Yesterday I decided to measure the actual voltage at base of my short HI-Z verticals while I transmitted on the TX array. Since I first posted about the coupling capacitor failures in these units, I
Hi Lee You are absolutely right, a failed coupling cap should not change the basic amp performance. All that we will get is some of the op-amp voltage leaking onto the element. However, my initial in
The band is starting to recover from the last solar blast. 18 EU made it into the log last night from 0400 to 0600z some with exceptional signals. I was out with the xyl and did not get to the radio
Bob.. Great stuff. Cyril would be a double mult for me too. What time did you copy FR4NT?? Lets hope condx can keep rolling for another few weeks at least. 73, de steve ve6wz _________________ Search
Im sure this has been discussed before on the reflector, but as a reminder to all, please keep your CQs SHORT and exchanges QUICK. I still hear even experienced ops sending long CQs. CQ repeated 5 ti
Last night the band was wide open from before sunset till about 0500z here at VE6WZ. 32 EU callsigns were in the log, with some good signals from RA4LW, UA4HBW, R3DE and RA2FV. It was really nice to
I have been operating my RBN skimmer for 8 years. It is common for me to get emails asking about unusually high SNR reports, especially from trans-continental CQs. I thought it would be good to post
Hi Nick, Yes it was great to have a nice EU opening at my sun-rise. I worked Alex along with 16 other EU at or before EU Sunset beginning at 1209z. After working a number of the usual Asia suspects a
This was the first time I made a serious attempt at the ARRL 160m contest. Usually I will just poke around and hand out mults. Since condx were looking pretty good, I decided to stay in the chair a b
Wowgreat stuff Joe! Thanks for that info. On a "miles per watt I think N3HEE qualifies as my best DX during the contest..by a long shot! At 2,000mi/ 5 watts you were 400 miles per watt. EU ranges fro
Last night I worked 46 EU from 0300z till about 0600. In spite of the elevated solar wind, the band was in great shape into VE6. de steve ve6wz _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.conte
DX conditions and CW activity from VE6 has been excellent so far this season on 160m. I did a log .csv export and a few pivot table runs on the VE6WZ log from September till December 18. This season
The band is rockin in case you have missed it. I went for a walk with the xyl yesterday afternoon, and returned to the house at around 3 pm local (2200z). The sun was still high in the sky (thats a r
Speaking of multiple QSOs with the same stations on 160m. please do not hesitate to call me if you hear me on Topband no matter how many QSOs we have had! I am a 160m QSO collector. The more the bett
Over the years I have noticed my Beverage feed impedance will change during the winter. My station is configured to take analyzer sweeps in the shack of any of my 12 Beverage wires. All 12 wires show
Over the years I have noticed my Beverage feed impedance will change during the winter. My station is configured to take analyzer sweeps in the shack of any of my 12 Beverage wires. All 12 wires show
A few days ago I posted a video explaining some experiments I did adding short radials to my feed and termination grounds on the Beverage. During that week temperatures went as low as -41 C at the st
I completed my experiment, and it appears that cooling the transformer by 40 deg C has very little change on the matching transformer. The 9:1 transformer was terminated with a 560 ohm resistor and s
The recent experiments with my Beverages in the cold weather has raised some comments about the termination resistor and the antenna performance. I received a few emails asking about F/B. I made the
Hi Dave, I use 4Nec2. It is freeware and calculates RDF directly: https://www.qsl.net/4nec2/ <https://www.qsl.net/4nec2/> steve ve6wz _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/