- 21. TopBand: FH/DJ2BW on 160? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 14:37:30 -0400 (EDT)
- What's the story with this station? I've seen only one spot on 160 (VE1ZZ reported him 11 October at 0100Z on 1.830: I couldn't hear him), and precious few on other bands so far. They are to be there
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00179.html (7,859 bytes)
- 22. TopBand: Toroids For Ununs (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:20:06 -0400 (EDT)
- I had ordered an Amidon unun (Multi-match: 5 ratios available), and I'm using it right now for testing. I don't trust that little core, although it's a thicker beast than 1.5-inch cores I've seen of
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00202.html (11,101 bytes)
- 23. TopBand: OK, so when does Topband turn on in the OOBH? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
- I'm located just NW of Columbus Ohio, about 175 miles from Indy. Since around September 1, I've worked 41 countries, and heard another 4 that I haven't been able to work (yet), generally due to timi
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00281.html (9,077 bytes)
- 24. TopBand: Supplemental Long Radials (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 17:28:38 -0400 (EDT)
- I recall reading some time ago (probably in the early 80's) that adding a few relatively-long radials to a vertical would result in a pattern distortion which would cause the pattern to favor that di
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00289.html (7,362 bytes)
- 25. TopBand: Front End Filters (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
- Is there a current source for narrow crystal front end filters, like the ones Sherwood marketed in the late 70's? For 160M, they were 5KHz wide, selected by center frequency. I don't see mention of t
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00381.html (6,826 bytes)
- 26. TopBand: ZK1XXP at 12:00Z (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 07:12:41 -0400 (EDT)
- I hope that isn't their planned start time every day. I'd like to have a change at hearing them before the sun is in full bloom! 73, Jeff Maass (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us) Amateur Radio K8ND USPS
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00221.html (7,188 bytes)
- 27. TopBand: Boring Beacon report - morning edition (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:46:47 -0400 (EDT)
- really poor. Since no VK or JA signals were heard, it is possible Is there a compilation of known beacons and signal sources with frequencies on 160M available somewhere (on the Web or published else
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00240.html (8,396 bytes)
- 28. TopBand: Inverted-L Questions (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:19:48 -0400 (EDT)
- I have an inverted-L which has a vertical section 45-feet high, with an approximately 99-foot horizontal wire, which slopes up to my 70-foot tower approximately 170-feet away. Match is via a 2:1 tran
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00260.html (7,260 bytes)
- 29. TopBand: Preamplifiers (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:27:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Is there a good shack-resident preamplifier choice on the market? Jeff Maass (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us) Amateur Radio K8ND USPSA/IPSC # L-1192 NROI/CRO NW of Columbus Ohio 25000 Members in 2000!
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00261.html (7,192 bytes)
- 30. TopBand: Adv. Receiver Research Phone Number? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 20:12:30 -0400 (EDT)
- What's the scoop? 73, Jeff Maass (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us) Amateur Radio K8ND USPSA/IPSC # L-1192 NROI/CRO NW of Columbus Ohio 25000 Members in 2000! - -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00268.html (7,159 bytes)
- 31. TopBand: Pimping On 160 (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 23:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
- I must have missed something in the five or so years I've been off of 160M: since when do people run "list" operations, pimping for DX stations? As I type this (0345Z), I'm listening to K1VW serve as
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00273.html (7,933 bytes)
- 32. TopBand: Beverage/Wire Lesson (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 18:24:53 -0400 (EDT)
- I just learned a lesson: don't use 18AWG wire on antennas under tension: THE WIRE STRETCHES! A few days ago, I decided to string my 250' two-wire (W1WCR-style) Beverage, and grabbed two new 500' roll
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00299.html (8,191 bytes)
- 33. TopBand: Beverage: Core Saturation? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:02:33 -0400 (EDT)
- I was tuning about below 160M checking the Beverage, and on 1.640 MHz I heard a very loud second harmonic of the local NPR outlet (on 820 KHz), which is neither physically close to my QTH or directly
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00333.html (7,550 bytes)
- 34. TopBand: Signals on 1.640 MHz: DFW? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 21:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
- I was tuning around below 160M for signals with which to test my Beverages, and at around 0130Z found a signal at 1.640 MHz that gave departure gates for flights to many cities around the US. I belie
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-09/msg00334.html (7,891 bytes)
- 35. TopBand: Kaeferlein/DK5CZ Rcv Loop? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 13:39:40 -0400 (EDT)
- I was reading through ON4UN's book, and found a reference to a commercial shielded-loop receiving antenna, available from "Kaeferlein-Electronics DK5CZ", and reported available worldwide. Is their AM
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-05/msg00088.html (7,175 bytes)
- 36. TopBand: [AMPS] Alpha 91B vs 89? (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 15:08:43 -0500 (EST)
- Is Alpha (in it's newer corporate form) still offering the model 89, the manual-tune version of the 87? If so, what advantages are there to the 89 over the lower-cost 91B? What are the differences fo
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-03/msg00194.html (7,192 bytes)
- 37. TopBand: Best Amplifier / 160+80 (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 15:22:36 -0500 (EST)
- If you were going to buy a reliable, full-power manual-tune amplifier for use in contests and DXing on 160 and 80 meters, what would be your choice? Preliminary leafing through the magazines suggest
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-01/msg00072.html (7,514 bytes)
- 38. TopBand: Re: Edmund balloons; questions (score: 1)
- Author: jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass)
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 14:23:46 -0500 (EST)
- I don't have the lifting data at hand, but Hydrogen will provide more lift. I'll leave the quantification to the physics-enabled. Perhaps more interesting, the Helium tends to leak out of the balloon
- /archives//html/Topband/1996-12/msg00468.html (8,634 bytes)
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