The last, in fact the ONLY, BY station I have ever heard (and worked) on 160 meters was BD4WN in December 2017. 73 Joel W5ZN Just dabbled in the WPX contest looking for Asian stations on 10m, and wor
This morning I strolled into the shack around 1015z and was quite surprised to see E51D with an amazing signal into Arkansas. Before I realized it was George I thought it was a USA station. His signa
Greetings, In early 2008 I began working with short vertical arrays for low band receiving on 160 meters. Since that time I have constructed and compared results between various array designs based o
I see the reflector truncated the link to the paper. Just cut and past the entire link, or go to w5zn.org to my 160 meter page or the Papers & Presentation page and you can download it there. 73 Joel
Hi Mike, Thanks. No, I did not have preamps at the feed point of the Beverages. 73 Joel W5ZN From: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 1:23 PM To: w5znjoel@gmail.com Cc:
That's an important question, Jim. A receive preamp is one of my favorite topics and one of the top 10 questions I'm asked by hams, regardless of whether it is for low band RX antennas or in the VHF
Hi Mike, Sorry, I somehow missed your January 14 email below. I do have a preamp available at the shack end but rarely use it. It is built into the RAS-8. I dont know what device Gary used in the des
The first night condx were very poor here in Arkansas. Only a very few 10 point Qs. The band was noisy and good DX prop just did not exist. I worked a good group of NA stations but activity seems to