- 1. Re: Topband: How do we get more people on Topband? (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:09:28 -0700
- I am not new to 160 but new to this reflector. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's comments. The comments about transatlantic and transpacific DX tests prompted me to reply. I got on 160 in 1968
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00225.html (11,663 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: K4M on TopBand (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:32:34 -0700
- Ditto on FT5GA. One of two needed for all and never got him. Heard him just once and he went QRT. Dave N7RK -- ** Dave N7RK Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk Phoenix, Arizona *DXCC H
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00240.html (8,242 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Is this considerd assisted (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:54:30 -0700
- Your DX hounds are well trained! 73, Dave N7RK -- ** Dave N7RK Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk Phoenix, Arizona *DXCC Honor Roll* *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB* ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00248.html (6,843 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: coax loops - the age old question... (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:40 -0700
- Hi Steve - I also made a 2 band shielded loop back in the 1980's. I recall discussing it with Doug DeMaw at the ARRL and he also told me a 2 band loop would not work but it did. http://members.cox.ne
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00370.html (8,350 bytes)
- 5. Re: Topband: Chicken Wire (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:31 -0700
- I learned about it back in the 1970's from two hams I worked with who were ex-broadcast engineers. Although I had not done much on 160, they were part of my 80/75 meter vertical system, singles and p
- /archives//html/Topband/2009-12/msg00081.html (8,346 bytes)
- 6. Re: Topband: 'Spud Gun' (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:28:38 -0700
- I have been using an inexpensive wrist rocket (sling shot) for the times I have had to shoot an antenna line over the trees. Used it with fishing line and sinkers which have a hole through them so it
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-03/msg00106.html (8,572 bytes)
- 7. Re: Topband: Resonating a 160 Meter Vertical (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:08:25 -0700
- Hi Phil - My 72 ft 80 meter vertical (which is also my 160 transmit antenna) with top loading resonates at 2.9 MHz. I matched it with a fixed series capacitor which goes directly to the feed point. Y
- /archives//html/Topband/2010-10/msg00008.html (7,799 bytes)
- 8. Re: Topband: W1BB equipment photos (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:30:53 -0700
- I have a 1947 picture of W1BB's station on my web page at: http://n7rk.com/w6bam.html You will find it at the bottom of the page. I scanned this from the original photo which I have but don't recall
- /archives//html/Topband/2011-12/msg00350.html (7,245 bytes)
- 9. Re: Topband: BC filters and inductance calculations (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:14:05 -0700
- Hi Paul - thanks for the 6 meter and 160 meter QSO's. You might want to check this guy out also. http://www.rescueelectronics.com/RF_Filters.html He is W1VLF. I have one from Rescue for NDB listening
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-01/msg00074.html (7,571 bytes)
- 10. Re: Topband: Skywave for LF (score: 1)
- Author: David Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:09:18 -0700
- 630 meter propagation will be almost entirely groundwave as ionospheric Definitely not true! I started chasing NDB's between 200 and 450 kHz a couple of years ago. I regularly copy NDB's out of Hawai
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-02/msg00345.html (8,579 bytes)
- 11. Re: Topband: 160m Sloping Vertical Antenna? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 07:29:50 -0700
- Hi Ed - I have done the same thing on 80/75 meters with great results using a tree and a sling shot to get the wire up. Used chicken wire for the ground system. Did this the first time from an apartm
- /archives//html/Topband/2014-12/msg00392.html (8,172 bytes)
- 12. Re: Topband: ZL and W6KIP?? back in the 60's? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 16:53:02 -0700
- Although I was on 160 in the late 1960's from Southern California as WB6NRK, I was lucky to work into the next call area with my homebrew 6L6 transmitter with two crystals, Gonset G-66 receiver and a
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00081.html (10,458 bytes)
- 13. Re: Topband: VP6D (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:48:52 -0700
- The not staying on until west coast sunrise has been happening a lot with the Pacific DXpeditions on 160 the past few weeks. They have been changing bands 30-45 minutes before sunrise in Arizona and
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-10/msg00189.html (7,506 bytes)
- 14. Re: Topband: LW Radio Beacons (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Hollander <n7rk@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:38:36 -0700
- This is a much better site for beacons (NDB's) and it's updated daily. The other site is way out of date. https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna I chase NDB's. 73, Dave N7RK -- Dave Hollander N7RK Arizo
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-10/msg00124.html (7,502 bytes)
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