- 101. Topband: The answer to PL-259 soldering/reliability problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:29:13 +0800
- Gday About five years I discovered this fool-proof and brilliant way to solder PL-259s invented by Bill Maxon N4AR who taught this to Tim K3LR. Tim uses this method throughout his contest station and
- /archives//html/Topband/2018-12/msg00040.html (7,328 bytes)
- 102. Re: Topband: Dual RX SDR receivers (diversity capable) (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:40:08 +0800
- Hi Bjorn If you are interested, I have a dual Softrock 160m SDR receiver (two receivers in one diecast box) that was built up about ten years ago or so for diversity reception, using Alex VE3NEAs Roc
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-01/msg00034.html (8,451 bytes)
- 103. Topband: A view of FT-8 on 160m from a DX perspective (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:53:55 +0800
- Gday It has been interesting to read the recent debate about the use of FT-8 on 160m. I think we have been considering its use in purely technical terms and its growth really isnt quite that simple.
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-02/msg00077.html (8,383 bytes)
- 104. Re: Topband: The DXpedition FT8 quandary (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:20:41 +0800
- G'day FT-8 is so much less labour and operator skill-intensive than CW/SSB that it has a fatal attraction for DXpeditions - more people can be worked more easily and more quickly. Added to this, "He
- /archives//html/Topband/2019-04/msg00032.html (7,533 bytes)
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