TOPBAND

A band full of surprises !

" Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"  

"This night was a complete waste of time!"

To commemorate a good friend

Peter Bobek     DJ8WL  -  DA0LF

SILENT KEY   26-APR-1999

©  1998-2011       by  'Gus' DJ8QP       refreshed  11-MAY-2011

 

TOPBAND  scores current countries  at  2011-05-11 
160m   worked confirmed missing

CW - one world, one language !  

WAZ 39  39 zone 31 YU1BM:  CW is more than dots and dashes, its music !  
WAS 49  48 KH6 Let your fingers talk!  
DXCC 235 234 still too many Garry NI6T: "160 meters  -  not a band, but an obsession!"   
 
Some of  former TOPBAND antennas.                      > more
 

25m-tower matched for 160 & 80 as vertical. Came down in a storm !

Feed point of the 4 x twowire beverages @ 200m switchable each 45 degrees. Out only in winter!

Former 25m-vertical with 160m linear loading 

 

 

A   3D2DK   &  T20FW    story

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How to  work  the  TOPBAND

courtesy Bill Tippett W4ZV

 

             Click on the  call  for some TOPBAND qsls . . .
9M0C   BV4ME    CP4BT   D68BW   JT1A   K7OX   KC6CW   KH2/K4SXT   KL7XX  N7JW   PY0FF    S92SS
TJ1GB   TL5A   TY8A   V47KP   VE7FPT    VK9CR   VK9XY    W7SE   XX9X   YS1RRD    ZD8VJ

Interesting links for the TOPBANDER

TOPBAND DX-spots   . . .  last 100 spots  by OH2AQ-internetcluster
SFI, A and K-index   . . .  latest informations by OH2AQ-internetcluster
TOPBAND-propagation   . . . high latitude K-indices, predictions and more ...
DK0WCY   . . .  AURORA BEACON
TOPBAND    . . .  a lot about TOPBANDERS by Will K6NDV
Grayline Program   . . .  by PA3CQR, software to calculate sunrise/sunset.
Sunrisecharts
LOW BAND DXING  . . .  ON4UN's book - a must read!
DXing on the Edge  . . .  K1ZM's book about DXing on TOPBAND

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