- 101. TopBand: Beverage baluns/transformers de W0AH (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 22:32:37 -0800
- Hi Doug, I've been winterizing my Beverages lately--making them longer, improving their feed and putting up new ones. I have gotten tired of replacing balun matching components destroyed by lightnin
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00072.html (11,741 bytes)
- 102. TopBand: Conditions 11/8 (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 18:40:28 -0800
- Unexpectedly good conditions local Friday night... Got home around 0100z and heard several weak Europeans with flutter on their signals. I figured, "Better work 'em now because the band is going to f
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00118.html (7,764 bytes)
- 103. TopBand: Beverage terminating resistor (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 19:00:52 -0800
- Why is there so much concern on Beverages and Yagis on front-to-back ratio? I always design my Beverages and Yagis to have a small back lobe with two nulls on either side of it to increase the size o
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00119.html (9,182 bytes)
- 104. TopBand: TR8XX (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 08:40:11 -0800
- Jean, TR8XX was on 1823.0 from at least 0511 until about 0530z today. His sunrise was at 0504. He was 569 to 579 in Nebraska until about 0523. Within a couple of minutes he was then below the noise l
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00123.html (6,797 bytes)
- 105. TopBand: Beverage terminating resistor (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 09:46:31 -0800
- Equally deep nulls can be obtained with SLIGHTLY off the maximum F/B ratio (which produces two nulls). Then the wider null can do a better job of eliminating NON-point source interference such storm
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00125.html (10,311 bytes)
- 106. TopBand: Beverage terminating resistor (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 19:33:47 -0800
- I can't say that I've done pattern confirmation studies on my Beverage antennas as I have on my vertical parasitic arrays along with my past phased vertical arrays (plus having made prior detailed F
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00129.html (10,370 bytes)
- 107. TopBand: Skewed propagation, TX RX angles (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 21:00:00 -0800
- As I mentioned in my cluster spots yesterday the Europeans were then strongest on my 86 degree Beverage (rather than the usual 30 or 43 degree Beverages). Before 0100z the normal EE Beverages were be
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00222.html (8,817 bytes)
- 108. TopBand: 5A2A (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:16:35 -0800
- I had reasonable copy of 5A2A here in Nebraska on 160 from around 0220z (25 Nov) to when he moved off 160 around 0320z. He was stronger towards the end: generally 559--QSB from 239 to 569 peaks (10 d
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00381.html (7,295 bytes)
- 109. TopBand: 28 Nov condx (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 01:07:55 -0800
- A summer-like day both in terms of temperature and static. Fortunately European 160M signals were up along with the noise. But, there was a first for the season: all European stations heard after 053
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00419.html (7,462 bytes)
- 110. TopBand: DX vs. Static, Round 1 (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 09:04:32 -0800
- . I'm not sure what to make of the first night of CQWWCW on 160... I got home around 0030z and found the summer-like static still there. I quickly worked EA8ZS but wondered if that would be it from a
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00427.html (8,257 bytes)
- 111. TopBand: Not hearing, one way propagation. (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 22:42:18 -0800
- I'm not a propagation guru and don't want to speak for those that are, but I have heard explanations that part of this phenomenon is due to propagation characteristics (more problems originating the
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-11/msg00448.html (7,212 bytes)
- 112. TopBand: Fiberglass Tower Standoffs (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 21:10:31 -0700
- Seeing the article on fiberglass coil forms in the October issue of QST made me think that others might be interested in what I use as standoff insulators on Rohn 25G tower. There will probably be pr
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00036.html (9,446 bytes)
- 113. TopBand: Zero Ohm Beverage Termination (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 21:40:43 -0700
- My summer Beverages are about to multiply and turn into my winter Beverages. Crop planting shortens them and mowing and other summer activities raises them above optimum heights to around 10 feet abo
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00037.html (7,477 bytes)
- 114. TopBand: Failing Memory/Zero Ohm Beverages (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 09:27:14 -0700
- Brian Beezley, K6STI reminded me that NEC-2 based software cannot accurately model all aspects of antennas with grounded conductors/ traveling-wave antennas. This made me rerun some EZNEC calculation
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00043.html (7,949 bytes)
- 115. TopBand: 160M Condx 6 Oct (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 21:36:10 -0700
- H Unusual but good conditions last night. After staying up until 1:15AM local last night and getting up at 6:20 AM for work I didn't feel like commenting until now. I heard an east coast station talk
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00074.html (8,605 bytes)
- 116. TopBand: Good Condx 10/7 (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 00:42:04 -0700
- It's normal for the better receive antenna to change on a daily basis. That's why the more different types of the antennas the better! 73, Bill K0HA - -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00106.html (6,732 bytes)
- 117. TopBand: 11 Oct Aurora conditions (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 08:09:31 -0700
- . There was a strange mix of conditions early 11 Oct UTC on 160 due to geomagnetic activity. I was home just in time to listen to the band around local sunset (0000z). Several Europeans were reasonab
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00176.html (7,668 bytes)
- 118. TopBand: Forgot Africa (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 08:16:48 -0700
- Forgot to mention good copy on ZS4TX (579) around 0330. Bernie had no flutter on his signal. 73, Bill K0HA - -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00177.html (6,398 bytes)
- 119. TopBand: Sunny QSO (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 21:06:55 -0700
- Early 17 Oct was the best day of my not yet month old season on 160. Working RK3PA must be a good sign to look for--worked him early on the second best night as well. After Mir worked some 1's, we wo
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00242.html (7,007 bytes)
- 120. TopBand: Nebraska (score: 1)
- Author: k0ha@navix.net (Bill Hohnstein)
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 08:48:34 -0700
- Nebraska -- People east of here think that Nebraskans hop on their horses to go surf in the Pacific Ocean... People west of here think that NE must either be New Hampshire, or at least be their neigh
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-10/msg00248.html (7,403 bytes)
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