Oh PLEASE let's leave all of the PC BS OFF of this Reflector, & just have a bit of fun, OK...?! ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage. ____________
I agree, John--there's nothing at all wrong with a fine whiskey, anyway...! If that's not some PC kop's "thing", then he / she should mentally superimpose the words "...re-constituted septic sludge"
Hi Gary, Try getting your weight over the limb with a good fishing rod reel combination. I use a Zebco-brand spin-cast reel here myself, & the longest pole I can find... To help find the landing spot
Hi Herb, If you ever get the chance, read that biography that was written about W6AM a coupla years back: most interesting stuff! Don was on the "...leading edge" of a LOT of Ham radio frontiers back
Hi Bob, It's a very good book, bar none, but Vic's insistence upon running a ground-mounted parallel ground wire beneath the Beverage antenna itself runs counter to the theory that a poorly conductin
Hi Guys, While I most certainly agree with what others such as Tom (W8JI) might offer here as to the value of TRUE "A" vs. "B" comparisons when it comes to how effective an antenna may be, I won't le
Hi Greg, I don't believe that Jack even uses e-mail... When I contacted him about a year ago, I telephoned him directly, using a number that another "VE1" provided me with... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE
Hi Guys, I applied "Vaseline" petroleum jelly onto the coax connectors of my inverted "L" antennas at the end of each October, and re-opened same in April, to allow me to stow away the feeders for th
Hi Mike, I am FAR from being ANY sort of a "computer friendly" kind of a guy, believe me...! But I have found "SD"--by EI5DI--to be THE easiest computer logging programme to use: http://www.ei5di.com
Hi Bill, I'm like you: try as I might (and I really & truly did try, too--ONCE!), I simply can NOT "marry" a computer with my Ham shack here. I use "SD" strictly for post-contest Cabrillo log generat
It's always refreshing to tune the window & hear the odd DX station, or two, residing therein, & working many of the "...less-than-KW" domestic stations... A welcome change from the usual hurly-burly
Hi Guys, Well, the truth be known, I haven't uttered so much as a single peep on Topband at all this season: the dual knee replacements of last July here have left me in constant pain in both legs, &
Hi All, I must admit that I've been only half-paying attention to the on-going discussions of ground radials here, but I do submit herewith--for your information & enlightenment--that VERY excellent
Hi Herb, I gave up on the DX Summit YEARS ago... Suddenly I couldn't post spots, & simply gave-up trying to find help. Found refuge in this site, however: http://www.sk6aw.net/cluster/ Maybe you will
Hi Guys, "Welcome to MY world..." The freezing rain storm that we had earlier this winter completely devastated my wire antenna farm, by virtue of the heavy ice literally BREAKING supporting trees...
You can NEVER EVER properly prepare for what hit us here, Carl--NEVER. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Hi Guys, It's comments like yours, Herb, that make me somewhat glad that Mother Nature effectively robbed me of any Topband activities here this year... I detected a decline in conditions for at leas
Hi Ed, Bob's column in TCA was one that I especially looked forward to reading each & every month. On occasion he would borrow from captions taken off of this reflector, thus giving us Topband enthus
Hi Guys, ENOUGH of the "...modeling the proverbial 'vertical on the beach'" already...! My "delete" button is beginning to wear out. Just "...Build it, and they will come." Period. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CU
Hi Guy, Thankfully & mercifully, I seem to have been spared that particular episode of fun & frolics...! ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesti