back to ZS1 so that she can be with her young family, and we are unlikely to be moving into a property from which Topband operations will be a pleasure. I have had 17 great years enjoying a good station with dedicated Rx antennas, and know that I would be frustrated with 'city lot' type operations.Instead I am in the process of constructing microwave equipment, and have already had my first QSOs on 23 cm and 3 cm. I'm hoping that enjoyment of the weak signal propagation modes on those bands will replace the pleasure I've been fortunate enough to have operating on 160 m.Thank you all for the great QSOs and good luck with your activities on the Gentlemen's Band.73, Greg, ZL3IX, G3ZZI, ex ZS5K_________________Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
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