you try to time?! can do I'm is its with me. amplitude W2PM Repies: Cristi - a simple antenna to try to work around the QRN would be the 4 direction K9AY loop. You can also build a rotatable flag. B
I need reccomendations for beverages. US is between 345o to 310o, east to west, center at 328o (degrees) Center of Europe at 38o I have some questions: What happens for example if I start going to 5
Hello, Would I be able to tell anything by putting my mfj ant analyzer at the output (lowZ) side of my flag antenna? Although it seems to work ok, it is not as wonderful as I had read about. I measu
Aside from efficiency, I've always seen far more re-radiated noise from elevated ground planes impacting weak signals on receive. With a balanced, symetrical ground plane that theoretically shouldn't
During the last several nights, The A and K indexes have been near zero. Sunspot numbers have been at or near zero, and more often than not, the polar aurora has been very low. Conditions and propag
Hi all, I'm just starting to play with my 1026 and I have a question or two. I'm using a 20' vertical wire as my sense antenna and my K9AY loop as my main antenna and I'm finding that I can't use the
Dear Topband reader, it is a well known fact that as a result of poor maintenance by our monopoly electricity supplier, we are suffering 'planned electricity' blackouts. It was during one of these th
Geeze - the band sounds like 20 meters tonite - Friday 0230Z. Euros and SA S9 plus across the band and the French RTTY station at 2065 mhz is 20 over here. The only signals I usually hear that loud a
Here is Tad Cook's K7RA (ARRL Propagation guru) reaction to the article which K7FC posted here earlier in the week which suggested the possibility of a Maunder minimum - no sunspots for many years an
Here in Texas on 160 meters, QRN is well known. I have found the best weapon against severe QRN is a good dummy load. However, one must take care to use double shielded coax with good connectors betw
I have been pondering the same thing..... they are consistantly there and consistanty strong -like a beacon- day in and day out.. here in FL nothing has been stronger..... I would love to know the de
hear some time ago. http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/ I have googled it and looked in ON4UN's book and the ARRL Antenna handbook but haven't seen anything independent review wise on it nor do I hear it me
Some time ago I arranged the K9FD coaxial loop and W2PM MiniDiamond loop (thank You Pete!) both with pre-amp on my pocket size garden and it works pretty well for DXing according to their very small
The only problem I see is that it has RCA jacks in the back for the antenna feedline and the line to the input of my FT-1000MP MKV. Will these connector types cause allot of loss to the incoming sign
Last weekend, I finished installing the T-loaded vertical antena using the 18m Spiderbeam fiberglass pole. It has 3 wire spokes for top load, each at 15 meter long. Also, 3 elevated radials at 1/4 wa
A couple of things a remarkable about the QSO - having checked my grey line chart it seems I made a G-VP9 qso well before his sunset ( and in August). I had also been working on my new inv-L for the
and top No. The top of the tee antenna is twice the "left-over" length, providing a balanced, non-radiating horizontal top load for the vertical segment if the horizontal wire is straight across. Gus
total of for the To support a Marconi "T" at 90' may be difficult for many of us and a lower height may be more easily to obtain. Additionally the wing span of the "T" of 150' to 180' or longer to o
Thanks for the help an suggestions on the 160 meter preamp to improve rx signal on the K9AY loop. I manged to get the parts for the W7IUV pre-amp and put one together. I dumped a picture of the cons
Reception from a Pennant/ Flag antenna. Regardless of point fed, or point terminated a good way to remember the reception direction. If you are standing under the termination, reception is from the d