Hi, So I have a few dollars worth of target practice. Thanks for your response. 73, Bill KU8H Rick N6RK On 8/26/2017 7:27 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote: Hi, I went to an auction today and had an opportunit
I witnessed the collectors at the auction. There were three other boxes of those scattered through the auction site. The collectors bid them up to astronomical prices. These were overlooked and the c
Heh, I have found myself thinking more and more in recent years of just dropping ham radio. Those psychologists may have oversimplified things a little but there is plenty of meat on those bones. The
On 11/02/2017 11:25 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: Well, yes, the transmitter is looking into the transmission line and then the antenna load, so they are different. To be fair you need to place the analyzer
Hi, Well...we could look at who was on first from the CW op's point of view just as easily. It just depends on who's ox is being gored. As for not listening longer than a few seconds after QRL that i
Hi Ed, Being a gentleman isn't not about putting one's own interests ahead of everybody else, either. 73, Bill KU8H No one owns a frequency channel at least in the US - read your license. If I come o
Hi Ed, On 160 meters (as well as other bands) there are the gentlemen's agreements that do depend on gentlemen. As long as the FT* folks are behaving in a civilized manner I say they should just get
Hi Steve, I believe it is important to make clear when we are using a distant WebSDR receiver so we do not mislead others to wrong conclusions about propagation conditions nor the performance of thei
Hi, There are more than moral or ethical issues using WebSDR. The logs I expect to submit (eventually) are for receive-only activity. I see problems netting with signals coming through the WebSDR sta
Hi:) I don't comment much but I would like to relate a lesson from early in my life. The kid across the street would bring his ball and bat over to our farm and we (I am in a *large* family) played b
Hi, Those digital modes don't take up a lot of spectrum. Quite a few QSOs can take place in the spectrum passed by an SSB filter. Having them bunched together makes it easier for them to find one ano
Hi, This list is hosted at something called "contesting.com" but I am not much of a contester. I only supply QSOs to people who are serious about it. I would consider using remote receivers (I alread
Hi John, I know it is an old joke but... You might consider learning to use a key with either of your feet. I once met an attorney with no arms. He was born that way. He did everything with his feet
Hi Joe, I live in a small village. Even so, 500 meters isn't going to buy anything. If we were overwhelmed by noise we would still be overwhelmed by exactly the same noise. So this is going to be yet
Hi Joe, I would have never assumed that you have acreage whether 5 acres or something the size of the King Ranch. All of those electrical belches are difficult to escape. Moving your receiver out int
Hi Lloyd, What you have described is pretty much what I have envisioned. Personally I am still receiving at my home with occasional QRM from industrial sources. DSP is easing the problems for me. The
Hi, Isn't that what pipe wrenches are for? 73, Bill KU8H -- bark less - wag more _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Hi, I hope I won't be invited to leave (or pushed out). I am never going to be a top gun on top band. Instead of a 100 acre antenna farm I have a 100 foot antenna farm. And the 100 feet is shared wit
Hi Mike, I think the lack of activity comments were about ordinary week nights. Try again Tuesday and see if there are that many QSOs available. Let us know what portion of DXCC you can get then. I d
Thanks for the tip. I have those. I now have plans to paint them just to keep the sun off them. Wait..it looks like they are already painted camo. 73, Bill KU8H Wes N7WS Les, N1SV _________________