Greetings Franco, Here in Arkansas, USA, we have experienced an outstanding signal enhancement at our sunset, around 0015z, from 5X3C. On March 15 the 5X3C signal rose to an outstanding 25 dB above m
Greetings Nick, With spring here in the south I have begun taking down all of my RX antennas in preparation for hay cutting in the fields plus the severe lightning we have from spring and summer stor
Steve, This is an excellent tutorial. Thanks for not only sharing but taking the time to produce it as well. 73 Joel W5ZN While doing this work I decided to make a video that explains the method for
My card arrived in the mail today. 73 Joel W5ZN Anyone received 7P8LB LOTW low band QSL confirmations yet ? 73Bruce-k1fz _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - To
Get your comments in now, because the clock is "ticking" before Tree tells us to cool it on this topic!! :-))) ZN _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband R
I always enjoy reading the experience that folks have with their receiving antennas. The RDF and comparison charts that are published these days are pretty accurate so you can get a very good feel fo
OK I'm confused......was it remotes or FT8 that killed amateur radio?? Or maybe the 50 other chicken little proclamations that did? I need professional help to sort this all out (that's a given, so p
I use these at W5ZN. They are excellent. 73 Joel W5ZN This is the RX limiter we use to protect front ends at K3LR. https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-rg5000hd It works very well. 73 Tim K3LR --O
Greetings Jacques! As you know I have several years experience with vertical arrays here at W5ZN using all three of the current popular versions on 160, the BSEF-8, HiZ-8 and the YCCC-9. They all wor
Well that's depressing.......I thought my 160 sig was really BOOMIN' in there! :-))) 73 Joel W5ZN I thought it would be good to post some information here on the reflector about how this happens. I a
Polliwog! I love it. I'm presenting Low Band Receive Antenna Options at the Arkansas DX Association conference this weekend and I'm going to throw that one in!!! Thank Mike! 73 Joel W5ZN piece of lon
Just a few mins past SS here. LB6GG is on and that's it so far. 73 Joel W5ZN 73 Dave K1WHS 73 Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Nick, Dave is fine, or at least he was the last time I spoke to him a couple of months ago. He has remarried (you recall his wife Charlotte passed away a few years ago) and he has moved to a new QTH
Yes I'm hearing it here in Arkansas as well. Peaks to the NE around 45 to 50 degrees. Its about 15 dB above my noise floor here. 73 Joel W5ZN On 2020-01-20 16:42, Don Kirk wrote: Receiving strong car
So, what impact will the yagi have on the T element??? 73 Joel W5ZN A T-top at right angles to a Yagi will have little affect, but anything close to broadside is very bad within 500 feet or less on 4
As an alternative to the 2N5109 preamps, last year I acquired a set of HiZ preamps to use on my YCCC 9 Circle array elements. They work exceptionally well and exhibit a lower noise figure that I expe
Allow me to clarify my post. I was referring to the high impedance amplifiers at the vertical elements, not the 2N5109 preamp used sometimes post combiner. 73 Joel W5ZN I mentioned this solely for in
Jarda, As I understand the email string you submitted to this list, a card confirmation you submitted was in question so the DXCC desk checked the DXPedition's log, which they have a copy of, and you
Ron, When you start preparing for phase 2, here are some notes on my installation presented at the 2018 Dayton Antenna Forum that is linked from Tim's K3LR website that should be a good reference in