- 21. Topband: Shunt-feeding (score: 1)
- Author: jbattin@msn.com (jbattin)
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:31:06 -0500
- I burned the feed line off my KLM 40 meter beam when it flashed over to the boom. I grounded all the elements, and solved the problem._ John K9DX_____________________________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-10/msg00070.html (8,949 bytes)
- 22. Topband: Beverage construction questions (score: 1)
- Author: jbattin@msn.com (jbattin)
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:17:21 +0100
- in wire? I use copperweld... it is cheap and you can solder to it... but fence wire will work fine. but I use 5/8 rebar eight feet long driven into the ground about 4 feet and slip an eight foot piec
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-08/msg00104.html (8,165 bytes)
- 23. Topband: Feed Line (score: 1)
- Author: jbattin@msn.com (jbattin)
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:07:58 -0500
- I see no reason ladder line would not work, except if the impedance of the antenna is low as in the case of a vertical (25-35 ohms), the impedance swings on the line will be high, making line length
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-06/msg00017.html (7,071 bytes)
- 24. Topband: top band real estate (score: 1)
- Author: jbattin@msn.com (jbattin)
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:44:26 -0500
- Gas line no problem...Electric fences are a normal part of a good country qth and are not much of a probem ....a little popping that can be annoying but not much else. The main question is how far fr
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-04/msg00038.html (7,053 bytes)
- 25. Topband: Beverage measurements (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:35:08 -0500
- I have posted some results from measurements made this summer on vertical vs sloping feeds at: http://nidxa.org/memberWWW/k9dx_home.htm John K9DX _______________________________________________ Topba
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00053.html (6,244 bytes)
- 26. Re: Topband: Beverage measurements (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:27:23 -0500
- I think one of things a stagger does is to not only phase the beverages but phase the vertical feeds to also null their pick-up in a given direction. I think JI phases some of his beverages to get ri
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-09/msg00064.html (9,952 bytes)
- 27. Re: Topband: One wavelength Beverage (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 06:48:35 -0500
- is is mine. resistor explain gut Quite interesting. I believe that although the BOG looses gain because of its lack of elevation, it has the advantage of no pick--up in the vertical feed. The signal
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00108.html (13,846 bytes)
- 28. Re: Topband: 160m Receivers - the argument for true DSP (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:52:25 -0500
- by the Impulse noise usually requires a group of pulses to have enough energy to be a problem. Even a spark plug generates thousands of individual pulses, and if a noise blanker is to be effective, i
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-10/msg00117.html (12,050 bytes)
- 29. Re: Topband: [TenTec] More to Orion vs Icom 756PRO II (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:49:16 -0600
- The Orion I measured was 13 db better than FT1000 and 25 db better than a Pro11 whan it came to high signal overload. These levels are very high and the difference would probabily not be noticed unle
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00180.html (8,161 bytes)
- 30. Re: Topband: Cone of Silence (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:51:56 -0600
- I believe the length of the feed should be included. I am not personally convinced that there is really a "cone of silence", but why not use these lengths in case there is such a beast. My impression
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00070.html (8,557 bytes)
- 31. Re: Topband: Listening (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:34:18 -0600
- As a partial solution I am able to select more than one beverage at a time, and then "peal " them back if need be. John K9DX_______________________________________________ ___________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00077.html (8,459 bytes)
- 32. Re: Topband: Cone of Silence (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:35:01 -0600
- adjust signals determine I believe the pick-up in the vertical feeds is understated rather than overstated. This summer I experimented with a 580 foot beverage. The signals off the side were only dow
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00087.html (11,133 bytes)
- 33. Re: Topband: DX window (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:27:47 -0600
- Although it does not solve problems everywhere, I do not know why is so hard for Stateside and Canada not to call CQ in the 30-35 window. It is great to have one place on the band where the DX is not
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00273.html (11,873 bytes)
- 34. Re: Topband: DX window (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:15:25 -0600
- I believe there are few problems with the way it is now .... VE and W/K can call in the window ... just not CQ. It is so handy to be able to zip up into the window and see how loud the DX is, and by
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00305.html (15,465 bytes)
- 35. Re: Topband: dx window (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:26:38 -0600
- Most of this discussion revolves around contests ... in which case for most of us packet spots are not available. As for daily operating ... I agree there is little use for the window... the band is
- /archives//html/Topband/2003-12/msg00309.html (9,973 bytes)
- 36. Re: Topband: Beverage Noise pickup (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:00:53 -0600
- I do not believe the comment was to insinuate that open/shorting the coax would make the coupling go away ... but the chances are very high that if there is problem this will cause the noise to chang
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-01/msg00116.html (9,089 bytes)
- 37. Re: Topband: Antennas detuning ? (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:21:42 -0600
- Hi, I am shunt feeding my tower on 160 mts and abt 12 feet I have a Tintanex V-80, I suspect that there is some kind of coupling between them. How may I verify my suspicious? How may avoid it?. Is my
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-01/msg00149.html (8,387 bytes)
- 38. Re: Topband: Keying waveform (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:00:08 -0600
- Gary and all More radios are a problem on decay because it is the most difficult part of the problem. When you think about it, it is clear. If the radio gates in multiple places, it only requires slo
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-01/msg00274.html (9,990 bytes)
- 39. Re: Topband: phantom click cop (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:52:10 -0600
- He comes after me also and will not id himself. I have slowed my keying down to where it is marginal at high cw speeds. Listening to myself 20 miles away I can hear no trace of clix .... so this guy
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-02/msg00011.html (9,701 bytes)
- 40. Re: Topband: FT1000 Screws loose (score: 1)
- Author: "jbattin" <jbattin@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:46:26 -0600
- not a clean notes, but a broad rushing type sound that raises the S-meter an s unit or two. I have measured about fifteen D,mp, and Mk5s, and find them quite consistant. Most of these are at K9NS whe
- /archives//html/Topband/2004-02/msg00071.html (10,554 bytes)
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