In case of Hamvention, it is question of group of people who organize it, call the shots and the accommodation of the facilities - Hara Arena. There is the tradition also. Would the Hamvention team c
Beam?, what beam? Jeez I'd kill for any sort of the above. Wires and verticals don't win contests that's for sure, but that's what the other half use. They are character forming-allegedly! Happy New
In a message dated 1/1/2005 4:52:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, kc1f@adelphia.net writes: I'm assuming you're referring to the OH expedition to PJ9W in 1990 SSB ?. They did 51.3M. I looked back 3 years
Sorry, I didn't want to get war started about records, Nokia, contest expeditions, just wanted to use 6Y2A operation as an eye opener example (to me anyway). Just to bring to attention that verticals
Happy New Year! I have updated CQ WW 160 m CW and SSB records (ARRL DX and CQ WW to come) please check them out at http://members.aol.com/k3bu/W160Records.htm if any omissions or errors please let me
properly used (on salty beaches). It's deja vu all over again...didn't we have this conversation once before (see post from 21 March below). More refined modeling shows the small 3-stack has peak gai
I wonder if the stacked yagis were also on the beach? When you are talking about a 4el.4sq. that means 16 verticals? 73 Peter W4ZV is inland NC and has nice QTH. 4sq is 4 elements, not four 4sq. They
Happy New Year Top Banders I updated ARRL 160m Contest records, please check them out at http://members.aol.com/k3bu/ARRL160Records.htm CQ WW to be done yet. 73 Yuri, K3BU.us ________________________
Before using coils, it is more beneficial just to bend the ends of the Inv Vee legs, or zig-zag them to fit the space. Yuri, K3BU.us _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
In a message dated 1/2/2005 4:55:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, btippett@alum.mit.edu writes: "Just the facts ma'am". You claimed Low Power in the 2000 CQ WW SSB but High Power in the 2000 CQ WW CW, no
beat a 10m 4square over salt water. Actually, 10m was the only band that TI1C beat 6Y2A on. On all the other bands, we easily beat them, and they were using some very large arrays on all other bands.
operate from my apartment in Cartagena, Colombia. It was at about 185' overlooking the Caribbean and the performance quite frankly sucked! This year I'll be putting a tower on top of the building wit
Gain Summary (NEC-2, HFTA, YO7, etc.): 1. Single 4-square over salt water = 10.2 dBi 2. Four phased 4-squares over salt water = ~16 dBi (I suggested this option just to show what kind of vertical arr
over rocky soil in central Texas and out perform towers with Yagis at the same location. Yes verticals in a salt water marsh work wonderfully, but that does not lead to a conclusion that a vertical o
one has answered to my Low Power question. << Each sponsor defines their own rules. In the interest of some convention and uniformity, the reasonable power levels should be high - 1500W, low 100W, QR
Howdy top banders and fans, finally the top band records for the popular contest are updated, new categories added to reflect increased activity. Check it out and go for it, sunspots are declining, c
reasonable sized band, such as 15, 20, or 40, used in a contest, alongside an appropriately scaled set of phased verticals in essentially the same location, operated by multi-ops going at it full bor
operators and equipment is going to win. It's a game, and you can stack the odds (no pun intended), but you still can't predict the outcome with certainty!<< As usual with postings, they tend to drif
'still crazy after all these years' Very well put, needs no comments, keep it up Jim! Nice to see some "youngsters" creeping up on OF :-) Go Jose, Al, ... .-.-. 73 Yuri, K3BU.us _____________________
Speaking of callsings, if I was going to Haiti I would ask for HH5HH :-) E is not all that bad when paired, I found N2EE to be OK, dit - dit is kind of familiar, sticks in the memory, nice and short.