"A few months ago I decided it was time to apply for 160m DXCC . I needed a bunch of cards to add to the LoTW credits to get me to 100. One of these was for a QSO with UA9SHP in March 1986. I looked
I have been using a 1/4 wave inverted L for a number of years self resonant on about 1.9Mhz. I tuned it to resonance at 1.825Mhz with a few coil turns. I tapped down the coil to achieve resonance and
I thought I would post a few observations from this coast re last nite on 160M. Around 03:30Z was just going of to bed after watching the ABC PRIMETIME show about P5 land decided to check the band. I
About half the credits I have rec'd for 160M DXCC #1259 came via LoTW. Last spring (2006) I decided to go after long outstanding cards for past 160M contacts. On April 12 - 06 I mailed out 21 request
I was on 160 this morning March 22 before SR and the band was completely dead. Called CQ a few times but nada. Stayed around for about 15 min after SR ...not a signal heard from anywhere....I'll chec
After some encouragement from Eddy VE3CUI I am mobilizing to erect a K9AY loop. Just as soon as the meter of snow that is left in the back forty melts ! The 9:1 Transformer required is recommended to
Just finished yesterday final hookup of K9AY loop system. Using Array Soluntions controller and relay box. I made my own loops and the centre pole from old tent poles purchased at Princess Auto to th
At approx 0800 today I was coping Beacon ZM4 on 1823khz with good signals (559). On my K9AY there was definite but slight increase in signal on the NW loop ( oriented here in W direction) Anyone know
I have had a K9AY in operation now for a couple of weeks. Using the WX0B control and relay boxes and the antenna is fed with RG6 with F connectors. It is 40ft east of my 52ft tower and 160M coaxial I
When I am planning radials my limiting factor is usually how much wire can scrounge from various sources. For a given length of wire the following paper will provide great guidance. Thanks K3LC. http
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Today just for fun I measured my K9AY system from the shack end of the coax using an MFJ-259B The loops are fed with RG6 from the antenna to a junction point in the yard where the RG6 interconnects w
I worked ZD8UW on 2009-01-06 00:15:23 and I uploaded to LoTW right away. Rec'd the LoTW QSL same day 2009-01-06 17:57:38 ... now thats what I call fast ! ..and a new one as well! Thanks Mike G7VJR! 7
Just in case any are wondering VO1HP will be missing the CQWW 160 this year. Will be in VE3 land (Stittsville) celebrating birth and baptism of new grandson! Hope ya'll have fun. 73 Frank VO1HP www.v
Last night I was alerted by Gus VO1MP of some new SDR websites in Europe . Check HB9FX: http://hb9fx-websdr.dyndns.org/ and also a seven rx site in Trent at: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ It was
Jacques Definitely YES it is possible to easily do Trans-Atlantic DX QSo's with Eu now with NO receiver !! I did it last night . I worked quite a number of Eu stations on 1815khz by listening to the
This past weekend after spending Friday night in the WPX RTTY contest I was about to QRT for rest at approx 0530 Satr.(0200 local) -- I took a quick listen on 160M and was very surprised to hear TX4T
Sometime ago I saw an article giving the optimum number of radials for a given wire length for various bands. I have lost the link and also the copy of the article. Can someone direct me to why I can
Many thanks to the many people who replied very quickly to my request for info re the article by K3LC. Many also supplied additional info that is proving very interesting. Need to completely rebuild
What would be the preferred Topband transceiver these days in the two categories: 1.) Onboard 2nd receiver 2.) No onboard 2nd receiver Replies off list would be appreciated. 73 Frank VO1HP fdavis@nfl