I got 3 of these lamps about 10 years ago and thought I had moved back to the city.(city that was full of QRM) (I live out in the country with little QRM). One got a switch instantly--the other two w
Jeff, I can certainly relate. A few years ago my wife and I took a drive around N.S. and one of the places on our roadmap to stop at was the "VE1ZZ" QTH. I am mostly into 6m, but do dabble in TopBand
In all my rush, I had forgotten that the braid of the coax actually connects to the base of the tower as well as the radials. (I just had it connected to my radials only-ooooops!) I appreciate severa
Pardon those that know this stuff back and forth, but I've had 5 or 6 requests to tell people what Ive done to load my tower on 80m. This is old hat to most here <I know>, but there seems to be an em
If anyone should contact a 4U1UN operator can you please put in a request for 6m activity too? I know a lot of 160m ops are also found on the magic band. Been looking for 4U1UN on 6m for over a decad
Pardon those that know this stuff back and forth, but I've had 5 or 6 requests to tell people what Ive done to load my tower on 80m. This is old hat to most here <I know>, but there seems to be an em
Hi Bob/K3UL !! (and groups) Long time no hear Bob(on 6 or 160, hi hi!!) Hope your shunt-fed tower is working out for you. Your country totals are amazing ! == To everyone: (you too Bob ;-) I just shu
Hi All. Been several yrs since I was on the Topband reflector or Topband for that matter. **5H3RK** Does everyone already have this worked? I got him a few days ago running a small station here (800w
Thanks for all the reponses. Some 15 of them. (wow!) All agree it was a pretty good catch, and I was more-or-less just lucky to be listening at the right time. Nice to be back on TopBand ! Cheers, Mi
Well, hello all. Mike in NB here. Previously was in FN65 in a cedar swamp. Low inverted L and a dozen radials inn/on the mooshy ground and now I am in FN66 on a hilltop with very rocky ground underne
Hello Top Band Antenna Gurus: Need a little help please. I recently got back on 160m in a small way. (rec'd my "DXING ON THE EDGE" book <tnx Jeff> the other day and am all fired up to put out more th
Wow - what a great and slightly overwhelming response to my tower question ! I wish I had replied all, to the dozen replies I received in a few short hours ! (so they would be archived online) To par
Hi Again, If I have a local signal on 1.26MHz, is there any way I can use that as a daytime reference as to which of my 2 antennas is working better? (low loaded sloper vs. the SF tower itself?) Ie:
Hi Guys, I am using my MFJ-259 antenna SWR analyzer on a ~10' chunk of coax to my series matching capacitor near the base of the tower that I am attemping to resonate on 160m and tuning the series Ga
Well, was off work here today, so got to play radio. Was very stoked to hear my first ever JA's on 160m !! Tried calling JQ2VVH and later JA7NI with 1kW and low loaded sloper but no QSO's. Even in th
OK, don't want to belabour this subject, overstay my welcome, nor bore the list with my ongoing issues to hopefully shunt feed my 48' tower on 160m, as you all have been so kind, but I do have 1 more
Hi All, Been trying a number of compromise antennas on 160m lately and besides SWR, it's difficult until the nightime signals come "rolling in" to determine which one works best. Even then, with QSB
It's obvious I need to increase my radial field. My yard it basically split into 2 halves (it's actually much more complicated than that, but, isn't it always?) I can get to the 2nd "half, by fishing
For the folks that asked: Overwhelming consensus is that in this configuration, I would be wasting my time. _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com
I have a question related to grids in the Stew Perry. (been a looong time since I contested and will use 'SD' tonight for contest) I don't think "SD" does, but do any of the other popular contest pro