As the gray line passed over their QTH, the signal went from a whisper to 579 on my inverted L. Not much of a chance to work them with 100 watts, but it was nice to hear them. I DID work LZ1ANA just
Happy Holidays to all; I am using EZNEC v5, simulating a full wave horizontal loop on 160 meters, square shape, fed in the middle of one of the four sides, height is low to the ground (5 feet up). If
Wow, the QRN is deafening. I can hear F5IN at his sunrise 599 to 10 over, but the static is jumping to 20 over on my inverted L. Never heard anything this extreme in winter. It's bad on 40 and 80 als
My first beverage, I was expecting better results. I could only roll out 250 feet of new, insulated 14 gauge stranded wire, but I did get it consistently about 6 feet above ground. The ground slopes
Additional notes: EU stations that I can hear S7 on the 80 meter half-square, are reduced to NIL on the beverage. I can hear some US stations to the NE. My first beverage, I was expecting better resu
First, thanks to ALL on this list who responded. I received more than 20 replies with suggestions and guidance. Second, I used my MFJ-259 to measure the SWR from the shack. I was shocked at what I fo
Thanks for the guidance with my inverted L back in October and November (it is ALL about RADIALS, RADIALS, RADIALS) PA, HA, 9A, S5. All with ease and good S5 or better in all cases. Tonight I had a b
Returned from road trip late Thu night, started tinkering right after work today (Friday). Replaced 75 foot of bad coax, replaced a switch in shack with intermittent short. Still not getting anything
More bad cable.not shorted but very lossy 213. Disappointed in that purchase. I have now replaced all the beverage feedline with LMR-400, and reception is now more like what I expect. Thanks OK, we h
Again, thanks to all who offered suggestions and encouragement. I have completed my investigation, and discovered the source of the problem. I am feeding coax to the beverage, and using an SO-239 to
Although very weak due to the short length of the beverage on 160 (as everyone has helped me to understand), I was able to hear VQ9LA and 8Q7VR just above the noise on top band. Now on 40 meters an h
I heard ZS1JX at his sunrise, and I heard and worked 4Z1UF at about the same time, also his sunrise. 4Z1UF, Ilya, was BOOMING in on my inverted L, a solid 589. I looked back in my log, and saw that I
I see some stuff out there from DX Engineering, but before I buy I wanted to check with others. Thanks Mark Lunday WD4ELG _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB
Sorry I did not do a detailed explanation on the original request. My Flex 3000 does not havea separate RX input connection Mark Lunday WD4ELG _______________________________________________ UR RST I
Well, let's see. 250 feet point NNW, unterminated. 5 ticks and 20 mosquito bites from the woods from Wednesday afternoon's installation. Not hearing much on 160 or 80 last night. At 2300 local tonigh
Similar observations from US East Coast. I was able to work T32C and 3D2R on 40 CW and 80 CW during my gray-line this morning. Simple inverted L and 300 watts from NC. Excellent ops on their end, I a
What a difference a day makes. Signals down on the upper bands on both DXpeditions yesterday. What was 599 copy on Sunday afernoon was now S1 on 15, 17, and 20. But MUCH better on 160. Snagged T32C o
Any ops that can muscle through the tropical QRN to give out a new country on TB, are worthy of our praise and appreciation! Mark Lunday WD4ELG _______________________________________________ UR RST
ON4UN's book has lots of info on high angle signals arriving at SR and SS. John's motto - you can never have too many receiving antennas for the different conditions. Mark Lunday WD4ELG _____________
Hunters took down my bev on the land behind me. Only 250 foot unterminated, did not seem to be working all that great on 160 but really well on 40 and 30 (towards EU), although 2 months is not enough