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1. Re: Topband: Working Europe (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 12:33:45 -0400; dead because no one is there. ...AND THEN there is the issue of when people *can* actually listen; by that I mean, they have a decent rx antenna at their disposal. I've noticed quite a few locals (W1; /archives//html/Topband/2016-07/msg00000.html (7,281 bytes)
2. Re: Topband: Working Europe (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 21:06:31 -0400; not, necessarily, encouraging "ultimate stations" -- i.e., get 'em on the band...... Precisely my point. Receive antennas are no longer just the domain of ultimate stations. There's plenty of other o; /archives//html/Topband/2016-07/msg00004.html (9,019 bytes)
3. Re: Topband: 80-160M remote autotuner needed (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:10:35 -0400; My Inv-L is tuned at the FP with a homebrew network that I probably didn't even use math to design. The variables and inductor are turned by motors cannibalized from cheap 12V battery-powered drills; /archives//html/Topband/2016-07/msg00025.html (8,825 bytes)
4. Re: Topband: Gamma Match Tower Question (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:46:37 -0400; Bill (et al), I have a short gamma matched tower for 160. I didn't originally intend to load it during construction, so I ran the other feedlines up the outside of the tower, grounded by bracket at t; /archives//html/Topband/2016-08/msg00014.html (11,427 bytes)
5. Re: Topband: JT65 on 160 (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:07:23 -0400; Hi all, One of the locals here is very into the JT -modes, almost exclusively on topband. He uses 100W into a single Inv-L with two 1/4-wave radials and nothing for RX. I think he's about halfway to; /archives//html/Topband/2017-03/msg00064.html (9,432 bytes)
6. Re: Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing? (long) (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:06:19 -0400; I represent the under 30 crowd (for another few years at least) who isn't really into JT65, FT8, etc.. I still prefer the "between the ears" -modes. However, I see the JT and other weak signal modes; /archives//html/Topband/2017-10/msg00141.html (11,719 bytes)
7. Re: Topband: Capacity Hat Wire Size (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:28:22 -0500; Bruce, I used to resonate my tower on 80m with 22 ga wire in two directions. Never a problem with power handling at 1.5kW; I probably would have used bigger stuff if I had any in the garage at the ti; /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00011.html (8,315 bytes)
8. Re: Topband: RBOG through radial field (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 17:21:51 -0500; I used to run my RBOG over the buried radial field of an 80m Inv-L here some years ago. What I found was that the beverage directionality was absolutely wrecked. To avoid running it over the radials,; /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00043.html (7,716 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: Bury beverage wire? (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:02:08 -0500; Martin, I recall an article somewhere about a gentleman who buried a section of his beverage under a road on his farm. His method was to bury a non-conductive pipe, then run the beverage through it.; /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00055.html (8,233 bytes)
10. Re: Topband: Adding chicken wire or mesh on top of radial field (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:29:16 -0500; Rob Sherwood did some experiments with groundscreen and radials. You can see his slideshow here: http://slideplayer.com/slide/5717782/ I'm planning something similar at my new QTH but still trying to; /archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00272.html (7,876 bytes)
11. Re: Topband: FT8 Observations (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:42:15 -0400; Hi Dave, In my [very, very, extremely] limited experiences with any of the JT modes, it has always seemed to me that many are alligators. I think the FT8 craze has inspired a lot of people to get on; /archives//html/Topband/2018-04/msg00108.html (9,983 bytes)
12. Re: Topband: Radial plate (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:55:48 -0400; Hi Tony, I had also looked at the DXE radial plate for verticals at my new qth. I settled instead on wide copper strap (a length of which you're probably already purchasing for the feedpoint connecti; /archives//html/Topband/2018-06/msg00137.html (9,184 bytes)
13. Re: Topband: 160m Antenna, worse than I thought ! (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:15:47 -0500; Similar problem here in October. The inverted-L snapped just past the bend ~90ft up but miraculously did not slip back thru the insulator. Only realized what had happened when I noticed wire tangled; /archives//html/Topband/2018-11/msg00270.html (7,271 bytes)
14. Topband: doublet as marconi (score: 1): Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:33:19 -0400; Topbanders, During the winter, an icy pine branch saw fit to down my 160 inverted-L and so I've begun planning a replacement. As we're allegedly headed into the spring, and as it is unlikely I'll get; /archives//html/Topband/2019-04/msg00025.html (7,478 bytes)

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