- 61. Re: Topband: Building a practical vertical from Al tubing (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:51:02 -0800 (PST)
- Roger D Johnson <n1rj@adelphia.net> wrote: One aspect of this that always seems to be a problem is how to attach the guys to the vertical. I'd be interested to hear how others have accomplished this
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00073.html (8,663 bytes)
- 62. Topband: vertical guys (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:44:45 -0800 (PST)
- For some reason my last post didn't format correctly. One way to attach guys to 4 or 5 inch irrigation tubing is shown on my web page. Thos eclamps are very sturdy and are adjustable. I use Dacron li
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-01/msg00077.html (7,511 bytes)
- 63. Re: Topband: Caribbean request (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:32:46 -0800 (PST)
- Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix@inet.net.nz> wrote: On behalf of the ops in OC, can I please make a request to folks intending a Carib expedition. Greg, I suspect that you will have as much success with your req
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00196.html (6,986 bytes)
- 64. Topband: 2006 international DX Convention (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:11:22 -0800 (PST)
- Will there be a topband gathering at Visalia this year? Larry - W7IUV -- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. _______________________________________________ Topban
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-02/msg00203.html (6,406 bytes)
- 65. Re: Topband: 2 Queations (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:03:48 -0800 (PST)
- Jim & Carolyn Kingsbury <kingsburys@bellsouth.net> wrote: Has anyone measured or tried the tv cable splitters on the low frequencies (1.8 thru 10 Mhz)?Jim, I've run TV splitters from several manufact
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00018.html (7,699 bytes)
- 66. Re: Topband: Bidirectional vs 2 simple Beverage antennas (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:23:46 -0800 (PST)
- Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu> wrote:but since I must install and remove most of my Beverages each season over agricultural fields , I decided to stay with single Beverages for simplicity reaso
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00076.html (8,042 bytes)
- 67. Re: Topband: Boring report - it's not dead yet (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 09:07:00 -0700 (PDT)
- The season is over for me, agricultural activities have started and D4 Cats and Beverages can't seem to co-exist! Most of my Beverages are down until fall. I thought it was over for me, but after see
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-04/msg00009.html (7,853 bytes)
- 68. Re: Topband: Receiving Loops (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:07:14 -0700 (PDT)
- I have treid quite a few different RX antennas in compromised locations when I was in AZ. The K9AY is a great antenna and is obviously easy to construct, but there just ain't no free lunch. It along
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00091.html (7,542 bytes)
- 69. Topband: Help with old topband op photo (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:38:45 -0800 (PST)
- While sorting through some old photos I came across a face I could not put a call with. The three ops in the photo are all topband guys and the photo was taken in the Chicago area probably in the win
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00136.html (7,378 bytes)
- 70. Re: Topband: mystery man photo (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:17:08 -0800 (PST)
- Thanks to all that helped with identifying the third person in the photo. It was John, G3PQA. Nice to have a name to go with the face after all these years. I will mark the back of the photo so that
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-11/msg00144.html (7,056 bytes)
- 71. Topband: KH8Q and band condx (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:12:42 -0800 (PST)
- This morning the nearly 40 year quest to put KH8 in the topband log ended. You would think it would be easy from the west coast, but every previous operation from KH8 has been during a period when my
- /archives//html/Topband/2006-12/msg00118.html (7,739 bytes)
- 72. Re: Topband: beverage lobes (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:58:36 -0800 (PST)
- "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com> wrote:I once tried a 1300 ft beverage. It needed no terminating resistor to get very high F/B ratio because the signal to be rejected was totally di
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00120.html (9,001 bytes)
- 73. Re: Topband: beverage lobes (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:34:59 -0800 (PST)
- answers/comments below>>> Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote:I wonder if you had both antennas up at the same time and did A B comparisons, or if this is by feeling or memory? Are you really sayin
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00133.html (12,547 bytes)
- 74. Re: Topband: beverage lobes (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:48:47 -0800 (PST)
- The skew issue has discouraged me from trying to set up a "killer" European beverage, because out here on the left coast, Eu is often skewed.Skew is not a problem for me. When I was in AZ I never onc
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00134.html (10,026 bytes)
- 75. Re: Topband: beverage lobes (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:13:06 -0800 (PST)
- Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote: Since I haven't been in Washington and operated weeks and weeks watching antennas, Likewise I have never operated Topband from the eastern seaboard. (But I have
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00157.html (11,223 bytes)
- 76. Topband: More Beverage info (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:30:03 -0800 (PST)
- After reading all the responses to this topic, it occurred to me that I inadvertently left out an important piece of data regarding the conditions under which I made all my observations. Unlike Tom's
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00165.html (8,383 bytes)
- 77. Re: Topband: Best Height Above Ground for a Beverage RX Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:29:53 -0800 (PST)
- Tim Duffy K3LR <k3lr@k3lr.com> wrote:I am curious if there are directional improvements to be gained with Beverage antennas with respect to height above ground? What changes at 6 ft, 8 ft or 10 ft? H
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00185.html (9,451 bytes)
- 78. Re: Topband: Resistor Protection? (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:19:01 -0800 (PST)
- lew <lew@dsl-only.net> wrote: This is an easy one after height of Beverages. Do you guys protect the terminating resistor from the Beverage to the ground rod in a unidirectional Beverage? FWIW, NO! M
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00202.html (10,297 bytes)
- 79. Re: Topband: Beverage height issues (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:14:14 -0800 (PST)
- Craig Clark <jcclark@wildblue.net> wrote: With all the coyotes, deer, moose and bear not to mention hunters and other fauna, that roam my woods, a 2' Beverage would never last. For those with low ant
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00215.html (8,046 bytes)
- 80. Re: Topband: W7IUV Preamp from Low Band DXing (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Molitor <w7iuv@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:07:10 -0800 (PST)
- Dan and others, As soon as John's latest edition was distributed I started getting questions about that resistor. I informed John about the error but never saw any correction published. I have mentio
- /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00264.html (8,120 bytes)
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