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121. Re: Topband: FW: Hi-Z Around Trees (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:28:36 -0600
I have done similar tests with my Hi-Z 8 circle 160m array and agree with Lee's assessment. My test were based on over the air received signal levels on individual elements. (There are more uncontrol
/archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00080.html (13,745 bytes)

122. Re: Topband: zone 2 (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:37:26 -0600
VO2NS will also respond to request for skeds. . . at least he has for me. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS --Original Message-- From: Kenneth Grimm Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 10:26 AM To: Andrzej_SP6AEG Cc:
/archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00104.html (8,358 bytes)

123. Topband: Noise sources in general (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:57:51 -0600
With ever burgeoning sources of manmade noise (various energy efficient lights, switching supplies, computer related hardware, etc.) it would seem the only real way to escape the noise problem is to
/archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00126.html (10,593 bytes)

124. Re: Topband: Noise sources in general (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:14:22 -0600
The reality is it ultimately becomes unsolvable regardless of antenna options. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS When I moved here in rural Belfast Maine, year 1990, I only had three close neighbors. As time has go
/archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00129.html (7,824 bytes)

125. Re: Topband: Noise sources in general (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:09:32 -0600
Hi Bruce. . you must have the luxury of having noise that can be nulled that is not in the direction of the desired DX! That is often not the case. It is not infrequent to have multiple noise sources
/archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00132.html (8,998 bytes)

126. Topband: Improving condx? (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 13:46:18 -0600
Greetings Topbanders. . . I got on the air on TB late last evening about 11:00 p.m. Central Standard Time and had a pleasant surprise. I had been QRV 160 earlier in the evening and found conditions t
/archives//html/Topband/2016-12/msg00131.html (8,010 bytes)

127. Topband: Radio World; Noise Floor; Where do we go from here? (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:18:05 -0600
Greetings topbanders. . .weve had discussions before on the ever increasing noise floor. Looks like were not the only ones paying attention. I live in the country well outside the Des Moines area. In
/archives//html/Topband/2016-12/msg00188.html (7,170 bytes)

128. Re: Topband: 160 power (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:38:50 -0500
Mike. . .I would suggest you work on your receive capability first. There's nothing more obvious (and embarrassing) then to have people calling you that you can't hear. Beefing up your transmit capab
/archives//html/Topband/2017-03/msg00086.html (9,631 bytes)

129. Re: Topband: Ecipse (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:22:08 -0500
A bit north of the path of total eclipse here 30 W of Des Moines. Had QRN from nearby thunderstorms so could not read a change in noise levels on 160m or even 80m. No noticeable change in prop here i
/archives//html/Topband/2017-08/msg00019.html (8,127 bytes)

130. Topband: The band is looking up! (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:47:30 -0500
For us in the northern hemisphere, the band is quieting down and looking up! On Sunday of this week I got the station here back to normal on 160m. During summer months I had been using my alternate a
/archives//html/Topband/2017-09/msg00014.html (7,049 bytes)

131. Re: Topband: TZ4AM (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:59:21 -0500
I had no trouble working Jeff from the very interior of North America. . .Iowa. 73. . . Dave, W0FLS --Original Message-- From: Dan Edward Dba East edwards Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 10:33 AM To:
/archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00062.html (12,831 bytes)

132. Re: Topband: RDF for Transmit 4 Square vs 8 Circle Array (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:38:03 -0500
I've had a full size four square on 160 for about 15 years. I still always put up Beverages. They heard well but usually did not out perform the TX array. That said, they hear "differently" as one mi
/archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00075.html (9,710 bytes)

133. Re: Topband: 3C0L (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:38:30 -0500
They were even good copy out here in Iowa 50 minutes before SS. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS Tim, They were good copy here also one hour before sunset ! I am close to salt water, an inlet just down the hill to
/archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00084.html (8,566 bytes)

134. Re: Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing? (long) (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 05:37:09 -0500
Well said. . .I totally agree. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS Gday As a committed (yeah, thats probably the right word - complete with white jacket that laces up at the back) topbander since 1970, Ive never been
/archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00106.html (13,774 bytes)

135. Re: Topband: Change in 160m conditions (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 19:28:19 -0600
I, too, have noticed a lessening in frequency and intensity of sunrise peaks the past decade. They were so common a decade or so ago that many of us could pretty much count on them. In addition the o
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00053.html (8,434 bytes)

136. Re: Topband: DX Conditions Last Night (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 00:17:36 -0600
Just shut down but conditions were go to EU from here in the US Midwest (Iowa) again this evening. . .but not as good as Saturday evening. 73 . . .Dave, W0FLS Great to hear the band open from Europe
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00024.html (7,437 bytes)

137. Re: Topband: WKYW on 1810kc (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:48:34 -0600
Yes, WKYW, 1490 Khz. They are remarkably loud here at the moment (just after SS). . .about 15-20/S9. And, yes, the signal cuts in and out at short intervals. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS Just heard them ID as
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00081.html (9,443 bytes)

138. Re: Topband: WKYW on 1810kc (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:49:25 -0600
BTW, I'm in EN21, in Iowa. Yes, WKYW, 1490 Khz. They are remarkably loud here at the moment (just after SS). . .about 15-20/S9. And, yes, the signal cuts in and out at short intervals. 73. . .Dave, W
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00082.html (9,913 bytes)

139. Re: Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:36:51 -0600
There have been many mornings (in fact, most mornings) here in the Midwest where there has been little or no sunrise peak. If there is one at all, it is weak. This seems to be consistent with the cur
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00117.html (9,045 bytes)

140. Re: Topband: Band Open - But No Sunrise Peak (score: 1)
Author: <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:30:27 -0600
When I refer to a SR peak in my earlier post, I'm referring to an increase in actual signal levels (with corresponding increase in S/N). 73. . . Dave, W0FLS Wasn't some of the apparent peaking of sig
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00129.html (10,360 bytes)

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