My thoughts on FT8: - How is it actually a Q from our normal perspective? The comments Jeff made on the fact that 2 operators (on both sides of the circuit) could see evidence of each other for 20 mi
As I said in the post - "in my opinion". You are most free to disagree with it. Other people's opinions should never be disturbing when no personal attack is made. And none was. Regardless of the abo
Thanks for that link. I think that this will be a recurring theme going forward. 160M is hard. That what makes it fun for many of us. Is it still fun if FT8 is used? Is it more fun to use FT8 than wa
KA1J stated "this is a licensed sport, I see it in some ways like fishing which is also a licensed sport; some catch and keep, some catch and release, some pay big bucks to fly to way out of the way
Roger. My guess is that it is considered "season over" by most of the boys. I rarely get on 160M after early April unless there is a specific DXpedition on. I don't think I am alone. In some cases, p
I find that my 600 to 1000 ft terminated beverages are quite capable. Clearly, if someone doesn't the room, then other options need to be explored. But the front to back ratio and SNR of my 1000 ft b
I am not sure why people responded privately on this topic. But here is my reply: All methods can be used. The "hard phase reversal" with equal lengths of coax works (in my experience) however it mak
Personally, I think that there will be no vertically polarized solution to 3 crank up towers so close to each other. Its actually hard to imagine any of the bands not having a problem based on what i
As a point of reference - I have 4 terminated beverages from 200 - 350m long (also 2 unterminated bererages). I use them on 40 - 160M. I typically see 10 - 25dB of front to back on these beverages. O
I usually use the complex impedance as my guide here. What is the resistive component vs the model? If the SWR is flat it is often because the resistive ( R ) portion is too high and dominating the f
In my case, I don't really get going on 160M until the beginning of November. My October is usually getting ready for CQ WW SSB and then Nov - Feb is basically CW season for me which includes getting
Steve, From here in Vermont, the Long Path has been the only 2 Qs ever had to VK6 on 160M. Once with 200W in 2008 and once last year with 1.5kW. Thanks for your efforts in this. Much appreciated. 73
I am not sure where you are getting your information that cutting the losses in your 160 vertical from 60 - 37 Ohms will have no difference in performance - technically or noticeably but its not corr
Such is the new trend. No offense to KV4FZ whatsoever but if you provide the easy path.most will take it. The only way to affect the "easy way out" is to not provide it. I remember year's ago doing C
To each his own Herb. Nothing against you. But last I checked AM morphing to SSB never eliminated the person with the voice and the ears. It just made what was happening more efficient. If the only a
Hi Jay. The IP address is actually tied to your device and is picked up and identified on the internet. My point was that the machine deserves the credit for the DXCC. Thats all. I would totally agre
They were quite readable here at my sunset yesterday - about 2215Z on 80M CW but were working EU. Best signal was Long Path from the SE. This morning, I had no copy on them at all on 160M but could h
I see a general lack of CW activity other than contests and DXpeditions actually. Not just on top band. Add to that the virtually non-existent SSB DX activity on top band, and there you have it. Quit
There continues to be a trend for DXpeditions to be "active on 160M" by firing up FT8. Sadly, in some cases, recently XT2 and 5T5, there appears to be no attempt to be on 160M except for FT8. A far d
While the harmonic interference is unacceptable and needs to be dealt with, isn't this only "a crisis" because of the simplistic FT8 solution of bunching everyone up on a small channel? It reminds me