Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 230, Issue 5

Thu Feb 3 14:50:40 EST 2022

 I made qso with VL2M on 160 m
    On Thursday, February 3, 2022, 09:01:07 PM GMT+4, topband-request at contesting.com <topband-request at contesting.com> wrote:  

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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: UZ2I..... (mw_comercial at wp.pl)
  2. VK opening on 160m  EU last evening (Andree DL8LAS)
  3. In defence of Mario LU8DPM (Phil Hartwell)
  4. V31XX Antenna Check (cqtestk4xs at aol.com)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 20:44:47 +0100
From: <mw_comercial at wp.pl>
To: "uy0zg" <uy0zg at mksat.net>,    "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: UZ2I.....
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There is no other solution for the future than obligatory recordings of the 
whole contest, at least for the first 3 scores.

Both for multi and single op, but I would say - especially for multi.
Like it was in WPX for unassisted.
It's the only way to get rid of this madness.

Here I was QRV only the 1st night, worked 27 states and heard nothing from 
W0,6,7 and only 1 W9 (Wisconsin).
I have 2 phased Beverage arrays for NA, 2 x320m broadside and 2x300m 
end -fire.

73's
Mac SP2XF / SN2M

-----Oryginalna wiadomo??----- 
From: uy0zg
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2022 3:59 PM
To: Topband
Subject: Re: Topband: UZ2I.....

Bill also had a pleasant surprise :

https://www.3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=tnaTznsqqfsc2

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

uy0zg ????? 2022-02-02 15:54:
> Hey
>
> Solving the riddle that Doug VA5DX gave us :
>
> https://www.3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=JKaXzosqqivaK
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> Comments:    [email]    2022-01-30 22:55:10
> The only Europe I worked was a fairly strong UZ2I that called me.
>
> Missed DC, VO VE4,8,9 VY0,1,2
> TS870, Alpha 87 Inverted Vee at 50'
> Thanks for qso's  Dave ka6bim
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> UZ2I - operators of this station with the same level of mental
> development as US1Q
> But the conditions were such that even at 20 kilowatts it was
> impossible to reach Origon.
>
> I have no doubt that mult for them was collected by their friend from
> the USA. I can even guess who...
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 04:39:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: Andree DL8LAS <dl8las at aol.com>
To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: VK opening on 160m  EU last evening
Message-ID: <485502295.5540072.1643863155337 at mail.yahoo.com>
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Hey topbanders,
yesterday evening we had again a nice opening to VK.
Adrian VK2WF had the best signal and I had the time
to work him  and watch his signal.
I compared my NE 180m long beverage with a 68m  BOG also to NE.
If you want you can watch my short video. I switched between this two
receiving antennas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZoUeswIYTk&feature=youtu.be

73 Andy DL8LAS / DR5X

www.dl8las.com
www.swing-company-bigband.de/
www.uni-big-band-kiel.de/

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 15:49:46 +0800
From: Phil Hartwell <vk6gx at yahoo.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: In defence of Mario LU8DPM
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During our southern hemisphere winter, there is a brief opportunity to 
work South America, which being directly over the south pole from VK6, 
is our ultimate challenge on 160m. I spent a couple of years trying to 
give Manuel, LU5OM, zone 29 on 160m, as did Steve, VK6VZ. I heard Manuel 
many times, but we never completed a QSO, due to his high urban noise 
level, despite him trying many different RX antennas. During those 
attempts I did have QSO's with Juan LU6YF and Mario LU8DPM, even though 
signals were extremely weak. Mario is in a very quiet rural location 
with excellent TX and directional RX antennas. Maybe people having 
trouble working him recently, failed, due to him listening in another 
direction, or more likely, he was experiencing very high QRN during the 
southern summer. Even with his RX antennas pointing north towards the 
USA, the Amazon is a terrific QRN generator and probably masks many 
signals. I keep a good eye on lightning tracker programs, for two 
reasons, firstly to know when to isolate my antennas with approaching 
thunderstorms and secondly to see what the thunderstorm activity is like 
in my target areas on 160m. I know QRN can be intense during the 
northern summer in the USA, and why many go QRT for the duration, it is 
too during our summer, but lightning trackers give me a good indication 
of my chances of being heard in areas experiencing severe QRN. So take a 
look at a lightning tracker program, one that is effective in the area 
of interest, it may explain why someone can't hear you, _not_ because 
they are "deaf"! They may also live in an urban area, with a multitude 
of man made QRM to combat. Regarding lightning trackers, all are not 
equal, for instance Blitzortung/Lightning Maps is excellent in EU and N. 
America, also in eastern VK and ZL, and it's near real time, but it's 
absolutely useless in VK6, as it detects very few strikes here. I use 
Farmonline https://farmonlineweather.com.au/satellite/ which uses the 
Weatherzone Pro service, for local lightning tracking, it's not real 
time, images are at least 10 minutes old, but it's the best available here.

73, Phil VK6GX.

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 13:50:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: cqtestk4xs at aol.com
To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: V31XX Antenna Check
Message-ID: <1385353279.4350814.1643896213740 at mail.yahoo.com>
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Thanks to all who responded.? Consensus is the antenna is working as well as can be expected for a wire vertical with 55 radials over average ground.? Not a 4? square or a vertical next to a beach but good enough to work 57 countries in the test.? Now if I only had room for a 800 ft Beverage.? Hi!
73? Bill K4XS/V31XX

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