Martin the article Part 1 starts in Sept 1966 and there are a number of articles after that, up to Part 4, and even another article in 1980 and 1981, but I had to log into ARRL to be able to search
Matching network does not resonate the antenna Guys Will a invereted L a quarter wave length resonate at a given frequency without a matching network? Doug wd8z Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ________
I work 630M also, last nite at 0830 I checked my WSPR log and was copying JA1PKG, so I had a good idea that 160 at sunrise would be a good bet. When I fired up before sunrise I worked H40TT barefoot
I have worked VU on top band just before their rules changed and they were not allowed to use freq around 1840, today I worked VU2 on top band again and he was on 1840. I wonder if any one knows
Yesterday ayem 5H3 was on for over an hour, he was -10 here yet an hour and half after sunrise, he had peaked several times around sunrise at +0 This morning was 3B8M on for a couple hours, same t
WOG wire on the ground I agree with Bob. I think the name BOG is firmly entrenched, whatever the electrical differences. Oh, I could propose a new name, but I doubt it would ever stick. I'll go back
It still wire on the ground But then it canalso be transmission line on a ground. In a form of coax line, twisted line. WOG wire on the ground whatever the doubt it Duckfaced Otter, science Duckfaced
Puts real meaning into the commonly used phrase of so many "I can work all I can hear" Trolls live under the bridges, it hinders their ability to copy signals above ground. VE6WZ was there clear as
This morning conditions were close to, not quite as good as 2008 era. A5 was a good signal drawing a big crowd, 4S7 good signal even after sunrise, lot of Asian Russians, EU Russians, EU from nort
A5 guys were on both CW and FT-8 this morning, signals that direction not too good it seemed. There was decent activity on CW and FT-8 was unreal, today the band was open over the pole, not skew pa
Conditions on LF and MF last nite were nothing special, the nite before either, but two nites ago 630M was as good as its ever been since I have been using it, I have been on since about 2013, sta
Was there not another list started for FT8 on topband?? Why the heck is this stuff still here then?? Roger, If you are so confident that digital is going to fail, why not sit back and let it happen?
Shoot no reason to apologize Bob, the replies are worth the chuckles, OK, guys I will apologize for my humor. Suggesting a 40m 8 circle array was meant as a technical Joke as in cross polarization.
Many of those Chinese ones are plain junk, if you measure them they re no where close to a good 5109. They just silk screen the number on the top of "generic" parts. If you use them test them be
Well let me be the 2nd then to comment, His gripe is he was just sending it to "test" them to check it out, didnt really mean to submit it, If they would have just passed it through and given credit
Ever see RG6 with a solid aluminum shield? One thing that hasn't been mentioned here is how the aluminum shield, jacket, and dielectric behaves. I'm pretty sure that the CoE/°F of aluminum is *more t
Maybe its to early but has any one received QSL from 5I4ZZ? Worked them for one of my last zones on 160 so anxious for a confirmation. Did OQRS etc. 73 Merv K9FD Molokai Island Hawaii _____________
Did you try all the other direction beverages you have? In the past 20 years of operating here in KH6 I find many times EU comes through over central america, not over USA, and its hard as heck to te
I lived in BY back in 1999 and 2000 and put BY1QH on 160 even before that time, Problem is not the stations or antennas, its the noise, hardly any BY live in the country, they are mostly all stuck
!60 has been open over the pole here for a few days, today no exception, usually can work 20 to 30 contacts, mostly North EU, Russians, and of course Asia, VK, this morning A71EM called me wit