- 1. Topband: Hearing but not working Eu at Sunset (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:43:44 -0500
- I have always felt the reason is that our signals are not as loud in Eu at Sunset due to the fact that the absorption is higher on our end and therefore our signals are not that loud as the Eu statio
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-10/msg00336.html (7,361 bytes)
- 2. Topband: Beverage enemy (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:14:02 -0500
- We have BIG deer know as moose wandering our woods here in NH. Could you be having problems with antlered animals? Even an buck with a fair rack can pull antennas down. What about cows and horses? F
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-11/msg00217.html (6,787 bytes)
- 3. Topband: DX Window & calling CQ (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:06:48 -0500
- Two thoughts re ARRL's 160 test : 1) Talking about the DX Window on Topband Reflector is preaching to the choir. Unless specifically prohibited by the rules, you will always have domestic stations op
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00066.html (7,687 bytes)
- 4. Topband: electric fences and Beverage termination (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:56:09 -0500
- Paul et al A twofer! FENCES AND BEVERAGES Beverage antennas: As for the proper resistance on a Beverage termination, you are looking to maximize front to back. Bill Pfaff, K2GNC wrote an article on
- /archives//html/Topband/2005-12/msg00356.html (10,072 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:35:25 -0500
- Steve, Glad to have you with us and it sounds like you have the beginnings of a very nice top band station. Good luck. Tom makes many good points but forgot to deal with one other important issue, w
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00040.html (9,198 bytes)
- 6. Topband: couple of things (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:04:56 -0500
- If you are looking for "split nuts" to secure wire, they are also called Burndy Nuts by the trade. Hard drawn copper has been used for years by utilities for electric transmission. Many hams prefer i
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00266.html (7,623 bytes)
- 7. Topband: TY op (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:24:28 -0500
- They were weak here at 0100 and gone shortly thereafter 73, Craig Clark, K1QX PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS JCCLARK@WILDBLUE.NET RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 RINDGE NH 03461 603 899 6957
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00170.html (6,800 bytes)
- 8. Topband: RX antenna choices (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:14:56 -0400
- Julius One thing to remember is that there is no one right answer to your question. In talking to a noted M/M operator re the DX Engineering array, he reminded me that having a number of options is t
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-07/msg00054.html (7,064 bytes)
- 9. Topband: burying radials (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:17:59 -0400
- Following Tim, K3LR's suggestion, mow your grass quite low. (I'd wait for the fall when mowing season is almost over) Lay the radials down and pin them to the ground. Keep your mower set at a higher
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00051.html (7,781 bytes)
- 10. Topband: salt versus fresh water location (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:11:22 -0400
- BY FAR, the saltwater location is better! Do you have mudflats at low tide or is there water all the time? 73, Craig Clark, K1QX RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 RINDGE NH 03461 603 899 6957
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-08/msg00089.html (6,591 bytes)
- 11. Topband: EXCITMENT (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:12:59 -0400
- It is nice to see someone so excited about being on top band! Just wait till winter and the contests come and all the activity you'll find then. Keep at it. Improve, redesign, experiment. 73, Craig
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00078.html (6,719 bytes)
- 12. Topband: sharing radials (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:05:58 -0400
- I co-located my 80 (Inv L) and 160 antennas (top loaded 110' Rohn 25) and used the same radial field for both. It tuned and seemed to work fairly well but I never measured nor modeled performance. If
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00119.html (6,960 bytes)
- 13. Topband: minooka (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:02:24 -0400
- Rick W1FB smoked one at ~~500 watts the design in hi Q and low bandwidth take a look at the Battle Creek which is a derivative design 73, Craig Clark, K1QX RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 R
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00086.html (6,958 bytes)
- 14. Topband: soil doping (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:56:15 -0400
- Rock salt, copper or magnesium sulfate were the dope's of choice in the ARRL antenna Handbook page 199 12th edition <c> 1970. IMHO, I doubt it is worth it though. 73, Craig Clark, K1QX RADIOWARE AND
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00122.html (7,355 bytes)
- 15. Topband: receiving antennas (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:32:55 -0400
- Rudy, This is really not an either or question. I asked a well known 3 land contester the same question and his answer was to have as many options as possible. As NI1N has stated, the ability to choo
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00161.html (6,561 bytes)
- 16. Topband: mobile 160 (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:41:11 -0500
- I suggest you get a copy of Boothe's article from QST the Minooka Special, QST, Dec 1974 and here: http://www.pi4cc.nl/link/bc.htm or here: http://my.core.com/~ai9l/min.html 73, Craig Clark, K1QX RAD
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00095.html (6,916 bytes)
- 17. Topband: Beverage height issues (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:40:59 -0500
- With all the coyotes, deer, moose and bear not to mention hunters and other fauna, that roam my woods, a 2' Beverage would never last. For those with low antennas, is this not a problem in your area?
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00209.html (6,562 bytes)
- 18. Topband: Sherwood data (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:29:25 -0500
- I have looked at Sherwood's data and I am not savvy enough to understand what is being measured. I am sure there are many others like me on the Topband reflector and we need to be educated in what to
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00153.html (7,052 bytes)
- 19. Topband: Rx antennas in the woods (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:46:48 -0500
- ALL of my Beverages have to be in the woods, there is no other choice. In a perfect world, you eliminate variables. In the practical world, you do what you can do. Install them as you can and see how
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-02/msg00214.html (7,068 bytes)
- 20. Topband: qsl rcvd (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:15:56 -0400
- Received my 7Q7BP card in today's mail. Sure made my day. 73, Craig Clark, K1QX RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE PO BOX 209 RINDGE NH 03461 603 899 6957 WWW.RADIO-WARE.COM ______________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-05/msg00076.html (6,593 bytes)
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