I am pleased to read and hear the fine 160m signal reports attributed to 3B9C. I monitored 1822 kHz last evening beginning at my sunset until 3B9 sunrise; but, I never heard a readable signal from 3B
I listened again Saturday night and heard nothing once again from 3B9C. Then Sunday evening at 0002z 3B9C was instantly 559 after my 2348z sunset. The spot-light shined upon N. FL. Congrats to anothe
Garry Shapiro, NI6T, wrote in part: "Funny thing about human psychology... The ionosphere shifted and you made the QSO--thus qualifying 3B9C as "another excellent Topband dxpedition effort." ..." Gar
Beverage Wire Height: For decades now I have read numerous accounts of Beverage performance attributed to wire gauge, conductor material, insulation, ground type, height above ground, on ground, whet
VE3CUI wrote in part: "...Why is it that some obviously seasoned operators on the band repeatedly ignore queries as to frequency occupancy, preferring instead to rudely pounce upon unsuspecting calle
Consolidated Electronic Wire and Cable http://www.conwire.com/ sells bulk quantities of solid copper tinned wire, available in many AWG sizes. Prices seem to track copper commodities prices.image tha
Tom is correct. Ticks carry many bad blood bugs, both virus and bacteria. Here in buggy North Florida "tick fevor" is very common and it is not Lymes disease. Mountain tick fever, Texas tick fever, S
...and reasonable instrumentation and a good understanding of what is actually going on. "Difficult" or "hard" is a judgment call from one's own particular expertise and experience perspective. Anten
Dissipation factors for particular oils are found here: http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'12/538-toudja.pdf I cannot comment on the accuracy of the data. Terry K4RX The major issue with dielectrics is dis
Hello Clive - The Bird 43 specifications indicate +/- 5% of FULL SCALE reading, regardless of slug type. 73, Terry K4RX Hi All, With the wealth of knowledge on here I thought I would ask this one. Ca
Bravo, John! Well stated on all points. No disparaging comments noted. I especially appreciate your discussion of RDF and what it actually means in practice. As you commented, in practice, RDF is cal
All of my transmission lines are buried except for the single coaxial cable that feeds my 6m long-boom Yagi. After 15 years, I have not experienced any problem with varmints chewing on any of my buri
Hi Mark - I have not experienced K3 TX/RX antenna isolation problems with my station configuration. I expect that if there is an isolation problem with your rig's TX and external RX antenna routing/s
Boy how, Dave. You sure nailed it. I was camped on their frequency all evening and I only heard water weak signals (uncopiable) for about 5 minutes around 0100z. Congrats to all the upper latitude gu