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1. Re: Topband: Weak signal-fast CW (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:45:19 +0200
fast when conditions are punk. My question is, Any slower and the QSB gets in the way. Faster I feel the same way.I have to admit that I have heard many a cq call at too fast a speed on 160m, sitting
/archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00229.html (7,968 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: how to set up a Skype receiving beacon (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:27:13 +0200
At first I thought this Skype reverse beacon was a wonderful idea and told Eric so. Then the demons started, multiple receivers all over the world? And what if somebody is just sending his call witho
/archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00060.html (9,861 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: how to set up a Skype receiving beacon (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:25:19 +0200
people that yes, I would like Tom's response: I agree with you Tom, I should have written: "I would have enjoyed to hear my own signal over Skype BUT with all the potential problems mentioned,will re
/archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00072.html (9,549 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: Topband :Beacons (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:13:34 +0200
This sounds good in theory but the attempt to get useful qsy info (frequency) over to the other op may mean a lost qso. But I suppose that is al part of making the qso even more valid( more unknown i
/archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00092.html (8,301 bytes)

5. Topband: MFJ 1026:What noise antenna to use? (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:46:32 +0200
I was given a MFJ 1026 by a VERY well meaning, pro 160m USA ham. I studied the booklet and all I could find on the web about it.The unit is really showing great promise. I am using a co-ax loop with
/archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00095.html (7,572 bytes)

6. Topband: At last an opening! (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 07:16:31 +0200
Well, last night was very noisy here but I managed to work a new EU, Denmark and made a German station happy with a new one for him. This morning just before my sunrise, W5UN gave me a call, actually
/archives//html/Topband/2006-04/msg00012.html (6,857 bytes)

7. Topband: 9J2BO, Zambia (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:57:24 +0200
I had the privelege to make contact with Brian, 9J2BO last night on 160m.Conditions was very noisy here but 599 both ways.I am not sure what Brian is using over there but I plan to make contact with
/archives//html/Topband/2006-04/msg00025.html (6,644 bytes)

8. Topband: Conditions here in South Africa (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 09:30:30 +0200
Here in southern South Africa conditions on Top band are noisy in the evening and much more quiet in the later halve of the night but I suspect that either the band is closed or nobody on the air! OH
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00000.html (6,670 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: QST Jun 06 RX Loop (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:11:24 +0200
I agree with you Steve, I use a 3 turn co-ax loop using RG58 as my MAIN rx antenna all the time.And I have to turn the loop to hear/work between EU and the USA and the East from my location in South
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00037.html (10,757 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: QST Jun 06 RX Loop (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 09:48:25 +0200
Yuri'answer:(part of it) YES Raoul, the shielded or coax loop is providing electrostatic field shielding from the near by interference by its virtue of capacitance of the shield to the ground. Shield
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00043.html (9,396 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: QST Jun 06 RX Loop (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:32:19 +0200
Dear Tom: I agree fully. I have looked (many a time!)and agree. Yes, again I agree. Tom, I agree once again,therefore my second post stating that my installation/grounding of the feedline is suspect.
/archives//html/Topband/2006-05/msg00044.html (10,784 bytes)

12. Topband: remote 160m receiver (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:05:06 +0200
I am considering a remote receiving site for 160m.I would like to send the segment from 1810 to 1850 using a uhf or microwave link to my qth, about 4 km away. This would mean receiving the 40 kHz ban
/archives//html/Topband/2006-06/msg00063.html (6,793 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: A question of efficiency (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:06:50 +0200
Ralph, a stub or linear loading can be just as lossy as a coil, in fact it can be worse!I agree that toploading is the best form of loading a vertical but the 'hat' is not suppose to radiate. I woul
/archives//html/Topband/2006-07/msg00032.html (8,227 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: Beverage versus K9AY (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:55:01 +0200
termination I hope Bill allow this deviation from this thread:I know that the resistor(s) for a Beverage are suppose to be non-inductive but they are hard to find here in South Africa and seems a lo
/archives//html/Topband/2006-07/msg00055.html (8,034 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: Totally Deaf (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:14:56 +0200
in the US to be "TOTALLY D E A F." Another in >Europe complained that I was just CQ'ing. I supposed they meant I was just cluttering up the band (even though I had managed >to make seven contacts th
/archives//html/Topband/2006-09/msg00096.html (8,739 bytes)

16. Re: Topband: Noise Limiter Help - Thanks (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:57:37 +0200
I have not yet used a ANC-4 but am using the MFJ-1026 wiith some mods for low band operation.I phase it with my co-ax loop rx antenna and also with a K9AY loop and sometimes even with the vertical t
/archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00010.html (7,787 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: 160m experiment (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:23:23 +0200
- Marconi reported reception at 12:30, 1:10, and 2:20 local time. Adding 3 and 1/2 hours gives 1600 UTC, 1640 UTC, and 1750 UTC. propagation I had listened to a very interesting and entertaining talk
/archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00059.html (8,241 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: Strange QRN (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:42:17 +0200
sounding note on 160 that was cycling every few >>seconds....... then I noticed it was in time with my CELL PHONE CHARGER !!!! most likely the camera charger and others have the same RFI generation.
/archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00120.html (7,558 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: soil doping (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:58:05 +0200
and a reply: Here in Southern South Africa typical soil with a low salt (sodium chloride) content would have a value between 20-30mg/Kg salt.A high value would be 150-200mg/Kg Fertilizer have a lot o
/archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00121.html (8,615 bytes)

20. Re: Topband: Short Radials / Antenna Update (score: 1)
Author: "Raoul Coetzee" <raoulc@smmcape.co.za>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:23:53 +0200
yours truly, who might otherwise be that's perhaps beyond the "...usual fare", in the the absence of copper wire... ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ If you see my 'poor' radial system in my backyard with abo
/archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00189.html (8,454 bytes)

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