Topband: Promoting CW Activity.

[GEORGE WALLNER]

Richard,
Thanks for the report, which is much appreciated. I am testing a new 
antenna. Extra "bird friendly" only 38 feet tall. Seems to get out.

TKS and 73,
George

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:23:20 -0500 Richard Thorne  wrote:
>George,
>
>Thanks for the qso on 160 this morning.
>
>We worked twice.  I called the 2nd time as you were very loud, 599+. 
>Conditions were very quiet on the 1/4 wave sloping vertical.  My receive
>array is not on line and there was no need for it.
>
>Rich - N5ZC
>
>On 9/30/2024 2:20 PM, GEORGE WALLNER wrote:
>
>>TopBand is certainly open.From E51D I worked EA8 last night shortly after my SS. Later, fromabout 10:00 Z most NA signals were S6 to S7, including East Coaststations. Felt more like 80 m, but slower. Still, worked around 80stations in 2 hours. It was a good night for TB.
>>George,AA7JV
>>On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:12:46 +0100 "Roger Kennedy"  wrote:
>>>There is an email circulating around Top Band DXers, asking us to try
>>>and
>>>encourage more CW activity . . . so I said I would post on here (as
>>>this is
>>>something I have always tried to do).
>>>
>>>The problem is that if nobody comes on the band and puts out a call,
>>>many
>>>people presume that there is no Propagation. This is made worse if
>>>all you
>>>do is look at the DX Cluster, or look at your Waterfall Display.
>>>
>>>I also know that some people only ever come on the band to work some
>>>rare
>>>Prefix or DX-pedition . . . but that is such a waste of a decent 160m
>>>setup!
>>>
>>>However, there are many of us that get a buzz out of working ANY DX (no
>>>matter how often we may have worked that station before) . . . and DX on
>>>160m is really anything over 3,000 miles away.
>>>
>>>Top Band is certainly now open for DX most nights, certainly for
>>>those of us
>>>in the Northern Hemisphere . . . there 's just so little activity (it
>>>gets
>>>boring just looking at your signal reports on RBN!)
>>>
>>>So come on guys . . . a lot of you put a lot of trouble into having
>>>decent
>>>Tx and Rx aerials for Top Band . . . what's the point in all that
>>>effort if
>>>you never come on the band ?!
>>>
>>>73 Roger G3YRO
>>>
>>>
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