On Jun 28, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Phil wrote:

> Not a great deal of activity during the summer. Although, I am still
> on 1.972 every evening except Saturday 6.30pm onwards, for an hour or
> so. (1730hrs GMT)

Doesn't help me much, it's early afternoon here (1:30 PM) and I'm at
the office...:-)

>
> I wonder if anyone has homebrewed a Helical ready for
> the Topband winter season? I am still having good results with my
> latest Helical & the background noise level is still relatively low.

My helical is lying in the back yard right now, I'll be getting to
work on it to get it ready for the season as soon as I get my quad
back to the top of the tower, and that project's over.

> Not heard much activity from the Hebridean Net on 1.957 so will
> look forward to being able to operate in darkness during the winter
> months.

I *did* manaage to work VY2ZM from here in Ohio last evening on
topband, using my G5RV. The band isn't dead yet.

> Good luck to all who are experimenting with antennas for
> 160m. I would be interested to hear from anyone with any success of
> making a Helical or other antenna for 160m
> Regards,
> Phil. m0vey

Hope to see you on topband this coming season...:-)

73,


John Bastin, K8AJS
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