Hence, my suggestion to make the already-popular, all-HF-band, SSB/CW, IARU HF contest the summer 160 meter event. The ITU zones that make up the exchange don't provide quite the same geographic gran
Herb, You simply have no common darkness with 9M0L this time of year. KV4 sunrise: 1002Z 9M0L sunset: 1033Z KV4 sunset: 2236Z 9M0L sunrise: 2211Z What do you want them to do ? Change the declination
Yes, I have played around in the 160 contests during the mid-afternoon, too. From SW New Mexico, I can typically work the better equipped east coast stations at sunset....but I'm not talking about my
How about this one: Copy what the other station sends. 73, Steve, N2IC 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W GF27xu Enviado desde mi BlackBerry® device de Antel The Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge warm-up is co
Last night (31 Oct UTC) was very good on 160. AA0RS and W5XZ were trolling in the Europeans. The band seemed to be open all evening with OH3XR and PA3FQA being beacons, and RI1ANF with a big signal.
After many frustrating experiences with unwelcome interaction between various 160 antennas and towers, I am thinking about going back to basics by removing all the other 160 wires, and shunt feeding
My 160 meter shunt fed tower project is essentially done. However, I have an issue with the 80 meter antennas hung off that tower. In a nutshell, the current baluns (ferrite beads) feeding these ante
In this case the original poster has a two-dipole 80-meter antenna attached high on a tower. He needs to isolate common mode 160 meter tower antenna currents and voltages from that array. 1.) He cle
A solar flux of 97 is not what I would call a solar maximum. More like a bump in the new Mayan Minimum. Who knows what will happen on December 21 more years when the flux would never fall below 100 f
Here in southwest New Mexico, we received a lump of coal ! You and F6ARC were the only EU stations heard for more than a few moments on a 600 foot beverage. Your signal varied from inaudible to 559.
See the thread titled "Shunt fed towers and common mode chokes", that began on December 6, 2012. I'm afraid you will be replacing that 4:1 balun. 73, Steve, N2IC On 12/25/2012 08:52 PM, Ron Spencer w
When we last left this adventure, I was shunt feeding my 110' tower on 160, which supports a multitude of yagis and wires. Unfortunately, I was coupling so much energy into the 80 meter wire array th
I dont know what you are using for 80M Steve and why all the feeds, etc are located at the top of the tower. In the 80's I had a 100' Rohn 25 with a stack of yagis and shunt fed on 160 which worked
"Weather Events" in the Upper Atmosphere D-region Winter Anomaly is a period of enhanced radio wave absorption usually occurring in late winter and thought to be associated with a sudden stratospheri
It's worth looking at N6LF's QEX March/April 2012 article, available on his web site at http://www.antennasbyn6lf.com/2012/02/elevated-radial-ground-systems-some-cautions.html . 73, Steve, N2IC What
Great empirical info, Eddie. Can you say something qualitative about your ground conditions ? For example, "irrigated soil", "rocky hilltop", "sand", etc. You are doing something right - Huge signal
Why doesn't Rob do us all a favor and sell Idiom Press to a company that seems to have its act together, such as DX Engineering, Array Solutions or W4PA (Vibroplex/Spiderbeam USA) ? He's certainly no
Rule 6 of the Stew Perry is a joke in so many ways. "enjoy the contest the way we did back when Stew Perry was around" contradicted by: "We do realize band scopes can show that someone is on 1829.3 -