It is very good that you have given the ham community a well done sound over IP program. There already was a program like this called IP Sound written by SM5VXC, however, the OM seems to have vanishe
I think I might like to try some reversible beverages, but I would like them to be made so I can easily roll up the wire on a spool to do mowing, etc. I currently use 19 gauge aluminum electric fence
Why don't you just mount them on permanent posts (or trees) 10' high? That's what I and many others do. That ought to let you mow around them without taking them down. My support posts are 100' apart
When you say they work best at 1-3' how exactly do you mean and what are the antenna details? Getting more info on what others use is always good. Carl KM1H Many years ago, I put up two 500 foot bev
TX antenna, never gave me so much as a QRZ for the several dozen times I called, and had his auto CQ set for a very short recycle time. One of the reasons why people do the short CQ recycle is to be
Thanks. I stopped sending "test" after my call for exactly this reason. _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com
On occasion, this might make sense. The trouble is that I will have already typed in "N6RK" by the time I have figured out that he is sending my call. Is there any easy way to fix this in N1MM other
Actually what Ken sends me is: me: CQ TEST N6RK N6RK Ken: N6RK N6RO me: N6RO 5NN SV ken: 5NN EB or sometimes: 5NN EB KB :-) Ken's extremely strong signal tips me off as to who is calling, so I am use
On a 60 foot vertical, I need two 75 foot wires to resonate near 1.830 On a 90 foot vertical, I need four 30 foot wires to resonate near 1.830 These wires slope down at about a 45 degree angle Just s
It is easy to model this with EZNEC, and the rule of thumb turns out to be pretty good. I obey the rule on my 90 ft vertical. I violate the rule on my 60 ft vertical, because I was in a hurry and did
An old trick that works with hoses on barb connectors is to heat up the hose by dunking it in a jar of hot (near boiling) water. Works every time. I'm thinking that one quick dunk in water won't hurt
Could you support a vertical 1/2 wave for 160 with aballoon? You could end -feed it at the base through a 1/4 wave of 450 ohm But feeding a half wave vertical with the base near the ground Don k4kyv
The trouble with the 450 ohm line is that you have a balanced line with an unbalanced load. You would like to put a balun or common-mode choke at the antenna end, but that is impractical. Thus the li
You likely had an antenna with 1/2 wave of wire spooled up on a short fiberglass rod, which would never behave like a half-wave. You are exactly right. Unfortunately, this myth dies hard. A few year
If the issue of have "something to push against" were critical, the obvious work around would be to feed the vertical dipole in the center. Apparently, this issue is not all that critical because hal
I meant to say I believe the author of the Logic logging software was one of the original authors for the LOTW format. Gary KA1J That explains a lot. The Logic software has the same amateurish look
There was recently a discussion about installing F connectors. I ran across a handy tool for this at Lowe's (SKU 303123). It is a small pistol grip attached to a female F connector. The idea is that
In rebuilding the station this year, I have been trying a lot of receiving antennas. My criterion was: does this receive significantly better than the transmit vertical. I tried some beverages withou
Here is a link to the NCJ article describing the loop: http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/NCJ_loop_antenna_N6RK.pdf Rick N6RK _______________________________________________ Stew Perry Topband Distance
On 1/13/2013 8:52 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On 1/12/2013 12:49 PM, k7xq@elite.net wrote: 1. I still have not copied or worked into Europe. I have been on this band somewhat seriously for at least 5 years