Topband: Promoting CW Activity.

[GEORGE WALLNER]

Ray,
We may try FT8 tonight starting around 0900 Z (regular F/H on 1836.0).

George


On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:54:29 -0700 Raymond Benny  wrote:
>George, I worked you this morning at 1012z. You were Q5 with QRN  & QSB. Good copy, 569.I'll be waiting for you on 160m FT8 when ever you show up. I need E5/N on 160m FT8 with W7YA. 
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>Ray,N6VR, CWW7YA,  FT8 
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>On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 1:07 PM GEORGE WALLNER <aa7jv at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>>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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