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21. Re: Topband: Demo of the value of one dB (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:52:44 -0500
K1DG stated: "A couple of years ago I did a quick analysis and discovered he was right! The control case was N1UR, who operated the CQWW contest many years in the low power category, then turned on a
/archives//html/Topband/2016-02/msg00151.html (8,658 bytes)

22. Re: Topband: Am I the only one in step? (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:46:00 -0500
It is common practice in the CQ WW 160M Contest for CQing on the NA and EU side to occur in the 1810 - 1825 range. I was doing so twice in the contest last weekend. It was pretty much every 3khz CQin
/archives//html/Topband/2016-03/msg00015.html (9,391 bytes)

23. Re: Topband: Half slopers ??? (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 07:08:35 -0400
Are we talking half slopers or quarter wave slopers here. I have a 70 ft tower and had very poor performance with quarter wave slopers on either band (80/160). On 80 I tried a resonant roughly 65 ft
/archives//html/Topband/2016-04/msg00017.html (7,859 bytes)

24. Re: Topband: VK0EK confirmation (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:02:32 -0400
Personally, I don't agree that the occasional wisdom obtained from Jim's posts is worth being subjected to the unprofessional attitude and comments that all of us are subjected to on the many forums
/archives//html/Topband/2016-04/msg00119.html (8,066 bytes)

25. Re: Topband: 2 element vertical for 80m with 1/8wavelength (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:13:49 -0400
I can't speak to verticals spaced that tightly but I can speak to dipoles spaced that tightly. I have 2 phased half wave dipoles spaced 1/8 apart and fed 180 degs out of phase. I get nice gain (looks
/archives//html/Topband/2016-04/msg00124.html (7,794 bytes)

26. Re: Topband: FT-1000MP (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:49:02 -0400
I agree with others on the IPO on 160 - 40 which defeats the "Tuned" preamp. I personally don't default to attenuation of any value. It depends on the noise level and the bandwidth. On CW (which is t
/archives//html/Topband/2016-06/msg00072.html (7,392 bytes)

27. Re: Topband: Digital modes on TB and power required (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:34:35 -0400
I can't speak to JT65 as I have never used it. But on CW, I used 100 - 200W only for 10 years. T top vertical with 40 radials under and really crappy soil. Beverages in many directions. I was able to
/archives//html/Topband/2017-03/msg00070.html (8,156 bytes)

28. Re: Topband: Relocation to mountainous area (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:57:36 -0400
Central Vermont (my QTH) has just about the worst conductivity soil in the US. Glacial till on top of Granite. One of the US?s largest and oldest Granite mines is only 5 miles from my QTH and is visi
/archives//html/Topband/2017-08/msg00015.html (8,220 bytes)

29. Re: Topband: Beverage construction (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:15:16 -0500
I have found that a common source of noise on beverage systems is the need to use the small F type connectors and the crappy F type coax that is often on the jumpers as well as just converting it all
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00111.html (7,659 bytes)

30. Re: Topband: CQ WW CW 160m observations (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:33:53 -0500
I worked G4IIY at about 03Z on Sunday morning. Ian was one of the most consistent signals CQing and heard from my end (nice job Ian). However - no one from EU was strong. A few of the Carib and Zone
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00130.html (7,874 bytes)

31. Re: Topband: FT8 qrm (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:47:52 -0500
I'm sorry but I don't buy the argument that the way to be a "gentleman" is to accept everyone else's interests above your own. A "gentleman" is respectful of others and treats others as he/she wants
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00186.html (8,804 bytes)

32. Re: Topband: FT8 qrm (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:22:48 -0500
You should ask that question on the FT8 users group actually. There is an interest group that is wanting to use the frequency for a short time. When you get there (or can you tell your computer) and
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00194.html (11,194 bytes)

33. Re: Topband: FT8 Usage or CW QRM (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:05:54 -0500
The more I hear and learn about FT8, the more amazingly bad this mode sounds. There is a simple way to solve the 1840 problem. Just "update the app" to default to 1980 and the whole 2.5khz crowd will
/archives//html/Topband/2017-11/msg00214.html (7,817 bytes)

34. Re: Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 181, Issue 5 (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 10:18:51 -0500
Bob, Thanks for your Topband efforts from HS. Still a needed zone for me (and I am sure many) on topband. In fact one of just a couple I still need on 80M. The path to Vermont is a tough one. I only
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00016.html (8,134 bytes)

35. Re: Topband: My beverage only hears static? (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:36:18 -0500
I think the first question is - whats you steady noise level with your TX antenna? Maybe S5 is a 30db improvement. If not, in my experience - steady state noise is either a local point source close t
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00145.html (7,860 bytes)

36. Re: Topband: VU2GSM webSDR use (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:55:09 -0500
Paul, You should check the rules on that WiFi linked beverage. In CQ WW for instance, its not allowed. All RX and TX antennas have to be connected by wires. Some contests - like CQ 160 - allow your s
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00166.html (7,957 bytes)

37. Re: Topband: VU2GSM webSDR use (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 23:37:03 -0500
I worked VU2GSM on 80M a couple of weeks ago. He was 559 and very copyable on my N/S 800 ft beverage. Yes, he did come right back to me. But I didn't think much of it. Ed N1UR _________________ Topba
/archives//html/Topband/2018-01/msg00175.html (7,874 bytes)

38. Re: Topband: Working dupes on a band (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 19:20:53 -0500
The FT8 QSOs may be "proper" for a computer. Just not for a human. 73 Ed N1UR _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
/archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00025.html (7,702 bytes)

39. Re: Topband: topband qrm from industries (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:27:03 -0500
I have not heard of long distance solar array QRM on the HF bands. I have a few moderate sized ones with a mile or 2 from me and I hear nothing from them (very low noise QTH). Very close in (less tha
/archives//html/Topband/2018-02/msg00104.html (6,827 bytes)

40. Re: Topband: 9M0W - 160M (score: 1)
Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:32:05 -0400
Jeff, great write-up. Thank you. I never heard 9M0W on either 80 or 160 on any of the days and listened many of the SS and SR both long and short path. Using beverages and the YX array since noise wa
/archives//html/Topband/2018-03/msg00062.html (8,516 bytes)

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