- 1. Topband: K1B YESTERDAY and TODAY (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 18:55:50 +0100
- Yesterday was the first morning I missed since they started, and their first appearance on 160, and I kicked myself for it :) This morning they were audible in New Hampshire, maybe Q2 to almost Q3 wi
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-05/msg00013.html (6,844 bytes)
- 2. Topband: (the bandplan is working) Conditions on 160m lastnight (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 11:21:08 +0000
- Normally during this contest I stay far away from 160, except for perhaps one quick scan to work any friends and others I hear. I'm no sacrosanct CW op, although I enjoy CW more, I like the SSB tests
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-02/msg00160.html (7,877 bytes)
- 3. Topband: rope for beverage support/rodents (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:02:23
- Greetings from rodent central, where the little buggers have started eating again. Not coax this time (the flooded coax works well), but the short pieces of rope I use to support my beverages at the
- /archives//html/Topband/2002-01/msg00014.html (7,109 bytes)
- 4. Topband: splicing RG6 (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 17:10:28
- Gentleman (and Ladies), I've decidecd to switch to RG6 (the cheap cable TV stuff - think I got the number right) for some of my runs to beverages, and before I even got started found I need a way to
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-11/msg00056.html (7,239 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Elevating radials (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:31:51
- The (80m) 4-square here went live the day of last CQWWSSB. It's "quickie" radials were raised, 4 per element, starting from ground level, going up at approx 45 degrees to 7-10 feet, and then sort of
- /archives//html/Topband/2001-10/msg00083.html (10,393 bytes)
- 6. Topband: measuring wire for beverages (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 05:59:27 GMT
- There's got to be a better way! I've been measuring lenghts for beverage in my driveway, then dragging them into the woods (partly recoiled , largely dragged). BIG work. I figured I couldn't measure
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-10/msg00018.html (7,268 bytes)
- 7. Topband: Summary: Critters eating my coax (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:36:32 GMT
- Thanks for all the responses! They're listed roughly in order of number of responses/amusement value :) I'm going to try a combination of the recommendations with a "*" next to them first 73 Ted, KR1
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-09/msg00072.html (7,896 bytes)
- 8. Topband: critters eating my coax! (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:48:24 GMT
- It all started in July - I noticed something had nibbled at some of my coaxseal near groundlevel on my beverage feedlines. No big deal. Yesterday, I notices that three beverage feedlines (RG-213) eac
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-08/msg00121.html (8,011 bytes)
- 9. Topband: Beverages grounds when the ground is frozen (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:17:59 PST
- I hopefully adding another beverage in the next few days. It's going to be hard to ground the termination end (already got a ground rod at the feedline end). Ground is frozen, and will be for another
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00014.html (7,552 bytes)
- 10. Topband: poor antenna, rich score (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 17:20:51 PST
- My topband antenna was picked on, even before I put it up, with comments like "where's the rest of it?", "you're going to use 1/8 wavelength elevated radials - are you nuts", and the like. Its 38 fee
- /archives//html/Topband/2000-02/msg00092.html (8,034 bytes)
- 11. Topband: Is my ground good? (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 16:45:59 PST
- The discussion on ground conductivity has been very interesting, but, how can I tell if my ground is poor average good or great?? Its about 1.5 feet of OK topsoil in heavy pine/hickory woods, with lo
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-12/msg00287.html (7,211 bytes)
- 12. Topband: ICOM-706MKII and receiving antennas (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 05:41:59 PDT
- Hi all, Been playing with the very little ICOM 706 MKII and hoping to bring it along to some DX locations later this year. Apparently their are no provisions for a seperate receiving antenna. Any ide
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-07/msg00006.html (7,107 bytes)
- 13. Topband: Force 12 / Gladiator verticals (score: 1)
- Author: kr1g@hotmail.com (ted demopoulos)
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:47:23 PDT
- I stuck a Gladiator TL (Top Loaded) 80m vertical on the beach in Maine with about 10 radials for the CQ WW SSB. Did single band 80 - hadn't been on the band in over a decade. Lots of people blew away
- /archives//html/Topband/1999-06/msg00054.html (7,351 bytes)
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