- 141. Re: Topband: Source for WD-1A Field Wire (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:04:17 -0400
- ."1 mile of WD-1A Field Wire for ~$80 shipped. Don't get carried away bidding up the listing below because he claims to have 150 miles of it." Thanks for the heads up. I just logged on to eBay and bo
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-04/msg00066.html (7,749 bytes)
- 142. Topband: Good Old Days (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert L. Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:36 -0400
- I remember when going to Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill that living on the eastern side of the Mississippi was restricted to 25 watts at night due to Loran sharing of Top Band so I rented a ni
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00049.html (7,999 bytes)
- 143. Re: Topband: Transmit/receive logisitics... (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:48:00 -0400
- Steve Hanson; My Kenwood TS-830s does not have a separate receive antenna input. As a newcomer to 'Topband' I am wondering about the logistics of switching from Xmit to Receive when using a separate
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-07/msg00054.html (7,756 bytes)
- 144. Re: Topband: Inverted-L vs T Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert L. Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:49:22 -0400
- Herb, KV4FZ _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00032.html (7,625 bytes)
- 145. Re: Topband: Topband :"T" (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:41:17 -0400
- To support a Marconi "T" at 90' may be difficult for many of us and a lower height may be more easily to obtain. Additionally the wing span of the "T" of 150' to 180' or longer to obtain a reasonable
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00058.html (8,485 bytes)
- 146. Re: Topband: Topband :"T" (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:45:39 -0400
- the vertical Rick, There is significant cancelation, I have found, with the sloped top hat 3 or 4 wire sloping guy configuration of over 20 per cent additional length to that of the vertical. One re
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00064.html (9,849 bytes)
- 147. Re: Topband: Topband :"T" (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert L. Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:15:11 -0400
- Herb, KV4FZ _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00069.html (10,036 bytes)
- 148. Re: Topband: Shunt Fed Tower (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert L. Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:54:33 -0400
- 1. Make sure the inverted V is not going to interact and distort the vertical TOA. 2. Try to at least get a 30 foot horizontal boom on the mast in the mean time. This will bring you very close to a 1
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00088.html (7,610 bytes)
- 149. Re: Topband: Inverted "L" vs." T" (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:18:47 -0400
- "For various reasons I have come to favor elevated radials for 160... In fact, my current 160 antenna has a single quarter wave, elevated radial under the vertical... The antenna works." Great data D
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00100.html (7,994 bytes)
- 150. Topband: Signal Strength Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert L. Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:21:57 -0400
- Hi Herb, Yes, there was a much bigger difference between the two antennas on Michel's signal, than on yours, although I could still just hear him on the TX antenna. I have no idea why that would be.
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00021.html (7,952 bytes)
- 151. Topband: Found it! Reversible Beverage Switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:34:38 -0400
- I have working with 3 reversible Beverages and bring 6 runs of RG-6 into the shack. Two of these antennas use DX-Engineering boxes and they recommend they recommend the application of a 75 ohm termin
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00069.html (8,264 bytes)
- 152. Re: Topband: Beverage Feed Line Choke Installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:23:47 -0300
- Has anyone tried 75 ohm triax video cable with the outside shield floating at one end and earth at the other in the form of a Faraday sheild in feeding a Beverage matching network? Or even shielded 7
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-06/msg00019.html (9,052 bytes)
- 153. Re: Topband: T - vertical improvement (score: 1)
- Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:52:05 -0300
- There is a lower cost approach to tune out inductive reactance then the more expensive vacuum variable especially in the 15KV range. Also bread slicers can be a problem with corrosion, pitting, and b
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-07/msg00111.html (10,107 bytes)
- 154. Re: Topband: "T"-Top Vertical Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:33:53 -0400
- When I was looking for a RF Ammeter with a thermocouple in the late 50's to get my Marconi T working well (and they were more available then at a reasonable price) an OT admonished me and said there
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-07/msg00130.html (10,230 bytes)
- 155. Re: Topband: W1BB antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:09:44 -0300
- "No major differences in field strength between folded unipole and series fed case were found for any of the configurations tested." and later in the paper...... "It is commonly believed that folded
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-07/msg00139.html (10,174 bytes)
- 156. Re: Topband: Receive antenna switching (score: 1)
- Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:36:35 -0300
- Plus they are all color coded and some types are flooded designed for direct burial. Skyvision in Fergus Falls, MN sells also a direct bury actuator cable for .28 per foot which has two #16 and 3 con
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-08/msg00025.html (7,835 bytes)
- 157. Re: Topband: Reverse Beverages (score: 1)
- Author: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:36:43 -0400
- Chuck, I have here both DXE and KD9SV reverse Beverage system running in the same directions for both Europe and NA both are excellent products and numerous tests show no perceptible difference in pe
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-08/msg00084.html (8,098 bytes)
- 158. Re: Topband: Inverted L capacity hat (score: 1)
- Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:19:38 -0400
- No. Normally with four wire top hats of equal length have a cancellation effect on unwanted horizontal radiation while adding need length to a short Marconi. However they should not be much more than
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-09/msg00023.html (8,882 bytes)
- 159. Re: Topband: Disappearing toroid (score: 1)
- Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:32:04 -0400
- Ah ha Jon! Maybe you have discovered the key to why Beverages work so well. It could be possible that they capture and assimilate antimatter. The vanishing core could be caused by antimatter disambig
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-09/msg00050.html (8,686 bytes)
- 160. Re: Topband: electrically shortening a tall grounded tower (score: 1)
- Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:34:47 -0400
- You might consider feeding it with a shunt fed cage at about 1/4 down from the top and attach elevated 1/4 wave radials at that point. I had a 308 foot tower and took the easy way out by running up a
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-09/msg00123.html (9,079 bytes)
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