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41. Topband: ET3PMW Pictures (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 14:39:26 +0100; Received several pictures from Dale N3BNA which show Paul's QTH inside and outside (including his 160 antenna): http://users.vnet.net/btippett/et3pmw.htm 73, Bill W4ZV; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00011.html (6,344 bytes)
42. Topband: ET3PMW QRV for EU (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:23:06 +0100; Hello All! Paul continues to do well with 19 stations logged last night after 0200! I continue to see some dupes as well as some who I'm sure worked 9F2CW back in 1992. If you already have Ethiopia,; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00015.html (7,049 bytes)
43. Topband: QSP to VP5/K9DX (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:11:05 +0100; Could someone ask John VP5/K9DX to move at least 1 kHz from 1823.5 tonight. He was nearly on ET3PMW last night and Paul's frequency has been published in several bulletins, so I would not like to cha; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00024.html (6,907 bytes)
44. Topband: Beverage Frustrations (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@attbi.com (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>); Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:30:10 +0100; I mount my terminating resistors in a small Radio Shack plastic project box which is attached to a short bamboo pole right at the ground rod at ground level. My antenna wires slopes down to that poin; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00043.html (8,822 bytes)
45. Topband: ET3PMW Final Days (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:32:32 +0100; I received the following from Paul regarding his final 10 days of activity on Topband: Good luck to any still looking for him and thanks to Paul for making a bunch of us very happy! 73, Bill W4ZV; /archives//html/Topband/2002-06/msg00051.html (6,928 bytes)
46. Topband: Power Coupling, Verticals, etc. (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 12:31:13 +0100; FWIW a few facts: 1. BCS (VG ground) TOA 19 degrees, -3db @ 4 and 60 degrees. High angle (90 degrees) down >10 dB from TOA peak (19 deg). Horizontal azimuth slightly stronger (<1 dB) in direction opp; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00020.html (8,146 bytes)
47. Topband: Power Coupling in the USA (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 16:09:16 +0100; Far more significant than power coupling is takeoff angle (TOA) differences between low dipoles and verticals. This is what causes the typical large differences observed of >10 dB depending on path.; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00024.html (9,736 bytes)
48. Topband: Topband Angle changes at sunrise/sunset (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 00:07:39 +0100; apparently change from low to high angles at sunrise...but the same is not usually true for sunset. Bob NM7M sent the following explanation for this: "As for the changes in angle at sunrise, and the; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00026.html (7,628 bytes)
49. Topband: ET3PMW (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 03:20:29 +0100; Hello Topbanders! Many of you remember Paul Wyse who was previously 5Z4FO and 5X4F. He is now QRV on Topband and had a good signal tonight when I worked him at 0237. He will be using 1827.5 and proba; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00036.html (7,334 bytes)
50. Topband: Re: ET3PMW (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 10:49:34 +0100; Hi all...more info from ET3PMW...de W4ZV:; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00039.html (8,343 bytes)
51. Topband: Power Coupling in the USA (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 12:07:59 +0100; Hi Steve! I don't want to get into an anecdote contest with anyone but would just like to factually correct something you wrote. I'll summarize my opinion by simply saying: 1. Vertical antennas are b; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00040.html (9,070 bytes)
52. Topband: March LBM Article on Polarization (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 18:50:43 +0100; Hello All! W1FV's recent reference to K9LA's article in the March 2002 Low Band Monitor caused me to take another look at it. Carl shows azimuthal plots of vertical antenna patterns (with the Earth's; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00045.html (9,424 bytes)
53. Topband: March LBM Article on Polarization (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 22:51:11 +0100; sharp, deep "notches" in the western direction (corrected for the declinations cited above): -12.5 dB for the Gambia (C5) and-10.6 dB for the Cape Verde Islands (D4). How deep are these notches Bob?; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00050.html (7,773 bytes)
54. Topband: A Word to the Wise Re: ET3PMW (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 23:37:12 +0100; I see the last post for Paul on any band today was at 1534 UTC on 17 meters. Given how excited he was about 160, it would not surprise me if he went to bed early and gets up earlier than his usual 02; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00052.html (6,595 bytes)
55. Topband: Power Coupling Summary (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 13:03:33 +0100; ** Bill, Sorry for not responding to your question in a timely manner. NCJ is taking up a bit of my evening time. I took a look at short great circle paths from points along the dip equator spaced ev; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00074.html (11,038 bytes)
56. Topband: A wee bit more on power coupling (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 14:44:13 +0100; would be the antennas of choice in NA and EU, based on the amount of insertion loss for a dipole. It seems reasonable to ask, "-24 dB compared to what?" Or asking the question the other way round, wh; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00080.html (9,385 bytes)
57. Topband: DSP and Digital Filter Effectiveness for (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:40:52 +0100; N1EU has compiled a nice summary for the FT-1000MP here: http://www.albany.net/~bg/Yaesu/MPTips.htm You can see my response there but I agree that sometimes a wide filter (2.0 kHz with filters fully; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00085.html (7,296 bytes)
58. Topband: More on 160 dipoles (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 02:39:42 +0100; Thanks to Bob for that great info. This may answer a question I've wondered about for a long time which is "Why do high dipoles work well on 80 but not on 160?" Here are some quick modeling results f; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00090.html (12,724 bytes)
59. Topband: NE Dipole vs Vertical with Coupling Effects (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:17:34 +0100; Bob supplied coupling loss data for Northeast orientation (below) which I superposed on antenna patterns previously posted. The following agrees fairly well with what I recall observing when I had bo; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00098.html (10,419 bytes)
60. Topband: ARLB028: FCC proposes two new amateur bands! (score: 1): Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett); Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 21:39:38 +0100; Excerpts from ARRL Bulletin regarding the new 136 kHz band. Maybe we'll have to stop calling 160 the Top Band! 73, Bill W4ZV ZCZC AG28 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 28 ARLB028 Newington CT May 10, 2002 T; /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00101.html (8,402 bytes)

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