Re: Topband: 160 Meter DXCC CW List - Updated 2 July 2025

Drew - the instructions are on the page: If you would like to have your call here, or country total updated, please contact Nick directly at uy...@mksat.net. Tree On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM Drew Vonada-Smith wrote: > Hi Nick, > > How do I get on that list? 195 here. > >

Topband: Preliminary Results Spring Stew

The preliminary results are now up on the Stew web page: kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT <https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT> They will be updated daily (or more often) as more logs come in. Some scores will go up as more LP and QRP logs that they worked show up. Tree N6TR /

Re: Topband: ok to post for sale items?

f for sale and I don't seem to get many complaints about it. But if it is just something that happens to cover 160 meters, then probably best to use something like QTH.COM Ham Radio Classified Ads - Swap amateur radio HF VHF equipment buy sell trade on line <https://swap.qth.com/> Tree N6

Re: Topband: Low 160m dple - trash or treasure?

om the tower as it was near the front of the property and thus wasn't very high at all. Maybe 20 feet. The end of the dipole was likely held up in some tree that I threw a rope over a limb. I remember working VS6DO with this antenna. I should also mention that sometimes at sunrise - I have f

Re: Topband: DX Conditions

kHz. Many other sounds on this page are in diversity. Back out the filename from the URL. Tree N6TR On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 12/20/2024 1:05 PM, Guy Olinger wrote: > > There is a particular type of "diversity" that I have found particularly >

Re: Topband: AA7JV/MM Contest

Actually - it doesn't matter. The message from the "robot" is just information - the QSO is still in the log and will be handled either with or without something after the 599. Tree N6TR On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 11:57 AM W7TMT - Patrick wrote: > Oh, interesting. I assumed, p

Re: Topband: 3B9/M0CFW on 160

Audio of Eric from 3B9C and my almost QSO: kkn.net/n6tr/160/3b7cQSO.mp3 On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 1:21 PM Eric Scace K3NA wrote: > 3B9C — yes, I was there. But I don’t recall working 160m SSB, just CW. I > did work a couple of long-path QSOs with the wes

Re: Topband: Trans-polar Europe last night

Good report Steve!! I called CQ for an hour before sunrise this morning with no results. I do see that DU7ET was spotted by N7UA a few hours before sunrise. I think I could hear a trace of him at sunrise. Tree N6TR PS: Preliminary results for the PreStew are up On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 10

Re: Topband: Promoting CW Activity.

tting somewhere useful. It also helps warm up the shack on the colder mornings that are starting to ramp up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Tree N6TR PS: The plaques for the December 2023 Stew Perry have been finalized and the listing updated. They are on order earlier than ever before and hopeful

Re: Topband: Tower failure at VE6WZ

Thanks for sharing your story Steve. Scary stuff. So glad you came out of this accident without a serious injury. Looking forward to hearing you on 160 this winter with the new driven element. Tree N6TR On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 7:55 AM VE6WZ_Steve wrote: > Hello fellow DXers.. > &

Re: Topband: Quarter wave sloper ?

tuned section of tower below the feedpoint limiting current flow at the base of the tower). Hopefully - the 40M yagi has the elements connected to the boom. Tree N6TR On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM Gene Smar via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > I don't have a choke on the s

Topband: Summer Stew Perry this weekend

Or as VK6LW likes to call it - the "Winter" Stew Perry is coming up this weekend. It starts at 1500Z on June 15th and runs for 24 hours. Exchange four digit grid squares and get more points for longer distances. Full rules and previous results are here - www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6

Re: Topband: End of Season, Spring Cleaning

K1WHS getting back on topband!!??!! That's great news!! Tree N6TR On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 10:52 AM Jim Brown wrote: > On 5/10/2024 10:27 AM, David Olean wrote: > > At 79+ years I am hopeful that I can re assemble things before I give up > > the ghost. > > Goin

Re: Topband: https://clublog.org/logsearch/CB0ZA

I suspect they have multiple copies of the log in the database. I wouldn't worry about it - as long as the total isn't zero. Tree N6TR On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:55 PM Jeff via Topband wrote: > Update on my last post: > > Checked my log this morning and the same as below. &

Re: Topband: 160 FT8

Agree that this is getting old. "Go back and research the transition from AM to SSB. It’s much the same. " But I do disagree with that statement. You still used your ears with SSB. Tree N6TR On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM Cecil acuff wrote: > FT8 is here to stay….and there w

Re: Topband: Remotes

ns, some people will use it to inflate their country totals - and some won't. Not much is going to change as a result of this thread. 73 Tree N6TR On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 6:05 PM Ken WA8JXM wrote: > I agree with Mark. Can I claim a 5000 mile 2m QSO by remotely operating a > station

Re: Topband: Remotes

"*I'm still stuck in the 1970's with my Drake line.*" Nothing wrong with that. :-) Tree N6TR On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM Charles Morrison < charles.morrison.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > * If you want to "fix it", petition to change DXCC to

Re: Topband: VK/ZLs in the CQWW CW 160?

ning to Europe, which is often more reliable. Tree N6TR On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 6:15 AM Steve Harrison wrote: > Didn't hear any VKs or ZLs during the contest; were any of you on?? > There was a decent opening toward SE Asia Sunday (Monday, your time, I > suppose) morning with

Re: Topband: Using 4 - 6 elevated radials in lieu of 120 buried wires

Actually - I saw the attachment here. Tree On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 8:40 PM Steve Harrison wrote: > Nothing attached because this reflector doesn't attach anything. > > Steve, K0XP > > > > On 1/4/2024 6:57 PM, Radio KH6O wrote: > > Attached is an intere

Re: Topband: Some photos and video from our KH6AQ portable operation in the December Stew Perry TBDC

Great writeup and pictures/video Rob. Your signal the second morning was very strong here. Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 4:37 PM Rob Van Geen wrote: > Dave and I (Rob, NH6V) have been enjoying experimenting with antenna setups > on the east coast of the "Big Island&quo

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

aside - your setup certainly demonstrates your commitment to the band and congratulations on your lifetime achievements. Hope to work you (again) in the Stew Perry this weekend. 73 Tree N6TR On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 7:35 AM Jon Zaimes, AA1K via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: &g

Re: Topband: Inverted-L question

Without getting into the measurements - I think you need to detune the tower if that is going to work at all. Probably put a trap in the bottom 20 feet. Tree N6TR On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 6:27 AM Noel Lopez via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > Here is my 2 cents worth. Fir

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

h low power (like used in the NAQP). The K5KA muiti-ops used an all band vertical for RX for the in band radios. Tree N6TR Tree N6TR On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 10:41 AM Kenny Silverman wrote: > Thanks for all the comments, but knowing what the resulting antenna > pattern seems elusive. &g

Re: Topband: NCC-2 antenna pattern?

nd the settings have enough calibration to produce reproducible and desirable patterns. Obviously using two antennas spaced like 1/8 or 1/4 wavelength apart will help. Tree N6TR On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 5:46 PM Kenny Silverman wrote: > Does the NCC-2 create a predictable antenna pattern? I’m

Re: Topband: Pre-Stew/LBJ in VK6

w stations west of Indiana that got on around their sunrise to give out a few QSOs (or I had already worked the ones that did). One of the other nice QSOs near the end was NL8F who is almost a UA0 for us on Unalaska Island. 73 Tree N6TR On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:27 AM Phil Hartwell via Topband

Re: Topband: Poor Conditions

Here in Oregon - the solar cycle has a huge impact on European propagation. I typically go 4 years or so without hearing a peep from Europe during the maximum. Tree N6TR On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 2:47 PM Roger Kennedy wrote: > > Quote: "We are approaching a solar maxima. Conditions

Re: Topband: Beverage Antennas on Sloping Ground

My E/W Beverate (bi directional - brute force - transformers on each end and two feedlines) has probably a 75 foot drop from one end to the other. Works fine uphill. Tree N6TR On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 11:51 AM Jim Brown wrote: > On 8/2/2023 11:11 AM, Chuck Dietz wrote: > > Am I c

Re: Topband: Stew Perry Topband Challenge

There were a number of USA/European QSOs during the Stew Perry. You can see some of them listed as best DX in the preliminary results: kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT <https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT> 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM Mike Waters wrote: > On Mo

Re: Topband: Stew Perry Topband Challenge

. Great to hear all of the activity. Hope to see everyone in October. 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 6:45 AM Charles Morrison < charles.morrison.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi QRN due to nearby storms. > TF4VQ & DR5X only. > I was QRT by 0215Z. > -Charlie N1RR

Re: Topband: High Impedance RX Antennas

derfully to check feedlines and beverages. I have one beverage that has transformers and feedlines on both ends and I can see the difference between open/short/terminate on the "far end" (which is physically in the shack). 73 Tree N6TR On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 10:11 AM Frank W3LPL wrote: &g

Re: Topband: CQ WW CW 160m Contest 2023

That's a roger contact!! W7DRA will approve of his spotting method. Tree N6TR On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:29 AM uy0zg via Topband wrote: > > Hi > > People started posting videos of the last contest on YouTube: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXviJZcyG_M&ab_c

Re: Topband: CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest

Typically the station used by N2AA goes by W2GD. Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 7:29 PM wrote: > N2AA is the "Loud Is Good Contest Club" so I guess their name is > appropriate:) > > John KK9A > > > Nick UY0ZG wrote: > > The loudest st

Re: Topband: CQWW160: Night 2

hear me. Band was quiet - but very attenuated. Surprised however to work 3W1T right at sunrise and 4F2KWT before that. Heard a few other DU's but they were not hearing me. Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 12:37 PM Jim Brown wrote: > On 1/29/2023 9:25 AM, w3...@roadrunner.c

Re: Topband: spot

f fun talking about this rare opening at noon. I think eventually, he was convinced someone was pulling his chain and he stopped. Tree N6TR On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 6:48 AM STEVE MCDONALD wrote: > Highly unlikely at 1:30 in the afternoon in California. > > > > 160m on 24Nov22 @ 2130Z

Re: Topband: Topband Mailing List Archives

iling List (date) (contesting.com) <http://lists.contesting.com/_topband/2022-12/index.html> Tree N6TR On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 6:15 AM Fred Moeves wrote: > What happened to the Topband Archives the link I have no longer works. > > Thanks > Fred KB4QZH > > _ > Sea

Re: Topband: ARRL 160

Stew Perry. Turn it off and try it. It just might remind you of how operating used to be when you first started radio. 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT PS: I did not invent the Stew Perry contest. It was a collaborative effort that I did my best to stay out of. But after the first running of it - all

Topband: Stew Perry coming in 11 days

t). The current price is $65. The Boring Amateur Radio Club would like to thank Patrick, W7TMT, who is helping with shipping last year's plaques. These should be arriving in the next couple of weeks. 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT t...@kkn.net _ Searchable Archives: http://www.co

Topband: Stew Perry / Low Band Jack results

d before Christmas weekend. 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Stew Perry Results

up. Infor also on the web page under plaques. 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Top Band: Stew Perry Contest

M and perhaps got a "?" out of him, but no QSO. ZF2VE seemed very easy to work. Missed hearing any of the NP2 stations. Tree N6TR / K7RAT On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 12:59 PM VE6WZ_Steve wrote: > A VE6WZ 160m log extract and excel pivot table shows a remarkable > correlation with sol

Topband: Topband - Stew Perry event just 48 hours away

n the band filled with CW signals. The exchange is your four-digit grid square, and you get (and give) more the number of points you get for the QSO increase by its distance. For more information - check out kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.cont

Topband: Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge News

ore of the four events will be determined after the contest this weekend. 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: QRM Eliminator

Hey - nice find Jerry! Nice kit price - but getting the box is probably more convenient for most. I think the J310 is also what was used in the ANC-4. Tree N6TR On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 9:37 AM K4SAV wrote: > This link shows a schematic of this thing. (Assuming it's the same as > t

Topband: QRM Eliminator

l" on someone talking about it on 40M SSB and they seemed to think it worked well. And he had a good point - if you don't like it - you can send it back for a full refund! Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Summer Stew is here this weekend

The Summer Stew Perry 160 meter test is coming up this Saturday/Sunday. Full rules and results from the Spring Stew at www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: RIP W7LR

https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/160/w7lr_cq_15-Mar-2009.mp3 Age 101. _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: What antenna would you build?

ts to it later if you want to mess around with them. They do take some tweaking to get tuned in just right - and also limit the amount of the band you can use (a downside in contests from the West coast where we often get pushed around the band). Tree N6TR On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 4:27 AM Jon Z

Topband: Surprise! Spring Stew is here

Starts in about 19 minutes in fact. 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: ARRL DX 160 Phone - worth a try?

There is some chance you can scare up a CX - but many of the others will required a focused operation. The ARRL DX contest isn't that big of an event for most of the DX out there. Maybe asking K3LR or W3LPL to see what they typically work on 160 might help in this contest might help. Tre

Re: Topband: 8Q7WM Z-22 in VE6

I see we get to go back to full moderation again. Ugh. On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 5:33 PM Wes wrote: > But it's illegal in the United States. And there is a reason it's called > dope. > > Ask Jere Melo, former mayor of Ft. Bragg, CA, what he thinks of the > victimless > crime of outdoor cultivation

Re: Topband: Personal decision

to engage with them where we can. Tree On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:17 AM Tree wrote: > Guys - I need to step in here. > > This is not what ham radio people do. > > The Russian ham that you are pretending to punish is not the person > responsible for what is happening in Ukraine.

Re: Topband: Personal decision

over the years are responsible. I will not tolerate anything less from the members of this list. 73 Tree N6TR On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: > Yup. Me too. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > web server at<http://bet

Topband: Topband FAQ

Welcome to the Topband@contesting.com mailing list! Welcome to the topband mailing list! This list is intended for the exchange of information on 160-related topics ONLY. Our goal is to keep 160 information content high and noise low. Please do not post general topics like equipment wanted/for s

Re: Topband: 1:2 UNUN

1/4 wavelength of 75 / 2 = 37.5 Ohms Will take your 28 ohms very close to 50. On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:47 AM Kenny Silverman wrote: > Thanks Frank. Are these 1/4 wl lines? And are T-connectors OK? > > Regards , Kenny K2KW > > > On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:29 AM, Frank W3LPL > wrote: > > > > Hi K

Topband: Region One stations below 1810 kHz

these are "illegal" contacts - what should be done about them? And if a Region 1 stations modified his log to change the frequency information to make it look legit - is that unsportsmanlike behavior? Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Topband: Stew Perry 160 meter test this weekend

apologize for the delay. Hope to work many of you this weekend in one of the most enjoyable evenings you will have on the Topband. 73 Tree N6TR / K7RAT t...@kkn.net _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Stew Perry Plaques

. 73 Tree N6TR t...@kkn.net K1EP Top Score, Operator < 25 years old K2AV Master of Small Lot, Top Score, < 1/4 acres (1012 sq meters) K2PO Top Score, Single-Op Low-Power Zone 03 K5JR N5IA Memorial #2, Top Score, Single-Op, Daytime operation only (sunrise to sunset) K7CA Top Score, Zone 22 K7

Topband: Stew Perry - Dec 18/19

a good time to make your intentions known. Send t...@kkn.net an email and we will work out the details. The big Stew will take place on Dec 18/19th this year - jumping ahead of XMAS - so is less than 11 days away!! 73 Tree N6TR t...@kkn.net _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesti

Topband: N4AR story

nough and K4GSU ended up in the log on the second night. My first "DX" QSO on topband. RIP Bill. Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Preliminary PreStew / Lowband Jack scores

Try doing a refresh of the page. Looks okay here. Tree On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:22 AM David Olean wrote: > It looks like the Summer Stew scores duplicated. (?) OOPS! > > Dave K1WHS > > On 10/29/2021 11:37 AM, Tree wrote: > > Sorry for the delay with this - but the preli

Topband: Preliminary PreStew / Lowband Jack scores

Sorry for the delay with this - but the preliminary scores for the recent Stew Perry are now posted. www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Pre-Stew coming this weekend

The 160 meter Pre-Stew event occurs this weekend starting at 1500Z on Oct 23rd for 24 hours. Exchange your grid square. Rules and results and other info here: www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: VE6WZ loud as local today

OK1CF was coming in pretty good here - but could not hear me. First EU heard for me this season. Tree N6TR/7 On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 9:14 PM Andree DL8LAS via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > Nice signal from Steve VE6WZ todaybut not much activity from NA.. > https:

Re: Topband: TopBand DownUnder

into play. > > Tree will remember. Long live the old NTS. > > 73 - Mark N5OT > > > On 9/14/2021 5:21 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: > > I've not heard the term "accordian" applied, but the Tornado Tuner > > expands and compresses a coil inside some pvc pipe t

Topband: Summer Stew Scores

Sorry for the delay in posting scores. The results for the Summer Stew are now available. www.kkn.net/stew Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Summer Stew Perry

The Summer Stew will start in about 48 hours (1500Z Saturday) and run for 24 hours. Get on CW and exchange grid squares! Rules and results - Stew Perry TBDC Home (kkn.net) <https://www.kkn.net/stew/> 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_t

Topband: Summer Stew Perry (160 meter)

The Summer Stew is coming in 10 days!! (June 19 & 20) Rules and results are here - http://www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Hygain hytower on 160

horizontal wire that worked very well for him (he has since moved to Montana). Tree N6TR On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 3:12 AM Rob Atkinson wrote: > No personal experience but I've heard repeatedly over the years that > the inverted L kit works way better than the loading coil. This makes > se

Re: Topband: W1BB

that was where most of us could run the highest power. Describing the band as 150 meters is certainly more accurate than calling it 160 meters. Just curious if the band was commonly referred to as 150 meters back then? Perhaps it was like the 3.5 MHz band which has two names. Tree N6TR On Sun,

Topband: Spring Stew Perry 160 meter event

long. Full rules and previous results can be found here: http://www.kkn.net/stew There is now a plaque for the best combined score from the 2021 events - but you must enter all events to be eligible. Don't miss this and be sorry later. 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives:

Topband: Ahem!!!

Why is it that this has to turn into an FT8 debate AGAIN??? This is not a productive use of this channel. Some people like FT8, some people don't. To each their own. This is not the channel to discuss that. OK1RR - this means you. Tree _ Searchable Archives:

Re: Topband: CQ ssb contest

frequency, but struggled to get any kind of rate and turned off the radio after 21 QSOs. Seemed like the other west coast stations were down the band fighting it out with the East Coast QRM. I'll be back on later tonight and try again. I re-tuned my antenna for the "156 meter band&qu

Re: Topband: CQWW 160

up in a public forum. If you are concerned about a specific QSO, you can send a note to the manager of the contest (N2NT) expressing your concern, and we will take a look at it during the log checking process. Thanks. 73 Tree N6TR On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:21 PM Per Eklund wrote: > 93 S

Topband: Next Stew Perry Dates

previous results at http://www.kkn.net/stew 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Important Alert

When in doubt - if you see a message that has nothing to do with topband - delete it and move on. Tree On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 11:29 AM Lee STRAHAN wrote: > No its not a valid message. Note the extra underscore in the .com/_ of the > URL. > DO NOT CLICK anything on that message. >

Topband: That important alert message

It seems someone spoofed my email address to get it through. At any rate - that message makes no sense in the context of the purpose of this list and it should be ignored. I did not send it. Tree _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: CQ160M contest last year and this year

Do not worry Fred - there will be plenty of European Stations calling CQ during the CQ 160 contest. If ALL of the European stations started calling CQ at once - there would be no QSOs taking place across the Atlantic due to the severe QRM. 73 Tree N6TR On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:01 AM Fred

Re: Topband: Return Loss Question?

SWR if that makes it make more sense. Tree N6TR On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 12:01 PM Salvatore ["Ted"] K2QMF wrote: > Hello All, > At the risk of asking a dumb question, > What is return loss and what is considered acceptable Return Loss on an > antenna?? > Inquiring Min

Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.

Yes. On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:54 AM Richard (Rick) Karlquist < rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2020 8:11 AM, Tree wrote: > > Okay - let's end this discussion now. > > > > US1Q has entered the Stew as a check log - he is not eligible for awards

Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.

Okay - let's end this discussion now. US1Q has entered the Stew as a check log - he is not eligible for awards. It is unsportsmanlike to use a remove receiver to help stations get more points. Also - please note US1Q was disqualified in the 2020 CQ 160 CW contest. 73 Tree N6TR On Mon, D

Re: Topband: Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge News

All - if you page down below the scores - you will find all of the excellent soapbox comments that were submitted. 2019 Stew Perry Results (kkn.net) <https://www.kkn.net/stew/2019_Stew.htm> Tree On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:34 AM Henk Remijn PA5KT via Topband < topband@contesting.c

Topband: Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge News

ys for the next Big Stew!! Hope the good conditions hang on for another week. More info at http://www.kkn.net/stew Tree N6TR/7 Manning, OR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Not so boring report

34 Europeans in my log - including many first time callsigns. This is the best morning opening I have experienced this "cycle" of sunspot minimum. Tree N6TR/7 Manning, OR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: West Coast QRM on 1836 kHz

described, and then started taking steps to fix it. I guess those steps were sufficient to make it undetectable at least here. This was original heard across all of the Western USA states (Montana down to Arizona). So - one less weird signal on my spectrum display. Tree N6TR PS: See you in the

Topband: Stew Perry Plaques

Greetings to Contesters all around the world, The Boring Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce yet another epic edition of The Stew. The winter running of The Big Stew will start at 1500Z on Dec. 26, 2020 and end 23 hours and 59 minutes later. Please transport yourself via computer to

Topband: Spur on 1835 in Oregon

All - I have nailed down the source of this - it's a spur generated by an AM BCB on 1600 AM in Eugene, OR. The spur started right up as they changed their configuration from daytime to nighttime. I am working with the engineer to get it resolved. No need for more SWL reports. Thanks.

Topband: Interference on 1835 kHz - Oregon

anyone can give me their opinion of the direction from other Oregon QTHs - that would be very useful. I am trying to contact an engineer to work the problem. 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Morning openings to EU

least 3 EU each morning for three mornings now. The opening seems to be best about an hour before sunrise (which is typical). As we get closer to the dead of winter - perhaps this opening will improve. 73 Tree N6TR/7 Manning, Oregon _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com

Topband: Stew Perry / LowBand Jack News

good time to circle the weekend after Christmas on the calendar for the next running of the Stew Perry. The contest starts at 1500Z on December 26th. Full rules can be found here - https://www.kkn.net/stew/stew_rules.html 73 Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http

Topband: Please avoid this mistake

All - I have some bad news to share. I found a tree that had fallen across one of my beverages and I decided to use the chainsaw to free the wire. The trunk of the tree was about 4 inches in diameter where the wire was. When I freed about 18 inches by cutting on each side of the wire, that

Topband: Stew Perry from K7RAT

. Nice to add about a dozen JAs. Tree N6TR / K7RAT Manning, OR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Topband Distance Challenge (Stew Perry / LowBandJack)

the top QRP score. Conditions seem very good right now on Topband with QSOs being made all over the world. The next Stew Perry (aka LowBandJack) will be in eight days, on October 17th. Hope to work you then. Results and rules and other info - www.kkn.net/stew. Tree N6TR

Topband: Some hints and kinks for making QSOs with QSB

wait and the person will repeat their callsign. One of the worst situations to try and avoid is only having a partial callsign, then sending an RST and the other station doesn't understand that you need their call sign again. If you hold off sending the RST - they will keep se

Re: Topband: Beverages and VK

he TX antenna. At a previous QTH - I would sometimes find a low dipole buried in a small ravine was my best RX antenna. Another indicator that a high angle was a play. Tree N6TR On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 8:09 AM Ignacy Misztal wrote: > Lately when I worked a VK on 160m, the transmit antenna anten

Re: Topband: VK Report

VK3HJ checked in with a 589 signal this morning - band very good just before sunrise. Tree N6TR/7 Manning, OR On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 8:23 PM Mail 10 wrote: > Sorry Tim, et al. > > de VK3HJ > > On 15/09/2020 1:04 pm, Tim Duffy wrote: > > Hello Luke, > > > >

Topband: Boring report - N6TR/7

d is alive!! Tree N6TR Manning, OR (not so Boring) _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: Conditions this AM

k Ron, VK3IO and Dennis, ZL1AZ. Dennis was worked well after SR with the best signal I had heard from him so far this summer. Hopefully - this is a good sign of things to come during the changing conditions on topband. 73 Tree N6TR Manning, OR - CN85 _ Searchable Archives:

Re: Topband: Windows 10 Update heads up

All - the windows 10 update thread is not what people are looking for on this reflector. Thanks. The Management On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 12:53 PM fmoeves wrote: > > It's funny/strange for me. Every time I read watch out for Windows updates > I have no problem. But when I hear nothing or I read

Topband: Boring report

basically final. You can look them over here - https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT Congrats to K1KI, who just edged out K2AV for the top spot. Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Topband: EZNEC model of gamma matched tower

Anyone have an EZNEC model of a gamma matched tower for 160 (or 80 meters) they are willing to share? I put a bigger antenna on top of my tower and would like to take some of the guesswork out of fixing the SWR. Thanks. Tree N6TR _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com

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