- 1. TopBand: Bird Wattmeter Error on 160 Meters (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 00:07:40 -0500
- It only took me 44 years to learn this little tidbit, so I thought I would pass it on as it is of interest to all bird Wattmeter users. The standard Bird HF slugs like we all use are marked 2-30 mhz.
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-06/msg00000.html (7,564 bytes)
- 2. TopBand: Dayton (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 22:48:18 -0500
- Topbanders, please stop by the Emtron Amplifiers booth (#434) and say hi. Have fun. (((73))) Phil, K5PC "To do is to be".....Sartre "To be is to do".....Aristotle "To be or not to be".Shakespeare "Do
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-05/msg00033.html (6,681 bytes)
- 3. TopBand: VP8/G4VFU (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 21:41:39 -0500
- VP8/G4VFU came up at about 0215Z on 1847, QSX 1850 tonight. He was an honest 5X9+10db here in the Dallas area. He also gave me a 5X9. This may be a "magic" night on topband! I don't know what antenna
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-04/msg00207.html (7,958 bytes)
- 4. TopBand: VP8/G4VFU Land or Sea? (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:38:19 -0500
- According to May 1998 QST, only the transmitter need be on dry land. GL all! (((73))) Phil, K5PC "To do is to be".....Sartre "To be is to do".....Aristotle "To be or not to be".Shakespeare "Do be do
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-04/msg00216.html (6,751 bytes)
- 5. TopBand: boring balloon report (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:12:53 -0600
- He was there this morning for over an hour, Jon. Nice signal in Texas. He was calling and calling for W1JR, ignoring the pile. I think maybe W8JI got in the log...Tom was persistant! (((73))) Phil, K
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00161.html (7,668 bytes)
- 6. TopBand: Dxpedition Responses (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:19:29 -0600
- A "must read" is the 160 mtere prop. article in this month's CQ. It answers your questions and confirms what I have experienced on the band. (((73))) Phil, K5PC "To do is to be".....Sartre "To be is
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00171.html (7,324 bytes)
- 7. TopBand: Elevated GP vs. Vertical Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:32:14 -0600
- I could not agree more, Eric! What a fine piece of work explained in a way all can understand. I cannot help but go to downtown Spokane when I visit there to the broadcast station with the elevated r
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00199.html (20,794 bytes)
- 8. TopBand: Elevated GP vs. Vertical Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:07:47 -0600
- Snip... This is the area where the experimentation needs to be done. My findings from the elevated G.P. in downtown Spokane included the fact that there is no R.F. left to couple to the ground or any
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00381.html (13,234 bytes)
- 9. TopBand: Elevated GP vs. Vertical Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:58:21 -0600
- they? The building is 13-14 stories. Atop is a full-sized, four legged selfsupport tower. The operating freq is around 1210 khz. (Spokane hams, please help me with the freq. and call sign!) The 120 r
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00392.html (8,965 bytes)
- 10. TopBand: Re: Echos (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 02:51:56 -0600
- Snip.... I once sat in on a talk by Frank, W3LPL, that cleared up a lot of my questions. He correctly pointed out that not only is the earth's surface and the sea surface uneven, but the ionosphere c
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00450.html (8,377 bytes)
- 11. TopBand: YB0ARA/9 (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 06:28:10 -0600
- This has got to be the opening of the season! What a run Phil has made this morning. As I type this at 1220z, Dallas is in sunlight and Phil is S-9 on the meter! The "oval" must be in full retreat th
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00452.html (7,178 bytes)
- 12. TopBand: El Nino (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:19:57 -0600
- Please don't, Earl! We folks in 5-land will need all the help we can get for the H40 operation. I am sending you some redwood tree saplings and some good ole Texas B.S. in hope that they will grow po
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00472.html (7,536 bytes)
- 13. TopBand: El Nino (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:26:00 -0600
- My oh my....now we have cybercops! Since my comment was within the reflector guidelines and I hope humerous to all, I wanted to share it with the group. Use your delete key if you don't like my posts
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-03/msg00475.html (7,332 bytes)
- 14. TopBand: Common mode rejection filters (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:23:16 -0600
- At 07:57 AM 2/4/98 -0800, Bob, KG7D information, regardless of whether it is related to working a "New One". I for techniques rather than just spots of band conditions which are readily availabl else
- /archives//html/Topband/1998-02/msg00040.html (7,717 bytes)
- 15. TopBand: Meanook spoke, and speaks again! (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:52:31 -0600
- 160 meters usually turns on like a switch here in the Dallas area about the time of the ARRL 160m test in December. Maybe it is the seeding of the F layer with massive RF doses from the contest...who
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00006.html (8,588 bytes)
- 16. TopBand: Technical Question (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:34:06 -0600
- Been there, done that, Ron. There is a possibility of VERY high voltage in the box. You need to use an insulated cover. I use a plastic trash can to cover mine. As an example, when I first installed
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00018.html (7,756 bytes)
- 17. TopBand: Shunt matching tower for 160M (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:50:36 -0600
- snip..... My tower is 90 feet tall..a Triex LM470D crank-up with a Hygain TH-11 at the 75 foot level with a 20 foot mast above with a corona ball at the tip. Try yours without the wire to the tree fi
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00046.html (10,417 bytes)
- 18. [Fwd: Re: TopBand: qso ??] (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 20:13:07 -0600
- This sounds like the internet version of someone getting the blessings from the "List Police" on 20 or 15 meter nets. If someone doesn't chime in after a QSO and say "good contact", it is no good. Co
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00088.html (7,488 bytes)
- 19. TopBand: Kachina 505DSP (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:55:49 -0600
- I was curious if any of you Topbanders have tried out the new Kachina radio (cover of CQ; Dec.'97) and checked for birdies and BC harmonics on 160m. Is this radio worthy of its price? What other bran
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00198.html (6,595 bytes)
- 20. TopBand: LA6WEA (score: 1)
- Author: philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 14:33:49 -0600
- I finally heard LA6WEA Friday night with help from the gray line boost. I can certainly relate to N6TR's experiences with the QSB problem. By the time LA6WEA would finish a CQ, he would disappear for
- /archives//html/Topband/1997-12/msg00397.html (7,213 bytes)
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