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121. Topband: 160M Contest (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:35:57 -0500; Good luck tonight & most of all, have fun! 73, Gary KA1J -- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband R; /archives//html/Topband/2013-12/msg00050.html (6,927 bytes)
122. Re: Topband: DX Window (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 08:53:58 -0500; I take it as that window is for DX stations to be heard without having to compete with the wall of sound coming from the states. I had a terrible time pulling some EU & AF stations when they were bei; /archives//html/Topband/2013-12/msg00080.html (10,210 bytes)
123. Re: Topband: 160 Test Aurora (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:23:44 -0500; I did fairly well all considering I had set the alarm for 5AM EST Saturday to get any gray line contacts and vaguely remember hitting unsuccessfully the the snooze button & instead turned off the ala; /archives//html/Topband/2013-12/msg00104.html (9,032 bytes)
124. Topband: any Surplus NCC-1 controllers out there? (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:27:54 -0500; I'm looking for a DXE NCC-1 and if anyone has one they find is not sufficiently useful and wants to sell it, please contact me directly. As you may recall from earlier posts, I have an ongoing diffic; /archives//html/Topband/2013-12/msg00205.html (7,681 bytes)
125. Topband: Stew Perry (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:42:48 -0500; Had fun with this one. Didn't break (or come near to breaking) any top of the pile awards but the band conditions were decent from CT. I could work most everyone I heard but hearing faint signals is; /archives//html/Topband/2013-12/msg00271.html (7,155 bytes)
126. Topband: Speking of Hardline (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:25:37 -0500; I've asked the local cable installers if they have any extra hardline & no cigar. I need around 400' of it so Andrews is out of the question. I'd like the 50 ohm line but will probably have to settle; /archives//html/Topband/2014-01/msg00358.html (7,395 bytes)
127. Re: Topband: oil-submerged variables (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:33:42 -0500; I might have some big micas that would work. What value would you need? Gary KA1J -- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com __; /archives//html/Topband/2014-01/msg00361.html (8,040 bytes)
128. Re: Topband: Short receiving verticals question (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:42:57 -0500; A possible answer might be here: http://www.legupenterprises.com/ They sell predator urine which discourages animals from going near the smell. My YL uses it to keep the squirrels out of her flowers; /archives//html/Topband/2014-01/msg00364.html (8,942 bytes)
129. Re: Topband: Speaking of Hardline (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:31:36 -0500; Thanks for the on & off list suggestions, some I never though of and I'm going to give them a try. I used to have 300' of what was new Andrews hardline but thanks to the big D, not any more. Sure wou; /archives//html/Topband/2014-01/msg00378.html (7,575 bytes)
130. Re: Topband: FT5ZM (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:41:27 -0500; Fingers crossed it wasn't a slim I worked. The signals were in & out but for 4-5 minutes I could hear them clearly. Time'll tell. If I did get him it was greatly because the kiddies weren't playing s; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00035.html (8,162 bytes)
131. Re: Topband: FT5ZM (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:18:14 -0500; Rats, back in the chase, must have been a slim. Just checked clublogs FT5ZM log and the 160M Q didn't show up but my 17M contact an hour & a half later did. I know I heard them come back to me so it; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00045.html (9,131 bytes)
132. Re: Topband: FT5ZM (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:02:06 -0500; Yes, anything is possible. I got a couple of emails last night from guys saying they heard the Q but between those bastard jammers & QSB on a really faint signal, I am not 100% I heard a TU in return; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00047.html (11,081 bytes)
133. Re: Topband: FT5ZM (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:33:22 -0500; Well, it's academic for tonight because the only signals on frequency I've heard all night were the buzzards throwing out carriers & the occasional dits so to let us know they're there, waiting. Band; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00049.html (11,271 bytes)
134. Re: Topband: DX Summit connection problems (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:54:01 -0500; I use Logic9 for my logging program. DX Summit is one of the default options within it & it logs into it automatically if selected, DXScape is the other web based site that is available by default. I; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00121.html (10,326 bytes)
135. Re: Topband: Hi-Z Antennas Two Element Array Systems 2-LV2-5 (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:12:23 -0500; I have the triangular array and the antennas are the same. No, you don't need radials with these. My elements are about 20' tall and the preamp mounted to the antenna itself is attached to a ground r; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00137.html (8,202 bytes)
136. Re: Topband: Power stayed on! (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:31:12 -0500; Genuinely sorry to hear of the unfortunate damage this storm has done to some of us. It takes so much effort to put things together in a way that we're happy with and mother nature can undo it in a h; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00196.html (8,060 bytes)
137. Topband: Coax issues (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:14:38 -0500; Something happened tonight with the coax and now the SWR is very high on all bands. The Coax is 350' of RG213/U, it runs under the leaves & is buried under the snow. It terminates into the remote swi; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00325.html (8,094 bytes)
138. Re: Topband: Coax issues (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:25:37 -0500; Thank you all for the replies, I didn't know the 259B will do this. I'm off to remove the antenna from the coax and will come back in try and follow the directions in the manual I downloaded. I bough; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00330.html (8,463 bytes)
139. Re: Topband: Coax issues (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:05:05 -0500; Resolution: Eat more rabbit. Thanks again for the pointer to the 259B being an answer. I now see it will do more than I knew, I didn't know about the advanced mode. So... Last night I disconnected th; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00336.html (10,238 bytes)
140. Re: Topband: Coax issues (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:38:50 -0500; Little bastids... They don't know I'm an omnivore. The double female was fine, it was either in the 259 or right after, close enough that the connector smelled. No idea where it was made, I have a lo; /archives//html/Topband/2014-02/msg00340.html (12,597 bytes)

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