- 1. Re: Topband: I.C.E. (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:47:30 +1300
- I've had the same problem. Placed an order more than a month ago, and no luck with email or phone. If you have any luck getting through, please let me know! Rick ZL2HAM ______________________________
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00011.html (7,295 bytes)
- 2. Topband: Location of common mode chokes (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:19:25 +1300
- In addition to placing a common mode choke at the feedpoint of the antenna, have you also found it useful to place one at the rig? I have a vertical with 135 feet of feed line, and I'm trying to do w
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00136.html (7,182 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Inverted L (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:06:38 +1300
- John, 4 radials isn't anywhere near enough (unless they're elevated). SWR doesn't tell you anything about antenna efficiency. Ideally, you want to keep adding radials until your feedpoint impedance l
- /archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00030.html (7,916 bytes)
- 4. Topband: RF Emission Estimates (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:33:09 +1300
- I have a project going to get a new tower installed. The city has a requirement to show safe levels of RF emissions in the vicinity of the tower before they will grant a permit. Has anyone else gone
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-02/msg00118.html (7,104 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Propagation to Conway Reef (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:52:03 +1300
- Rather than trying to guess about the propagation (which can vary widely), you can use dxwatch.com to find out when other stations in your area have heard 3D2C on 160. For example, on 30 Sep, KG6I re
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-09/msg00338.html (7,912 bytes)
- 6. Topband: TX antennas for 160m and 80m (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:53:59 +1300
- I'm interested in putting up TX antennas for 80m and 160m DX, and would be interested in ideas/feedback on possibilities. I'm thinking about an inverted-L, rigged in some way to support both bands. I
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-10/msg00241.html (8,316 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: Monopole Elev Pattern w.r.t. Earth Conductivity (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:22:11 +1300
- nowadays, I don't raise a skimmer in EU for several weeks, JA, ZL or VK since August. Keep in mind that both of the Skimmers in ZL have very poor reception on 160. ZL2RV is using a short active ante
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-10/msg00354.html (10,528 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: Outing The Scofflaws... (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:11:27 +1300
- I'm not a dxpeditioner, but even so I frequently find myself on the receiving end of pileups, particularly with EU. The behavior of some callers occasionally makes the process very painful. It's also
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-11/msg00187.html (10,927 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: REVERSE BEACON (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:33:46 +1300
- You can download the RBN raw data from: http://www.reversebeacon.net/raw_data/ After uncompressing the CSV files, you can use a the "find" command at a DOS prompt to collect your spots: find "WA3MEJ"
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-11/msg00455.html (7,784 bytes)
- 10. Topband: New TX antenna for 80 and 160? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:27:55 +1300
- Until recently, I was planning to put up an inverted-L as a TX antenna for 80 and 160. However, things have changed, and it no longer looks like I'll be able to run the radials I would need to have a
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-12/msg00064.html (8,596 bytes)
- 11. Topband: Optimal radial wire type and gauge? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:29:48 +1300
- The recent talk about optimizing the number of radials has me wondering about the optimal type and gauge for radial wire. I've been using #14 stranded, insulated copper, but for no reason other than
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-12/msg00375.html (7,306 bytes)
- 12. Re: Topband: Coupla things ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:46:34 +1300
- This isn't a problem only in contests. In non-contest settings, nearly every time I'm on the air for any length of time (SSB), it results in a pileup (no matter which band). Things generally go smoot
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-01/msg00231.html (9,797 bytes)
- 13. Re: Topband: Yeasu (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:41:19 +1300
- I use the IF output port of the FTdx5000 to drive a NetSDR box, which I use as a panadapter. Yes, it's 9 MHz. Usable bandwidth seems to be about 400 KHz. I routinely use it at 300 KHz, with no sign o
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-02/msg00149.html (7,732 bytes)
- 14. Re: Topband: 500 kHz (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:32:53 +1300
- "I do not dream of working ZL on 500" Especially since 500 kHz isn't available to hams in ZL yet. We do have 1750m, though (130 to 190 KHz), but the maximum power output is only 5W. 73, Rick ZL2HAM H
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-02/msg00170.html (7,727 bytes)
- 15. Re: Topband: My Turn For a Brain Pick - Sanity Check (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 15:02:06 +1200
- Regarding how the RBN works: You will be re-spotted if you change frequency (more than about 0.1 kHz), or after 10 minutes. Note that due to QRN/QRM/QSB, some Skimmers may not hear you the first time
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00025.html (9,335 bytes)
- 16. Topband: Source of spots for JT modes and LW or MW? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:21:20 +1200
- Does anyone know of a source for spots for the JT modes (JT65A, JT9, and so on) on any bands, and LW or MW (below 160m) in any mode, that is also machine-accessible? Or good automated tools to find a
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-06/msg00091.html (7,398 bytes)
- 17. Re: Topband: AutoEZ (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 08:14:37 +1200
- Although I like and use (and have paid for) EZNEC, I've been using the free 4nec2 app for optimization -- perhaps that's another option for those without Excel. 73, Rick ZL2HAM Over the years, I --an
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-09/msg00297.html (7,253 bytes)
- 18. Topband: Vertical 2-element array? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Kiessig" <kiessig@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 15:45:18 +1300
- I have a quarter-wave vertical for 40m on a steeply sloped lot, at about 100m AGL, 300m horizontally from the ocean. It currently has a relatively poor radial field (more are in the works, of course)
- /archives//html/Topband/2013-11/msg00124.html (7,386 bytes)
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