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1. Re: Topband: Soldering radials? (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:41:39 -0500; Radials are a lot of work to put in, and the expense of wire is significant. I can't see any justification for not joining them the best way available. IMHO, silver brazing. I use and recommend S; /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00057.html (10,067 bytes)
2. Re: Topband: Soldering radials? (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:44:12 -0500; Matt, MAPP gas and a small torch doesn't pose much of a threat to pure copper. I've never had an issue, and I am not particularly skilled. A few asked me about sources for Stay-Silv 15. Here is one e; /archives//html/Topband/2016-10/msg00062.html (13,151 bytes)
3. Topband: Topband vertical (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:18:06 -0600; Mike, One thing that I used to do is put a 80M trap between the top of the vertical and the L wire to use it on two bands. I know yours is not guyed and cant support top weight. Mine was the same; he; /archives//html/Topband/2016-11/msg00184.html (8,215 bytes)
4. Re: Topband: Inverted L Radials (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 12:11:14 -0600; I agree with the comments so far, and also that a 2:1 transmission line transformer is a good method. But if you are in a hurry, here is an very easy approach. Just use a hairpin match. Mine was; /archives//html/Topband/2016-12/msg00015.html (11,148 bytes)
5. Topband: 160 WAS - Kansas (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:12:37 -0600; All, I have a sked Friday evening (US time) at 0000-0100Z to assist a few with Kansas for WAS. I will be on near 1820 kHz and on ON4KST chat. Anyone needing KS is welcome to join in. I can repea; /archives//html/Topband/2017-02/msg00006.html (6,692 bytes)
6. Re: Topband: T160M Inv-L (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:25:46 -0500; I did what Rick describes for a few years with good success. A commercial 80M trap worked fine for me. One issue here is the weight of the trap. An effective solution for me was to run the Inv-L wire; /archives//html/Topband/2017-03/msg00094.html (7,534 bytes)
7. Topband: Kostas' point (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:28:22 -0600; With regards to below... If folks can't hear each other on 160, how about...then they don't make the QSO. Distant remotes are bogus, and we don't need more power. This isn't SUPPOSED to be easy; /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00251.html (10,874 bytes)
8. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 186, Issue 7 (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 11:27:42 -0500; Rick, Think another minute. A guy might need 6000 of them - he cant cut and drill those, much less string nearly 100 of them along each long radial, possibly hundreds of them. The steel ones degr; /archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00042.html (8,060 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 192, Issue 6 (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 16:06:41 +0000; Friends, I've got to disagree with the many comments slamming the old but venerable PL259 and advocating for N. While the N connector is great from an RF standpoint, one should note that the impedanc; /archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00053.html (9,386 bytes)
10. Re: Topband: Beverage length (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 19:27:15 +0000; Joe, For a simple Beverage, you just point the antenna (unfed end) at the target. For length, "longer is better" is approximately true, but the ideal lengths are about 1 to 2 wavelengths. Much longer; /archives//html/Topband/2019-08/msg00047.html (9,069 bytes)
11. Topband: 7Q7 (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:28:38 +0000; Tom, He was about S6 the other night in Kansas. First heard 2330Z, but much better from 0010 to 0030Z. I worked him at 0020Z in about ten calls. Antenna was an inverted L, and RX was a 650 ft Bev to; /archives//html/Topband/2020-11/msg00122.html (7,180 bytes)
12. Topband: Materials for Beverages? (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 17:01:41 +0000; Gene, I have used those and others in that series with only fair results. They do break more often than I'd like. I replace about 10% of them per year, which is acceptable given that they are cheap.; /archives//html/Topband/2021-08/msg00003.html (21,113 bytes)
13. Topband: W1AW/0 Kansas on 160M (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:37:22 +0000; Hi Topbanders, Some of you may know that a competitive year-long "Volunteers On The Air" (VOTA) event of W1AW/x operations by state has been organized by ARRL. I will be the contact point for the Kan; /archives//html/Topband/2022-12/msg00072.html (7,163 bytes)
14. Topband: KS on 160M (score: 1): Author: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>; Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:55:00 +0000; Hi Topbanders, For anyone interested, the W1AW/0 VOTA operation for Kansas begins tonight. I will try to activate the call for a few hours in the morning and evening for the week of activity. Look fo; /archives//html/Topband/2023-01/msg00096.html (6,598 bytes)

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