- 1. Re: Topband: ARRL 160M Contest (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:59:54 -0500
- I'll go along with that. I lasted until 2:30 AM Friday night (and got up at 6:00 AM to catch any possible sunrise openings), but Saturday night I petered out and crashed a little before midnight. I t
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00066.html (9,032 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Need advice (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 21:52:41 -0500
- I have my hamshack computer and four other computers in the house all connected to an 802.11g wireless network and connected to our broadband cable Internet connection. I'm running up to 500 watts on
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00106.html (8,475 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: BC rejection using coax lines/stubs (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:48:41 -0500
- An open quarter-wave stub of coax on the broadcast station frequency tee'd to the feedline should help. Hope this helps. 73, John Bastin K8AJS bastinj@gmail.com ______________________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00267.html (7,162 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Oh Boy (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:42:02 -0500
- That's why I always use CFM, not R. Too easy to confuse R for other meanings. John Bastin K8AJS bastinj@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesti
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00419.html (7,618 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: 160 DX window (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:54:18 -0500
- I've heard a few in this contest, but it hasn't been a major issue. What little DX that seems to be audible there has been workable. Far worse, in my eyes, was in this contest when there was a K1 cal
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00420.html (7,999 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: DX Window (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:05:40 -0500
- Heh, just the opposite here...trying to hear EU through all the NA "big guns" calling CQ across the band. So far here, 51 NA and 21 DX mults...things are more equal than we think...:-) 73, John Basti
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00434.html (7,601 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: Beverage Below Power Lines (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:56:54 -0500
- The "low tension" power lines that run along the back of my property are a "mere" 7000 volts. In the two years that I have lived at this QTH, those lines have come down three times (ice storm, wind,
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00267.html (8,361 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: 3b7c (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:37:04 -0400
- I was hearing him very well here. Apparently a lot of the people calling weren't. That didn't stop them from calling, though. I can imagine how frustrating it must have been to the 3B7C operator. He
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-09/msg00133.html (8,413 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: Recent 160m Antenna Questions (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:12:03 -0500
- This isn't necessary. I have a helically-wound vertical surrounded by 54 radials that started out lying on the ground. Over time, they work down in the grass and most of them aren't even visible any
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-11/msg00226.html (9,271 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: WHAT IS THE BEST (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:43:29 -0500
- I've had excellent luck with the TenTec 238B. When my MT3000A basically fell on its face trying to match some of my 160 meter antenna efforts, I looked around and compared specifications and reviews
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00075.html (7,370 bytes)
- 11. Re: Topband: WHAT IS THE BEST (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 22:46:48 -0500
- That's correct. There's no cord in my 238B. John Bastin, K8AJS bastinj@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00081.html (7,417 bytes)
- 12. Re: Topband: Why not add power class to SP TBDC exchange? (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:42:56 -0500
- But RST, honest or otherwise, isn't part of the SP exchange... 73, John Bastin, K8AJS bastinj@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com htt
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00249.html (9,409 bytes)
- 13. Re: Topband: Radial placement comments (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:41:04 -0400
- You're being far too conservative with the U-shaped pieces of wire. You need to use more of them. My property is on a very slight slope with lots of little humps and ridges in the surface. After I la
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-04/msg00071.html (11,247 bytes)
- 14. Re: Topband: Conditions last night (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:39:22 -0500
- And CQ is now starting CQWW 160 at 2200Z in 2009 "in response to requests from the 160 contesting community." That will be even farther from sunset for you, in January...:-) I must admit, I like the
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00102.html (8,560 bytes)
- 15. Re: Topband: de n7dd (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:37:10 -0500
- I too couldn't the the link to work correctly and instead logged into my PayPal account and entered Axel's e-mail address for the donation. Today I got an e-mail from Axel thanking me for my contribu
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00123.html (6,834 bytes)
- 16. Re: Topband: Boring report - audio edition (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:07:21 -0500
- Not enough to do much good...:-) 73, John K8AJS bastinj@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listi
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00158.html (7,173 bytes)
- 17. Re: Topband: Good tuner for 160 m (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:01:53 -0500
- I've had a 238b for a couple years and it's done a good job in a selection of antennas (and a wide range of impedances) that I've presented it with. I built an external switch box with fixed 1000v ca
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-12/msg00159.html (7,855 bytes)
- 18. Re: Topband: Insulators for enclosure? (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:16:28 -0500
- Those are feedthrough insulators, passes the conductor through the metal case enclosed in an insulating sleeve that separates the feedline from the metal of the case. Hope this helps. 73, John K8AJS
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00007.html (7,252 bytes)
- 19. Re: Topband: 1.99? (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:39:15 -0400
- Here's another "little guy" who would be interested in giving the high end of the band a try. I spend all of my time at 1.835 and down...maybe I'm missing some possibilities higher in the band. I can
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00097.html (7,902 bytes)
- 20. Re: Topband: DK2FF? (score: 1)
- Author: John Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:08:20 -0400
- DK2FF A Jürgen Brockmann; Im Koppelfeld 42; 48612 Horstmar Sorry, couldn't find an e-mail address. 73, -- John K8AJS jbastin@sssnet.com _______________________________________________ Topband mailing
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00089.html (7,413 bytes)
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