Well I guess this old fart who's memory won't let him copy 35 Wpm and then write it down. seems I can copy every letter but just can't write or type that fast. 20 25 WPM seems ok. Those who like to s
When posting "I got em" Posts, how about telling the time and your general area. K8OT G ED King Saginaw Co. Michigan _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@conte
In addition to k4kyv information I'd like to add that I always keep a couple extra preforms. To use when replacing or even adding insulators. ( If you can get at them that is ) I just put one preform
When I was in the Signal Corps at a relay station located near Livorno Italy, we used two Rohmbics staggered for dual diversity receive, to reduce fade Ed K8OT _______________________________________
Could it be possible for a bad connection some where on the tower mixing the signals? Ed K8OT _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.
First when you overdrive you flat top the CW pulse and make the sides more straight (vertical) you make it closer to a square pulse. A square wave is an infinite number of odd harmonics. when you mix
Topband@contesting.com In the early days of 160 (29-30's) most home radios went up into the Police band on 1700 or so, it was easy to rubber the home radio up into 160 band. then later 160 ops used a
Back in my early days when I had a central Electronics 20A. an old timer in our club (W8CTY) told me to get on 160 just take my 80 mtr inverted vee coax and short out the end of the PL259 together an
Propagation depends on lots of variables. the number of hops, what the conditions are on the first hop from the xmiting station. The xmiting station can have a different number of hops than the recei
What do you do if ur tower has grounded guys except the very top? ED K8OT **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
What you really need is a preselector, they are tunable with a Hi Q tuned circuit. That's what them new fancy new rigs lack, with their broad front ends. I used an old RME preselector back in my novi
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Mike why not make a 160 inverted L and operate it also as a 1/2 wave vertical?? G "ED" King K8OT **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NC
An old timer W8CTY (SK) told me to just screw back the barrel on my 80 mtr inverted vee and short out the PL259 at the xmtr and just plug the tip in being careful not to let the outside touch the gro
For years I have been using Hairpins (not Bobbypins) Smaller but they work fine and much faster than making hold downs from fence wire. ED K8OT **Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists o
Hi Jeff My insulators on my Hytower gave up long ago. I was going to replace them with fiberglass rod, but the insulators just broke around where they bolted to the metal bottom plate, so I Temporall
I had that problem also my 18ht is old and the insulators broke twice in windstorms. After the second time I temporarily guyed it with nylon line. One of these days I'm going to fix it right but now
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The problem has many names 1. splatter 2. key clicks 3 broad signal 4. Hard keying Ahh that is the problem. Hmmm what is hard keying. Well it is when a station is sending a CW Square wave. Now what i
forget Eznec and get an old Radio Amateur handbook from the 60's to eighty's and you can find all you need to know about Long wire, VEE Beams and Rhombic antennas It will tell you the gain and tilt a