I agree 100% with this. You should never reuse a grip after it has been in use for a few months. I used to use an old grip for some rigging during antenna insulations. Guess what! One day the grip fa
Hi Herb. You can get an idea of the impedance if you have access to a TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer) or an oscilloscope that has a gating pulse output. If you have an oscilloscope that matches the b
I use a pair of large type 43 toroids with 10 turns of RG6 feedline through them for my common mode suppressors on my Beverages. Are you saying this is a poor choice? 73, Richard - K5NA _____________
Same here. There is always a family Christmas gathering for me out of town on that weekend. 73, Richard - K5NA _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.
Sending your grid square would certainly make getting an accurate exchange during the contest harder. Since any 160M contest is an exercise in weak signal work, most scores would go down. Plus there
Susan and I just got home late last night from Visalia. We both really enjoyed the Top Band Dinner and it was the first time we had ever attended a Top Band dinner. Thanks to Steve for putting it all
I agree with Steve. I tried really, really hard to work FT5XO on both 80M and 160M and never got a QSO on either band. We just didn't have good enough propagation from Central Texas. Plus that DXpedi
Mike. I don't know if this helps, but I once had a T-top vertical here and it worked remarkably well. For resonance at 1830 the lengths were: Vertical portion was 60 feet. Horizontal (tophat) portion
How does one get on a 160M call list? I never thought to do that. I guess I might have missed a few because of it. Who is running a 160M call list these days? 73, Richard - K5NA GM ALL W4ZV and K8MFO
The A35T team will focusing on top band tonight starting at 0600Z, transmitting on 1822.5 listening up about 2 to 3 kHz. Three operators will team up to keep the station active on 160M for the entire
I am told that A35T had full darkness coverage of operators last night on both 160M and 80M. They plan to continue doing this for the duration of their stay. Their plane tickets to leave are dated Fe
I would suggest not putting a beverage there. Even if the beverage doesn't overlap the power lines, it will still be noisy because of the alignment. 73, Richard - K5NA _________________ Searchable Ar