[UK-CONTEST] Topband Contest

[Chris G3SJJ]

Hmm, I know the feeling Colin. I think my 3 year old Vista PC doesn't like the mHam Router. Shortly after midnight the CQ message went squiffy! Test 
G3SJJ G3SJ. I tried re-booting but no change eventaully I switched off and went to bed at 0030! Earlier the mHam router had stopped interfacing with 
the K3 and was sending slow CW. Unplugging the 13.8v supply re-stored it. Darned confuser machines!

73 Chris G3SJJ




On 21/11/2010 11:52, Colin wrote:
> Disaster!
>
> 30 minutes into the session my new shack Windows 7
> minicomputer decided it didn't like the MicroHam USB router
> software and blue-screened, three times!
>
> Back to the old laptop for next weekend unless I find a
> solution in the meantime.
>
> Thanks for the contact Stewart.
>
> 73
>
> Colin, G3PSM
>
>
>
> On 21/11/2010 11:33, Stewart Rolfe wrote:
>> Rob, Roger et al...
>>
>> Having recently bought a couple of Spiderbeam poles and had the nod from the farmer to put them up temporarily in the adjacent field, I thought I'd spend yesterday in the glorious sunshine hanging an inv V doublet off one and venture into top band contesting for the first time.
>>
>> The first couple of hours were very busy but the qrn levels illustrated the need for a dedicated receive antenna! I was clearly getting out to UK and EU but some continental signals were a struggle to copy. In the last hour or so the qrn disappeared but so did the signals, presumably replaced by Ws and other dx for those suitably kitted out; drying paint makes very little noise....
>>
>> BTW, my Rayburn cooker/ch boiler uses a so-called glo coil to ignite the fuel, a heating element so no arcing. Sounds more like a dodgy motor if it's continuing for minutes at a time?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Stewart, GW0ETF
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 21/11/10, Roger Cooke<g3ldi at yahoo.co.uk>   wrote:
>>
>>> From: Roger Cooke<g3ldi at yahoo.co.uk>
>>> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Topband Contest
>>> To: "Rob - G4LMW"<g4lmw at btconnect.com>, "UK Contesting"<uk-contest at contesting.com>
>>> Date: Sunday, 21 November, 2010, 8:48
>>> Hi Rob.
>>>
>>>     Welcome to my top band world!!!  The noise at my
>>> place never goes below S-7 and
>>> if it is damp goes up to around S-9.
>>> If it's raining, do a crossword or something! It then goes
>>> to s-9 plu 10dB.
>>> Last night was good for me, starting at S-7 and ending
>>> at S-9. Makes you feel very embarrassed when you are giving
>>> "599" and then
>>> asking for repeats!   I just read Don,
>>> G3BJ's report
>>> of the "string of Ws including Az" that he worked. Chance
>>> would be a fine thing
>>> here, didn't hear a solitary one W.  Better put up
>>>
>>> the gamma on the tower again I guess for next November.
>>>     After midnight it was a bit like watching paint
>>> dry.
>>>
>>>     Regards from Roger, G3LDI
>>> Swardeston, Norfolk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Rob - G4LMW<g4lmw at btconnect.com>
>>> To: UK Contesting<uk-contest at contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, 21 November, 2010 1:06:05
>>> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Topband Contest
>>>
>>> Slightly OT......
>>>
>>> Apologies to those whom I kept asking for repeats tonight.
>>>
>>> Have had some sort of electrical "arching" QRM for a while
>>> but not ventured onto
>>> 160m for a while.......but found out that it is a killer on
>>> LF!
>>>
>>> The worst thing is that it is intermittent. Could hear
>>> people Q5 between the
>>> periods of QRM.
>>>
>>> We have overhead supply here. I got the electricity board
>>> to replace the span
>>> from the road to my pole which seemed to help, but it is
>>> back again. It doesn't
>>> sound like the arching of a thermostat (besides, does
>>> anyone have one of those
>>> these days??).
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to how I track this nuisance down?
>>>
>>> 73, Rob
>>> G4LMW
>>> http://www.G4LMW.co.uk
>>>
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