- 1. Re: Topband: Where was everyone last night (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:27:42 -0400
- HI Dick, I wondered the same thing. I could hear a number of stations who were very loud but apparently had difficulty hearing me (I worked KV4FZ after a few calls...thanks Herb). Thanks to those who
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-06/msg00177.html (8,228 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: 80m rotatable dipole load coil questions (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:14:35 +0000
- Ray, There is a lot of interesting info (possibly useful to you) at VE6WZ's website http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/intro.htm In his case, he designed a short boom 2 el 80m yagi, and designed his own coils.
- /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00044.html (11,327 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: 80 meter 4-Square verticals (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:22:32 +0000
- Mike, Is your 80m 4square like the ON4UN with the L pointing towards each other. I was reading his book the other night. Great stuff. 73 Darrell AB2E ________________________________ From: Topband <t
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00077.html (8,887 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Laser Com introducing a breakthrough Top Band antenna at Dayton (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 20:07:13 +0000
- Happy April Fool's Day folks! 73 Darrell AB2E ________________________________ From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Steve Babcock <ve6wz@shaw.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 1:
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00035.html (15,263 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Drone and pulley (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:14:02 +0000
- Hi Mike, FB on the drone to string the line. Best of luck with it. In case the initial 3/16 line is too heavy for the drone, I have a suggestion that might help. I too mostly use 3/16 line for tree a
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00284.html (11,091 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: 30 Ja's worked today on 160 (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:23:40 +0000
- Guy, Good observations and I agree with you. CWops is growing, and overall CW contest activity seems to be up. I would bring up another reason for declining JA participation in general. Their populat
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-01/msg00025.html (10,123 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: CQ 160 Contest (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:08:34 +0000
- Greetings Andy, Can you clarify what frequencies should be avoided so as not to be dq'd? 73 and cu in the contest, Darrell AB2E ________________________________ From: Topband <topband-bounces@contest
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-01/msg00063.html (8,738 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: FT-8 (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 02:31:47 +0000
- Hi all, I agree with Tony K4QE and the others. Need human interaction or it ain't ham radio any more,. Prior to Stephen Hawking's death, he declared the greatest threat to human existence will be AI
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-01/msg00200.html (11,888 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: Ticks (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:42:32 +0000
- Hi Bruce, How about a beekeeper suit? Protects you from whatever you are spraying and keeps the ticks out too. $70 at this site on google. www.beesuitcheap.com Saw industrial agriculture spray drones
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-07/msg00011.html (8,659 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Ticks (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:07:00 +0000
- Hi Bruce, Just remembered that Guinea hens eat thousands of ticks a day quite a delicacy for them evidently. Just Google it. 73 Darrell AB2E ________________________________ From: Topband <topband-bo
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-07/msg00014.html (9,291 bytes)
- 11. Re: Topband: Inverted L in contact with leaves (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:18:57 +0000
- Hi Pete, No effect noticed here for leaves with L wire running over tree. I just reinstalled my 160m Inverted - L on a taller tree (fed 10ft off ground, 80ft vertical , about 52ft horizontal). It's b
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00282.html (10,213 bytes)
- 12. Topband: RFI tripping GFI breaker on 160m (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 02:20:04 +0000
- I trip a GFI breaker sometimes on 160m, usually in a contest 1500W. Never had a problem when GFI outlets were the norm, but I had some electrical work done in an added room and the new code calls for
- /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00162.html (7,284 bytes)
- 13. Re: Topband: FW: The USA-CA Awards (score: 1)
- Author: AB2E Darrell <ab2e@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 02:36:09 +0000
- Jim, You point out what is really an inconsistent CQ rule for USA-CA (not allowing LotW QSOs and requiring paper QSLs). Of course this was the traditional way to submit when the program began and the
- /archives//html/Topband/2023-02/msg00024.html (11,493 bytes)
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