- 1. Topband: QSN in TN this morning (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:35:54 -0600
- QSN from my weak station in TN this morning. 1/4 wave wire slanted vertical with one elevated radial (all I can fit.) Receive antenna was a 170' wire at 8' high, W/E. Lots of QRN from local neighborh
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00386.html (6,568 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: frustration (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:15:40 -0500
- I remember my first time ever at the key as DX from the Caribbean. We were just barely off the plane, and I sat down at the VP5B station on 160m CW. It was a few nights before the CQWW SSB 2003 conte
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-10/msg00187.html (8,337 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Short beverage (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:01:03 -0600
- Garry just described one my Beverage antennas. It's the best QSO-per-dollar investment ever made in my station. I would not be without it. I used 185-footer that worked on 80 and 40, and occasionally
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-01/msg00125.html (9,199 bytes)
- 4. Topband: Need help identifying RFI source (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:20:35 -0600
- I have been plagued recently by a noise source which is wiping out signals on the 160m and 80m bands. It is 20dB louder on my SW Beverage than any other direction. The noise is intermittent, and come
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-01/msg00143.html (7,468 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Bi-Directional Beverage Question (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:18:55 -0500
- My beverage ladder lines also have a readable label. My convention is: "Reading it right-side up, the bottom of the letters are (-) and the top of the letters are (+). 73, Kirk K4RO _________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-08/msg00007.html (7,543 bytes)
- 6. Topband: CAUTION - POWER LINES (was N. American 'Band Plan') (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:59:13 -0500
- Hi Steve, Thanks for several contest QSOs over the last year. It's nice to see that you are active on many bands including 160M, and having some fun with the contests as well. After looking at your p
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-10/msg00140.html (8,390 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: RG-6/U & Snap n Seal connectors (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:23:35 -0600
- Gary, I use the IT-1000 here. If your connectors have a removable back side (with O-ring seal) place it on the the cable first. Then hand twist the connector onto the stripped coax (gloves help.) You
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00268.html (8,439 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: UFOs (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:32:13 -0500
- At a hamfest years ago I saw some UFO's on a table. Me: "What kind are they?" Vendor:"I don't know, what's best?" Me: "People seem to like type 43 for HF/VHF and 31 for MF/HF suppression." Next time
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00038.html (7,799 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: Snap and Seal plugs (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:03:31 -0500
- Clive, The O-Ring goes on the female connector, with the rubber facing the male connector. After the male connector is installed, the O-ring is then tightened up against the end of the male connector
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-09/msg00060.html (7,659 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Passive Receive Antenna Splitter (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:27:55 -0500
- I've used a video selector box (for 75 ohm RF, with F connectors) that Radio Shack used to sell. It was a 4-in 2-out matrix, and allowed either of two radios to have any of the 4 available antennas.
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-03/msg00099.html (8,285 bytes)
- 11. Re: Topband: How were CQWWDX-CW Test cndx on TB at YOUR QTH? (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:20:38 -0600
- Thank you very much for trying Luke. I was the 80m op who requested that you try to work K3LR on 160m. Unfortunately, we were not able to complete any 160m QSOs with VK this year. 73, --Kirk K4RO On
- /archives//html/Topband/2021-11/msg00098.html (8,144 bytes)
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